US3465355A - Disposable lighter - Google Patents

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US3465355A
US3465355A US691770A US3465355DA US3465355A US 3465355 A US3465355 A US 3465355A US 691770 A US691770 A US 691770A US 3465355D A US3465355D A US 3465355DA US 3465355 A US3465355 A US 3465355A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23Q—IGNITION; EXTINGUISHING-DEVICES
    • F23Q2/00—Lighters containing fuel, e.g. for cigarettes
    • F23Q2/16—Lighters with gaseous fuel, e.g. the gas being stored in liquid phase
    • F23Q2/162—Lighters with gaseous fuel, e.g. the gas being stored in liquid phase with non-adjustable gas flame

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  • a disposable lighter comprising a reservoir for holding liquefied inflammable fluid, an operative lighter assembly mounted on said reservoir, said assembly including a closure cap, flint holding means holding a flint element, a sparking wheel, a spring element in said flint holding means for biasing said flint element against said sparking wheel, a shaft for rotatably mounting said sparking wheel and for mounting said closure cap for pivoting movement between a closed and an open position, fluid outlet means for connecting the interior of said reservoir with the ambient air, a shut-oil valve incorporated in said fluid outlet means and arranged to be in the closed position when said closure cap is closed, said closure cap having a portion which is narrowly spaced from the outer periphery of said sparking wheel and resiliently movable towards said sparking wheel so as to frictionally engage the same when pressure is exerted on said portion for moving said closure cap to its open position.
  • FIG. l is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the disposable lighter according to the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view through the shaft of the sparking wheel, on the line II-II in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of a modification of the cover
  • FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the cover on the line IV- IV in FIG. 3, but with a modified design of the sparking Wheel engaging surface thereof.
  • a flat cylindrical fuel reservoir 1 made of a translucent or transparent synthetic material, and having a bottom 2, which may be fixed therein, for example, by glueing.
  • the plane sidewalls 3 and 4 and the round front wall 5 and round back wall 6 of the fuel reservoir are extended above the top wall 7, the latter being formed integrally with the fuel reservoir, to form webs 8, 9, 10, 11.
  • the webs 8 and 9 are provided with lugs 12 and 13, respectively, having aligned shaft holes 14, 15, respectively.
  • the outer surface of the reservoir may be provided with longitudinal grooves, the walls of which are preferably triangular in section to produce an attractive optical effect.
  • the top wall 7 of the fuel reservoir comprises an opentopped cylindrical tube 16, which has a closed lower and extending into the reservoir 1, and an axial flange 20, extending above the top wall 7, in which a flint element can slide axially, such flint element being biased upwardly by means of a spring 18 through a piston 19.
  • the top wall 7 further has an opening with an axial flange 22 extending into the reservoir. Mounted in this opening is a gas outlet unit 24, sealed against leakage along the edge of the opening by means of a gasket 23.
  • the gas outlet unit 24 is of conventional design.
  • the cover or closure member 32 is formed integrally from a synthetic material, and comprises spaced, parallel, depending sidewalls 33 and 34, a frontl snufiing portion 35, and a rear actuating portion 40.
  • the snuiling portion 35 carries a metallic heat screen cap 36, which is a clamping fit thereon, and serves to extinguish the flame and in the closed position of the cover presses. down the gas outlet tube 25 to shut off the supply of gas.
  • the actu-ating portion 40 has an arcuate sparking Wheel engaging surface which in the closed position of the cover is circumferentially spaced a small distance from the sparking wheel, thereby forming a slit-like interspace 47, and is separated from the remainder of the cover 32 by two incisions 45, so that it is only peninsularly connected thereto through a dam 46, thus being resiliently movable relative to the remainder of the cover.
  • the depending walls 33 and 34 of the cover are each at their lower edges provided with a cam 52, 53, which rest on an upwardly biasing leaf spring 55. In the position as shown in FIG. 1, the leaf spring through the cams 52, 53 forces down the shufiing portion 35 on to the gas outlet tube 25, so that no gas can escape.
  • the leaf spring is Z-shaped and has a holed lower end supported on the top wall 7 and surrounding the axial flange 20. Its upper part is bifurcated, the prongs or fingers thereof being disposed on opposite sides of the fiint member 17 and the sparking wheel 31, each prong or finger cooperating with the lower edges and the cams 52, 53 of the depending walls 33, 34 of the cover 32.
  • the webs 8, 9, and 10 are protected from the fiame of the lighter by a metallic liner 60, approximately C-Shaped in horizontal section, having a beaded edge 61 and fixed by means of a clamping fit.
  • the user puts his thumb or finger on the actuating portion 40 in the normal way, and flips open the cover, thereby exerting some pressure on the resilient portion 40, which will frictionally engage the sparking wheel, so that the latter is rotated against the fiint element as the cover is fiipped open, thus causing a shower of sparks to ignite the gas issuing from the gas outlet tube 25.
  • the cams 52, 53 in cooperation with the leaf spring 55, will pass a dead centre, whereafter the spring will urge the cover to, and keep it in, its open position, the portion 40 finding an yabutment on the web 11 of the rear wall 6 of the fuel reservoir 1.
  • the construction according to the invention permits a direct drive of the sparking wheel, so that the conventional transmission means can be eliminated.
  • the assembly of the disposable lighter according to the invention is extremely simple.
  • the spring 18, the piston 19, the fiint element 17, the sparking wheel 31 and the cover 32 are successively placed in position, whereafter the whole is fixed by inserting the shaft 30 into the holes 14, 15. After insertion of the shaft 30 the latter is fixed in position by expanding the ends 37, 38 thereof.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 parts identical or corresponding to parts shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 are designated by like reference numerals, except that they are provided with a prime in FIG. 3 and with two primes in FIG. 4.
  • FIG. 3 shows a modification of the cover according to the invention, in which the portion 40 overlying the sparking wheel is radially movable relative to the latter owing to the shaft openings 28 being elongated. Consequently, the portion 40' may be fixedly connected to the remaining part of the cover.
  • FIG. 4 shows a modification of the cover according to the invention in that the sparking wheel engaging surface, which has a fiat cross-sectional configuration in FIG. 1, is grooved or V-shaped. It will be understood that the flanks 42" and 43" of the V-groove will firmly engage the sharp peripheral edges of the sparking wheel 31, thus minimizing slip between the portion 40 and the sparking wheel 31".
  • a disposable lighter operable by the finger of a user comprising a reservoir for holding liquefied inflammable fiuid, an operative lighter assembly mounted on said reservoir, said assembly including a closure cap with a finger engaging thereon, fiint holding means holding a fiint element, a sparking wheel, a spring element in said fiint holding means for biasing said fiint element against said sparking wheel, a shaft for rotatably mounting said sparking wheel and the mounting said closure cap for pivoting movement between a closed and an open position, liuid outlet means connecting the interior of said reservoir with the ambient air, a shut-off valve incorporated in said fiuid outlet means and arranged to be in the closed position when said closure cap is closed, said closure cap having a portion which is narrowly spaced from the outer periphery of said sparking wheel and resiliently movable towards said sparking wheel so as to frictionally engage the same when pressure is exerted on said finger engaging portion by the finger of the user for moving said closure cap to its open position.
  • a disposable lighter according to claim 1, wherein and container consists of an integrally formed fiat parallel-sided cylinder with a bottom wall and a top wall above which top wall the upstanding walls of said fiat cylinder extend thereby substantially enclosing said lighter assembly, the two parallel extensions of said fiat sidewalls of said fiat cylinder forming a pair of parallelly spaced apart lugs provided with a pair of coaxial holes adapted to hold said shaft, said top wall carrying said fiint holding means in the form of a tube having a closed bottom end positioned in the interior of the container and an upper end protruding upwardly out of the top wall with an axial fiange adapted for guiding said fiint element, said top wall further being provided with an opening for sealingly receiving said fiuid outlet means in the form of an open-ended tube assembly having a bottom inner end submerged in the fiuid in the interior of said container and an outer end extending in the ambient air on which outer end the free end of said closure cap is biased by said biasing means when being in its

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US3544253A (en) * 1969-03-06 1970-12-01 Scripto Inc Cigarette lighter with magnetic compass
US3589851A (en) * 1968-07-17 1971-06-29 Maltner Heinrich Gmbh Gas-fueled lighter
US3630653A (en) * 1969-03-03 1971-12-28 Kreisler Mfg Gas-fueled cigarette lighter
JPS4737463Y1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) * 1970-05-26 1972-11-13
US6074198A (en) * 1996-07-30 2000-06-13 Cricket S.A. Gas lighter
US6142768A (en) * 1999-03-04 2000-11-07 Feng; Xin Cigarette lighter with security arrangement
US6146128A (en) * 1999-03-04 2000-11-14 Feng; Xin Cigarette lighter with security arrangement
US20030031968A1 (en) * 2001-02-26 2003-02-13 Carel Sewalt Child resistant gas lighters
US6945772B2 (en) * 2002-04-12 2005-09-20 Ming-Yu Chang Child resistant disposable lighter

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US3150508A (en) * 1962-12-24 1964-09-29 Smith James Donald Pyrophoric lighter actuating mechanism
US3154935A (en) * 1961-08-17 1964-11-03 John E Ayres Disposable gas operated cigarette lighter
US3303673A (en) * 1964-11-02 1967-02-14 Ayres John Erskine Operating mechanism for cigarette lighter

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US3154935A (en) * 1961-08-17 1964-11-03 John E Ayres Disposable gas operated cigarette lighter
US3150508A (en) * 1962-12-24 1964-09-29 Smith James Donald Pyrophoric lighter actuating mechanism
US3303673A (en) * 1964-11-02 1967-02-14 Ayres John Erskine Operating mechanism for cigarette lighter

Cited By (9)

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US3589851A (en) * 1968-07-17 1971-06-29 Maltner Heinrich Gmbh Gas-fueled lighter
US3630653A (en) * 1969-03-03 1971-12-28 Kreisler Mfg Gas-fueled cigarette lighter
US3544253A (en) * 1969-03-06 1970-12-01 Scripto Inc Cigarette lighter with magnetic compass
JPS4737463Y1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) * 1970-05-26 1972-11-13
US6074198A (en) * 1996-07-30 2000-06-13 Cricket S.A. Gas lighter
US6142768A (en) * 1999-03-04 2000-11-07 Feng; Xin Cigarette lighter with security arrangement
US6146128A (en) * 1999-03-04 2000-11-14 Feng; Xin Cigarette lighter with security arrangement
US20030031968A1 (en) * 2001-02-26 2003-02-13 Carel Sewalt Child resistant gas lighters
US6945772B2 (en) * 2002-04-12 2005-09-20 Ming-Yu Chang Child resistant disposable lighter

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