US3627461A - Fuel container for a gas lighter - Google Patents

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US3627461A
US3627461A US887497A US3627461DA US3627461A US 3627461 A US3627461 A US 3627461A US 887497 A US887497 A US 887497A US 3627461D A US3627461D A US 3627461DA US 3627461 A US3627461 A US 3627461A
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Therese Christiane Hocq
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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
    • F23Q2/34—Component parts or accessories
    • F23Q2/42—Fuel containers; Closures for fuel containers
    • 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

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  • the flint is retained in the supporting tube by means of a thin ribbon surrounding the fuel container and closing the ends of the supporting tube.
  • the ribbon is broken when the fuel container is inserted into the PATENIEUGR 4 m 3.621 4 s 1 sum 1 OF 2 Thenzss Chmsfuwe HoCQ INVENTOR PATENTED nn: 1 4 l9" SHEET 2 BF 2 ThcREsr Chmsi'mue' HOG-Q INVENTOR 6min), 7 7mg, 1
  • This invention relates to a fuel container for a gas lighter and is more particularly concerned with a fuel container which has extending therethrough a supporting tube containing a flint which is arranged to be automatically engaged with the flint wheel of the lighter when the fuel container is placed in position in the lighter.
  • the flint is supported in the fuel" container by a piston sliding in a sleeve which can be inserted into the supporting tube and subjected to the pressure of compressed gas contained in this sleeve between the piston and a plug screwed into the lower end of the supporting tube, and in which the sleeve is Iocated.
  • the piston is subjected to the pressure of the gas contained in the fuel container, and the sleeve constitutes the flint tube.
  • the flint is surrounded by a thin skin or sheath which the friction of the flint wheel removes and which is intended to keep together the fragments of the flint if the latter is accidentally broken.
  • the upper end of the sleeve is sealed by a thin cap which is also removed by the flint wheel when the unit comprising the sleeve and the flint is inserted into the supporting tube.
  • This device is relatively complicated, and thus costly, and it necessitates the extraction of the fuel container from the casing each time a user wishes to change the flint.
  • a gas lighter the casing of which comprises a partition to which is attached a flint-carrying tube which is housed, in the assembly, in a supporting tube, supported by the fuel container.
  • a screw is screwed in, which serves not only to apply the flint to the wheel but also to secure the removable bottom to the casing of the lighter.
  • a fuel container for a gas lighter has extending therethrough a supporting tube containing a flint and adapted, when the fuel container is placed in position in the lighter, to receive a flint tube on the lighter and in which the flint is automatically positioned, the flint being retained in position in the supporting tube by retaining means closing the ends of the supporting tube and which are opened by the flint tube when the fuel container is placed in position in the lighter.
  • the retaining means comprises a thin ribbon which completely surrounds the fuel container.
  • the ribbon may be formed of any appropriate material, for example, paper or cellophane, and it preferably has a necked portion covering the opening which in use will be innermost in order to provide a weakened zone at this spot.
  • Both ends of the ribbon may be advantageously attached one upon the other along a certain length and hang freely below the lower surface of the fuel container, thus forming a tonguelike strip which facilitates the manipulation of the fuel container.
  • FIG. I is a side elevation of the fuel container
  • FIG. 2 is an end elevation of the fuel container of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a bottom plan of the fuel container of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 4 is a plan of the fuel container of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 5 is an isometric view taken from above of the fuel container, showing the stage in the assembly of the fuel container which preceeds the insertion of a flint into the supporting tube;
  • FIG. 6 is an isometric view of the completed fuel container
  • FIG. 7 is a plan of the ribbon
  • FIG. 8 is a vertical section through the casing of a lighter fitted with a fuel container in accordance with the invention.
  • the fuel container shown in FIGS. 1 to 6 is of conventional form and comprises vertical walls 2, a top 3 and a base 4. In the embodiment shown it also has two level side faces and two rounded end faces, but it could also have any other appropriate form.
  • a supporting tube 5 which extends from the top to the bottom of the fuel container and is open at its ends.
  • the upper face 3 of the fuel container supports a unit 6, constituted by the upper part of the body of the expansion valve and the burner jet.
  • the tube 5 has mounted therein a replacement flint 7 which is maintained in position by a thin ribbon 8, of cellophane, paper or other similar material and which may also be self-adhesive, so as to adhere to the fuel container.
  • a thin ribbon 8 of cellophane, paper or other similar material and which may also be self-adhesive, so as to adhere to the fuel container.
  • the ribbon 8 preferably has a necked portion 9 to provide a weakened portion.
  • the ribbon 8 is placed over the top of the fuel container and the upper parts of the sidewalls, as shown in FIG. 5, with the necked portion 9 overlying and closing the opening in the upper end of the tube 5.
  • the flint 7 is inserted through the lower opening in the tube, as shown by the arrow F of FIG. 5, and then the lower ends of the ribbon 8 are bent, as shown for one ribbon end only by the arrow F of FIG. 5, in such a way as to cover a part of the base 4 (FIGS. 3 and 6) and to close the lower opening in the tube 5.
  • the free ends of the ribbon are fastened together as seen at 10in the FIGS.
  • the ends of the ribbon 8 thus fonn a tonguelike strip I0 which can facilitate the manipulation of the fuel container.
  • the ends of the ribbon may merely cover the base 4 of the fuel container without passing beyond, i.e., without the parts 10 and 11.
  • FIG. 8 shows a lighter in which a fuel container in accordance with the present invention is inserted.
  • the lighter includes a casing which comprises a body 12 open at both ends, a cover 13 pivoted to the body 12, and a base 14 which is maintained engaged with a peripheral seating of the lower end of the body I2.
  • the casing is divided into two parts by a partition 15 supporting a platform I6 on which the mechanism of the lighter is erected.
  • the lower part of the casing contains the removable fuel container 1.
  • a long flint-carrying tube 17 occupies almost the entire length of the body 12 of the lighter.'lt is attached adjacent its center by a collar 18, resting on the partition 15 and positioned in a corresponding bore in the platform 16 and is received in the supporting tube 5 in the fuel container 1.
  • the lower end of the tube 17 is tapped to receive a flint screw 19, the upper face of which serves as a stop for a flint spring 20 which applies the flint 7 to a flint wheel 21, and the head of which is positioned in a bore in the base 14 of the body of the lighter, thus retaining the base in position.
  • the screw 19 is unscrewed, the base plate 14 withdrawn and the fuel container 1 extracted.
  • the spring 20 is temporarily removed and a new fuel container 1 is inserted into the body 12 of the lighter, the flint tube 17 being aligned with the supporting tube 5.
  • the pressure applied by the hand of a user on the base 4 forces the flint-carrying tube 17 to tear the ribbon 8 opposite the upper opening of the tube 5, and the flint 7 is thus automatically inserted into the flint tube.
  • the tonguelike strip 10 is pulled from the ribbon, and the spring 20 is reinserted in the tube 17, before replacing the removable base I4 of the lighter, and rescrewing the screw 19 into position.
  • the length of the flint 7 is preferably calculated in relation to the capacity of the fuel container I so that the flint is used up when the fuel container is empty. However, if the flint is worn out before the fuel container is empty, it is nevertheless easy to replace it without dismantling the lighter. in this case it is only necessary to screw in the screw 19 and insert a new flint, after temporarily removing the spring 20, without it being necessary to detach the base 14 of the lighter. As mentioned above the flint-carrying tube 17 is secured by the collar 18 between the partition and the platform 16, which provides it with sufficient rigidity to ensure the attachment of the removable base 14 and to pierce the ribbon 8.
  • a fuel container as claimed in claim 2 in which the ribbon has a necked portion covering the opening of the supporting tube which in use will be innermost in order to provide a weakened zone.
  • a fuel container as claimed inclaim 2 in which both ends of the ribbon are fastened together along a certain length, and hang freely below the outer face of the fuel container, thus forming a tonguelike strip which facilitates the manipulation of the fuel container.

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US1844481A (en) * 1929-02-27 1932-02-09 James F Rogers Lighter
US2541111A (en) * 1946-08-02 1951-02-13 Simon Justin Cigarette lighter
US2608080A (en) * 1949-10-05 1952-08-26 Simon Justin Cigarette lighter

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1844481A (en) * 1929-02-27 1932-02-09 James F Rogers Lighter
US2541111A (en) * 1946-08-02 1951-02-13 Simon Justin Cigarette lighter
US2608080A (en) * 1949-10-05 1952-08-26 Simon Justin Cigarette lighter

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FR1602235A (de) 1970-10-26
AT289437B (de) 1971-04-26
DE1964071A1 (de) 1970-08-20

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