US3759655A - Gas outlet control device for a gas lighter - Google Patents

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US3759655A
US3759655A US00180759A US3759655DA US3759655A US 3759655 A US3759655 A US 3759655A US 00180759 A US00180759 A US 00180759A US 3759655D A US3759655D A US 3759655DA US 3759655 A US3759655 A US 3759655A
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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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  • the present invention relates to a gas lighter whose burner is pivotal mounted in such a way as to project from the lighter at the instant of use.
  • the gas exhaust flue is so mounted that at least the downstream portion of such flue can oscillate between two end positions, one in operation and the other at rest, the passage of themoving portion of the said flue, from the position of rest to the position of operation, provides an aperture for access to and located opposite the gas exit when said movable portion is in the working position.
  • the movable portion of the gas escape flue oscillates around a spindle parallel to the spindle of the gas exit control device.
  • the gas escape flue carries a flap able to seal off the aperture located opposite the gas outlet, which is in readiness for working.
  • FIG. 1 is a plan view of a lighter according to the invention, with its cap raised.
  • FIG. 2 is a section through IIlI of FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 3 is a section through III-III of FIG. 1'.
  • FIG. 4 is a section through IV-IV of FIG. 1.
  • the case 1 of a lighter is provided with an aperture 2 normally closed by a flap 3 integral with a burner 4.
  • This burner comprises a portion 5 forming a spindle and mounted in a housing provided in the body 6.
  • the burner has, at one end thereof, a nozzle 7 and at the other end a ferrule 8 connected to the nozzle 7'through a gas escape channel or flue 9 inside the burner 4.
  • a flexible tube 10 isattached firstlyto theferrule 8 and secondly toa second ferrule 11 arranged on a v gas check 12 joined to the'lighter reservoir belowthe broken line in FIG. 2 and not forming part of the. present invention.
  • the control device for gas check 12 comprises a lever 14 rocking on the bolsters of two studs 15. One end of lever 14 is engaged between ferrule 11 and gas check 12 and the other end'is located beneath a part 16 ending in inclined plane 18 and sliding on'a rod 17 around which a spring 30 is held in constraint.
  • the bottom portion of burner 4 comprises a guide pin 19 in which a seating is provided for a ball 20.
  • the bottomof the burner 4 comprises a seating 21 to take a dog22 mounted on a small arm 23 said arm being jointed to in an inner end of a carrier plate 24' where it sustains a rotary mounted roller 25.
  • the carrier plate 24 is itself mounted to rotate on a spindle 26 integral with a second carrier plate 27 and squared at its end 28 to take a sparking wheel (not shown) acting on a pyrophoric stone (also not shown).
  • the carrier plate as best shown by FIGS. 1 and 2, has an outer end, providing a peripheral portion or thumb wheel portion closely conforming to the surface of the lighter.
  • the carrier plate 24 is made to turn in the direction of arrow 29 see FIG. 1 l.
  • roller 25 moves up against burner 4 and makes it turn together with the flap 3 inte gralwith the burner around the spindle 5 so as to uncover the aperture 2 ⁇ see position drawn in broken line in FIG. 1 l.
  • the lighter can then be ignited.
  • dogv 22 of rod 23 comes up against the wall of seating 21 and takes the burner 4 and flap 3 back to the closed position. Parallel to this, the rear portion of the burner is displaced in the direction opposite to arrow 31 and the ball 20 enters the inclined plane 18 facilitating the action of spring 30 on slider 16 which climbs back and in its turn releases lever 14.
  • the gas check 12 then closes again and the gas supply is stopped, the resting of ball 20 on the inclined plane of lever 14 guaranteeing, through spring 30, the locking of burner 4 in its closed position.
  • carrier plate 24 mounted loose on spindle 26 could be of one piece therewith or frictionlly mounted thereon and the carrier plate movement 27 would then simultaneously assuredisplacement of the burner and ignition.
  • Carrier plate 24 could also be replaced by any other equivalent system such as tappet piece but could simply be controlled in such a way that the movement of one of them would, cause the other also to move.
  • the axis of rotation of the burner is parallel to the axis of the gas outlet control and so as to make a very slim lighter, the drive of this device by rotation of the burner can thus be effected by lever moving vertically up and down. But if a fairly fat lighter is acceptable, there could be two perpendicular axes and the operation of the gas outlet control could be directly subject to the rotation of the burner.
  • a control device can also be mounted on the axis of rotation itself of the burner, this axle then being provided with a burner system directly controlling the opening and closure of gas.
  • a gas lighter comprising gas outlet control means for conveying gas from said lighter to the exterior of the lighter, said means having a gas outlet channel, at least the downstream end portion of said channel being movably mounted on said lighter for oscillating motion between two end positions, one for gas flow operation and the other inoperative, an aperture in said lighter, closed by a part of said channel in said inoperative position, means for opening said aperture and thereby providing access to the downstream end portion of said channel by motion of said movably mounted portion of said channel into its gas flow position, and a spindle about which said movable portion of the gas escape channel is mounted for said oscillating motion.
  • a lighter as claimed in claim 1 including means for effecting said oscillating motion in at least one direction thereof, said motion effecting means being -mounted for oscillation about an axle parallel to said spindle, said motion effecting means supporting, inside the lighter, a roller resting on a surface of said movably mounted channel portion.
  • a lighter as claimed in claim 2, wherein said means supporting said roller includes an arm, said am also being provided, inside the lighter, with an entraining dog adapted to engage within a seating within said movable gas escape channel portion, for returning said movable portion to its inoperative position.
  • a lighter as claimed in claim 1 including a flap on said channel, for use as a closure of said aperture when the gas escape channel is in its inoperative position.

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CA (1) CA946640A (de)
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US3148522A (en) * 1963-05-20 1964-09-15 Patrick R J Court Cigarette lighter

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NL7112710A (de) 1972-03-17
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CA946640A (en) 1974-05-07
AT304113B (de) 1972-12-27
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NL168042B (nl) 1981-09-16
GB1353346A (en) 1974-05-15

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