US3796537A - Gas fuelled lighter - Google Patents

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US3796537A
US3796537A US00234086A US3796537DA US3796537A US 3796537 A US3796537 A US 3796537A US 00234086 A US00234086 A US 00234086A US 3796537D A US3796537D A US 3796537DA US 3796537 A US3796537 A US 3796537A
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G Lauri
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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
    • F23Q2/167—Lighters with gaseous fuel, e.g. the gas being stored in liquid phase with adjustable flame

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  • a gas fuelled cigarette lighter comprises a casing and a combination fuel reservoir and ignition mechanism unit slidably mounted in the casing.
  • the unit carries actuating means movably mounted thereon which actuates the ignition mechanism when the unit is pressed into the casing against the resistance of a spring.
  • the invention relates to a gas lighter of the type known as automatic and in particular to a method of control of the ignition device.
  • Lighters having three portions, namely; an ignition mechanism, a fuel container, either refillable or throw-away, and a casing enclosing most of the lighter.
  • a gas fuelled lighter according to the present invention comprises an ignition mechanism, a fuel container and a casing, the ignition mechanism being arranged in the interior of the casing and the casing constituting the member controlling the ignition mechanism.
  • FIG. 1 is a section lengthwise through a lighter in accordance with the invention in the rest position.
  • FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 3 is a side view of the lighter in the working position, partially cut away.
  • FIG. 4 is a detail view showing the ignition mechanism. I
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic transverse sectional, view showing an embodiment comprising asymmetrical guide means preventing assembly of the unit and casing in an inoperative position.
  • the lighter comprises a casing 1, an ignition mechanism 2 and a fuel container 3 carrying an expansion valve 4.
  • the casing 1 is provided with a shoulder 5 and a orifice 7 allowing the gas to escape from the lighter.
  • this orifice In the rest position (FIG. 1) this orifice is displaced relative to the longitudinal axis of the expansion valve 4. In the working position (FIG. 3) it is situated on this axis.
  • the ignition mechanism 2 is conventional and does not form part of the invention. It comprises an operating member 6 resiliently mounted and normally held in the ready position by a spring 8.
  • This operating member which is, for example, a rocking or sliding lever may be the same as the operating member which in the conventional ignition mechanism is actuated by the smokers thumb or forefinger.
  • the casing 1 is pushed back relative to the base of the container 3.
  • a valve lever 11 is actuated by the movement of the casing to provide, likewise in conventional manner, the release through the expansion valve 4 of the gas which ignites and escapes through the orifice 7.
  • the lighter remains ignited as long as the container ignition mechanism unit is held against the base of the casing 1,
  • the fuel container could, for example, be equipped with a filling-valve.
  • the spring which puts the operating member 6 in the ready position could be doubled, with a second spring of limited stroke intended to return the lighter to the rest position still more effectively.
  • These grooves could be arranged in an asymmetrical manner as shown at 12 in FIG. 5 so as to prevent upside-down assembly of the drawer.formed by the container-ignition mechanism unit.
  • a boss can be provided inside the casing, corresponding with a recess arranged, for example, in the fuel container so as to provide a stop for the said casing relative to the container-ignition mechanism unit in the rest position, the recess having dimensions such that the boss can be displaced in the recess during the ignition movement but comes to a stop against the edge of the recess to resist withdrawal of the fuel container from the casing.
  • the arrangement of this or these boss(es) may be such that the stop obtained is a resilient stop due to the resilience of the sides of the casing.
  • An automatic gas fuelled lighter comprising an outer casing having a base and provided with a gas escape orifice, a fuel container-ignition mechanism unit comprising an expansion valve and slidably guided by and in said casing between a rest position in which part of said fuel container protrudes from said casing and said orifice is displaced relative to the longitudinal axis of said expansion valve, and a working position in which a larger portion of said unit is received within said casing and said orifice is coaxial with said axis of said valve, an operating arm mounted on said unit for movement from a first position to a second position relative to said unit and engaging said ignition mechanism to actuate said mechanism as said operating arm moves to said second position, and resilient means biassing said operating arm toward said first position, said operating arm being positioned to be driven from said first position to said second position by said base against the resistance of said resilient means as said unit is moved from said rest position to said operative position relative to said outer casing.

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BE (1) BE780594A (sv)
CA (1) CA964481A (sv)
CH (1) CH547994A (sv)
DE (1) DE2211977A1 (sv)
FR (1) FR2158704A5 (sv)
IT (1) IT953349B (sv)
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US3898031A (en) * 1974-05-17 1975-08-05 Richard Rusakowicz Gas fueled safety lighter
US20030219688A1 (en) * 2002-05-27 2003-11-27 Shenzhen Bailingda Lighters & Electrical Products Co., Ltd. Adapter for a lighter and a lighter incorporating such an adapter

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US1024843A (en) * 1911-05-15 1912-04-30 Charles Doblin Automatic cigar-lighter.
US1886461A (en) * 1928-12-13 1932-11-08 Standard Devices Inc Pocket cigar lighter
US2477398A (en) * 1945-04-18 1949-07-26 Shatkin Aaron Lighter
US2479244A (en) * 1948-01-26 1949-08-16 John David Colvert Cigarette lighter
US2482807A (en) * 1945-11-02 1949-09-27 Loy M Strother Cigarette lighter
US2594754A (en) * 1952-01-26 1952-04-29 Brown & Bigelow Liquefied petroleum gas lighter

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JPS4416621Y1 (sv) * 1966-06-02 1969-07-18
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US1024843A (en) * 1911-05-15 1912-04-30 Charles Doblin Automatic cigar-lighter.
US1886461A (en) * 1928-12-13 1932-11-08 Standard Devices Inc Pocket cigar lighter
US2477398A (en) * 1945-04-18 1949-07-26 Shatkin Aaron Lighter
US2482807A (en) * 1945-11-02 1949-09-27 Loy M Strother Cigarette lighter
US2479244A (en) * 1948-01-26 1949-08-16 John David Colvert Cigarette lighter
US2594754A (en) * 1952-01-26 1952-04-29 Brown & Bigelow Liquefied petroleum gas lighter

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3898031A (en) * 1974-05-17 1975-08-05 Richard Rusakowicz Gas fueled safety lighter
US20030219688A1 (en) * 2002-05-27 2003-11-27 Shenzhen Bailingda Lighters & Electrical Products Co., Ltd. Adapter for a lighter and a lighter incorporating such an adapter

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SE381730B (sv) 1975-12-15
JPS4851763A (sv) 1973-07-20
IT953349B (it) 1973-08-10
BE780594A (fr) 1972-09-13
FR2158704A5 (sv) 1973-06-15
AT314882B (de) 1974-04-25
NL7203088A (sv) 1973-05-02
CA964481A (en) 1975-03-18
JPS5441768U (sv) 1979-03-20
DE2211977A1 (de) 1973-05-03
CH547994A (fr) 1974-04-11

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