US3827852A - Automatic cigarette lighter - Google Patents

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US3827852A
US3827852A US00317254A US31725472A US3827852A US 3827852 A US3827852 A US 3827852A US 00317254 A US00317254 A US 00317254A US 31725472 A US31725472 A US 31725472A US 3827852 A US3827852 A US 3827852A
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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
    • F23Q2/46—Friction wheels; Arrangement of friction wheels
    • 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
    • F23Q2/161—Lighters with gaseous fuel, e.g. the gas being stored in liquid phase with friction wheel

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  • a restoring spring for an operating key or pushbutton is also adapted, with an upper, straight end disposed under the head of the operating member to act as a pawl for actuating a ratchet associated with a serrated sparkling wheel, this spring end having its maximum flexibility in the normal position of the operating member and its maximum rigidity in the depressed position of that member.
  • a notch is formed in the operating member and engaged with play by one arm of a two-armed lever connected to a burner and valve assembly, the upper and lower ends of that notch controlling the opening and the closing, respectively, of the burner valve.
  • the present invention relates to an automatic cigarette lighter of the pyrophoric or flint-ignition type, that is, a lighter requiring for its actuation only a pressure exerted on an operating member in the form of a key or pushbutton for igniting the fuel and subsequently extinguishing the flame by simply releasing this pressure.
  • the object of my present invention is to provide an extremely simple operating mechanism for such a lighter which requires for its manufacture only a small number of economical yet sturdy elementary parts.
  • a restoring spring for its operating member acts at the same time as a pawl for driving a ratchet associated with a sparking wheel.
  • the spring is designed as a coil adapted, by expansion, to return the key to normal and, by torsion, to act as a pawl for driving the ratchet associated with the sparking wheel, this pawl function being accomplished by one end of the compressive coil spring which constitutes a rectilinear tangential projection disposed underneath the key and bearing against the ratchet.
  • this mechanism When this mechanism is incorporated in a cigarette lighter operating on gaseous fuel, the key actuation is also utilized for opening its gas valve. To this end, this key is formed with a notch engaged with play by one end of a valve-control lever, the upper and lower ends of this notch thus positively opening and closing, respectively, that gas valve.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 are diagrammatic side elevational and part-sectional'views showing a cigarette lighter according to this invention in its inoperative and working positions, respectively, the mechanism comprising a radialteeth ratchet;
  • FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line III- III of FIG. I;
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 are views similar to FIGS. 1 and 2, re-
  • the key 7 is loaded by a compression spring 9 having its lower end 9a abutting a stud I0 rigid with the body 1 whereby the spring is held against counterclockwise rotation about its axis as viewed in FIGS. 3 and 6;7 its upper end 9b proximal to key 7 is in the form of a straight tangential projection disposed on the underface of the head of this key while engaging the teeth of ratchet 6.
  • This spring is prestressed both longitudinally (for returning the key to its inoperative position) and angularly so as to exert a torque causing its free end 9!) to constantly and elastically engage the teeth of ratchet 6.
  • the key 7 advantageously has an extension 7a provided with a notch 11 engaged with clearance by one end of a two-armed lever 12 (FIGS. 1 3) or 12 (FIGS. 4 6) freely fulcrumed on a pivot pin 13 here shown to constitute the axle of the sparking wheel 5, the other end of the lever engaging in a peripheral groove 2a formed in the conventional fashion in the head of valve assembly 2.
  • lever 12 or 12' and key extension 7a form a lost-motion connection, the upper and lower ends of notch 11 controlling the opening and closing of the gas valve, during a working stroke (down) and a return stroke (up), respectively, of key 7.
  • an automatic cigarette lighter including a body, a sparking wheel rotatably mounted on said body, a ratchet rotatably coupled with said sparking wheel, a flint coacting with said sparking wheel, an operating member movable between a normal position and a working position, and stepping means for said ratchet controlled by said operating member, the improvement wherein said stepping means comprises a compressive coil spring seated on said body and bearing upon said operating member for urging same into said normal position, said coil spring having a first end remote from said operating member held on said body against rotation about the coil axis and a second end proximal to said operating member projecting linearly outwardly, said second end engaging said ratchet for advancing same in response to an axial compression of said coil spring.

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Cited By (9)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4146358A (en) * 1975-10-27 1979-03-27 Wilkinson Sword Limited Pyrophoric lighter
US4259059A (en) * 1979-08-15 1981-03-31 Roosa Vernon D Extension lighter
US5020990A (en) * 1990-04-11 1991-06-04 First Glorious Enterprise Co., Ltd. Gas fuel lighter
US5358401A (en) * 1992-04-09 1994-10-25 Masayuki Iwahori Ignition mechanism for a lighter
US6116892A (en) * 1998-08-28 2000-09-12 Yang; John Jiin Chung Safety flint-type lighter
US6565353B2 (en) * 2001-06-29 2003-05-20 John Jiin Chung Yang Lighter with improved ignition system
US20040033462A1 (en) * 2001-04-20 2004-02-19 Zhang Fu Quan Safety gas lighter with a ratchet-pawl mechanism
US20120251961A1 (en) * 2011-04-04 2012-10-04 Ki Chol Lee Gas lighter with roller-rotation restraining part
JP2016534320A (ja) * 2013-12-17 2016-11-04 チェン，ロン 自動復帰型プッシュ式フリント点火機構

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FR458648A (fr) * 1913-05-31 1913-10-15 Willy Schroers Allumeur de gaz, continu, au ferro-cerium
US3506387A (en) * 1967-08-01 1970-04-14 Dupont S T Spark-wheel drive mechanism for automatic gas lighter
US3730671A (en) * 1971-12-29 1973-05-01 Genoud & Cie Ets Cigarette-lighter flint wheel action

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR458648A (fr) * 1913-05-31 1913-10-15 Willy Schroers Allumeur de gaz, continu, au ferro-cerium
US3506387A (en) * 1967-08-01 1970-04-14 Dupont S T Spark-wheel drive mechanism for automatic gas lighter
US3730671A (en) * 1971-12-29 1973-05-01 Genoud & Cie Ets Cigarette-lighter flint wheel action

Cited By (12)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4146358A (en) * 1975-10-27 1979-03-27 Wilkinson Sword Limited Pyrophoric lighter
US4259059A (en) * 1979-08-15 1981-03-31 Roosa Vernon D Extension lighter
US5020990A (en) * 1990-04-11 1991-06-04 First Glorious Enterprise Co., Ltd. Gas fuel lighter
US5358401A (en) * 1992-04-09 1994-10-25 Masayuki Iwahori Ignition mechanism for a lighter
US6116892A (en) * 1998-08-28 2000-09-12 Yang; John Jiin Chung Safety flint-type lighter
US20040033462A1 (en) * 2001-04-20 2004-02-19 Zhang Fu Quan Safety gas lighter with a ratchet-pawl mechanism
US6860733B2 (en) * 2001-04-20 2005-03-01 L & L Lighter Corp. Safety gas lighter with a ratchet-pawl mechanism
US6565353B2 (en) * 2001-06-29 2003-05-20 John Jiin Chung Yang Lighter with improved ignition system
US20120251961A1 (en) * 2011-04-04 2012-10-04 Ki Chol Lee Gas lighter with roller-rotation restraining part
US8840398B2 (en) * 2011-04-04 2014-09-23 Ki Chol Lee Gas lighter with roller-rotation restraining part
JP2016534320A (ja) * 2013-12-17 2016-11-04 チェン，ロン 自動復帰型プッシュ式フリント点火機構
US9909760B2 (en) * 2013-12-17 2018-03-06 Long Chen Push-button type flint ignition mechanism capable of automatic resetting

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NL175101B (nl) 1984-04-16
AT316186B (de) 1974-06-25
DK133637C (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1977-01-17
CA965969A (en) 1975-04-15
BE792568A (fr) 1973-03-30
BR7300085D0 (pt) 1973-09-13
NL175101C (nl) 1984-09-17
DK133637B (da) 1976-06-21
ES187614Y (es) 1974-08-16
DE2262807B2 (de) 1976-07-01
FR2169724B1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1974-12-13
ES187614U (es) 1974-01-01
CH561397A5 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1975-04-30
SE381734B (sv) 1975-12-15
JPS4879076A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1973-10-23
NO133982B (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1976-04-20
GB1410674A (en) 1975-10-22
NO133982C (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1976-07-28
DE2262807A1 (de) 1973-07-19
NL7300012A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1973-07-10
JPS546952B2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1979-04-02
FR2169724A1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1973-09-14

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