US3910750A - Cigarette lighter - Google Patents

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US3910750A
US3910750A US445659A US44565974A US3910750A US 3910750 A US3910750 A US 3910750A US 445659 A US445659 A US 445659A US 44565974 A US44565974 A US 44565974A US 3910750 A US3910750 A US 3910750A
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Andre Guenin
Conrad Zellweger
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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
    • F23Q2/40—Cover fastenings

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  • ABSTRACT The cover of a cigarette lighter is pivotally mounted between a position closing an outwardly-open burner housing and an open position by means of a rigid piece extending from the inner face of the cover into the housing where it is pivotally mounted on a mobile member elastically biased towards the bottom of the housing.
  • a cam profile on said piece cooperates with a fixed part to displace the pivoting axis towards the opening when the cover is pivoted from the closed towards the open position, thus avoiding rubbing of the cover against the side wall of the lighter.
  • the invention relates to lighters andis particularly concerned with cigarette lighters.
  • a lighter comprising a case with an outwardly-open'burner housing, a cover pivotally mounted between a closed position in which it rests on the edge of the housing'and an open position, a rigid piece on the cover extending into the housing, and a mobile member disposed in the housing and biased towards the bottom thereof, said piece being pivotally attached to said member about a mobile pivoting axis situated in the housing when the cover is in the closed position, said piece having a cam profile cooperating with a fixed part of the lighter to displace the pivoting axis towards the opening when the cover is pivoted from the closed position towards the open position.
  • FIG. 1 is a partial cross-section of the first embodiment of lighter
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 are partial cross-sections of the two other embodiments, showing the device for articulating the cover onto the case of the lighter.
  • FIG. 1 shows a lighter comprising a case 2 forming, with a plate 4, a reservoir for a fuel such as liquified gas.
  • This reservoir communicates with a burner 6 provided with a slidably mounted tube 8 which, by cooperation with a cover 10, actuates an obturator, not shown, to cut off the supply of fuel to the burner.
  • a side wall 26 at the upper part of case 2 defines, with plate 4, a housing 12 which is closed by cover when the lighter is not used.
  • the cover 10 is articulated to the lighter body by means of a rigid piece 14 fixed to and extending into opening 12 from the lower face of cover 10, and carrying a transverse pin 16 whose two ends are engaged under arcuate end portions 18 of a leaf spring 20.
  • One end of spring 20 is fixed to plate 4 by a screw 22 while its other end has two branches extending on either side of piece 14 to exert a pressure on the ends of pin 16.
  • the case 2 has in horizontal cross-section in relation to FIG. 1 a generally oval shape and, of course, cover 10 has a corresponding oval shape.
  • the lower face of cover 10 has over the greater part of its periphery a rib 24 which, in the closed position of the cover, engages just inside the opening defined by wall 26 of case 2. Engagement of this rib 24 inside housing 12 complements the guiding of cover 1.0 providedby the spring 20 .and piece14.
  • the piece 14 has-a cam-forming part 28 adapted to cooperate with the plate 4 to produce, upon opening of the cover, aydisplacement of, the, pivoting axis, i.e. of pin 16, towards the housing opening.- In this manner, rubbing of cover.,l 0 against the edge of wall 26 during manoeuvring of the cover is avoided.
  • a cam-forming part 28 adapted to cooperate with the plate 4 to produce, upon opening of the cover, aydisplacement of, the, pivoting axis, i.e. of pin 16, towards the housing opening.
  • a space 34 is provided between the lower facev of cover 10 and piece 14 to receive the wall 26 during opening and closing of the cover-,aand when the cover is in the fully open position.
  • FIG. 2 differs from the first embodiment by the means for guiding and elastically biasing the piece 14 secured to cover 10.
  • the piece 14 has a transverse pivot 36 providing a pivotal connection between the piece 14 and a mobile member 38.
  • Member 38 is slidably mounted in a housing 40 and has a blind bore 42 in which is lodged a coil spring 44.
  • member 38 is in the form of a fork with two arms passing on either side of a fixed bearing piece 46 and of piece 14.
  • One end of the spring 44 bears in a housing 48 of piece 46, while its other end bears against the bottom of blind bore 42.
  • the member 38 thus ensures guiding of the piece 14 and biasing thereof towards the bottom of housing 12.
  • the profile of cam-forming part 28 of the piece 14 cooperates with the bearing piece 46 and not with plate 4 as in the previous embodiment.
  • FIG. 3 is similar to that of FIG. 2, but the piece 14 fixed to cover 10 has a cam-forming part 28 of different shape, and this part 28 cooperates with a ball 50 disposed in a housing in the upper face of the bearing piece 46.
  • the curves of the cam profile are less abrupt so that less friction is involved during opening and closing, and its operation is therefore softer.
  • the cam profile has two recesses which define the open and closed positions of the cover under the action of the biasing means.
  • a lighter comprising a case with an outwardlyopen burner housing, said housing including a bottom and a side Wall with an edge, a fixed bearing part in the housing, a cover pivotally mounted between a closed position in which it rests on the edge of the housing and an open position, a rigid piece on the cover extending into the housing, a mobile member disposed in the housing, means for slidably mounting said mobile member in the lighter case, means for biasing said mobile member towards the bottom of the housing, and means for pivotally attaching said rigid piece to said mobile member about a mobile pivotal axis situated in the ceive said wall when the cover is in the open position,
  • said rigid piece including means defining a cam profile cooperating with saidfixed bearing part of the housing to displace the pivotal axis towards the opening when the cover is pivoted from the closed position towards the open position
  • said mobile member including means defining a longitudinal blind bore and a pair of fork-like arms extending from the open end of the blind bore in said housing, said rigid piece being pivotally connected to the ends of said arms, said biasing means comprising a coil spring in said bore and a fixed stop between said arms cooperating with the spring to bias said ends of said arms towards the bottom of the hous- 2.
  • said fixed stop between said arms has a housing containing a ball, the cam profile of said piece cooperating with said ball.
  • a lighter comprising a case with an outwardlyopen burner housing, said housing including a bottom and a side wall with an edge, a fixed bearing part in the housing, a cover pivotally mounted between a closed position in which it rests on the edge of the housing and an open position, a rigid piece on the cover extending into the housing, a mobile member disposed in the housing, means for slidably mounting said mobile member in the lighter case, means for biasing said mobile member towards the bottom of the housing, and means for pivotally attaching said rigid piece to said mobile member about a mobile pivotal axis situated in the housing when the cover is in the closed position, said pivotal axis situated in the proximity of said wall of the housing, said rigid piece connected to an inner surface of the cover at a location further away from said wall than said pivotal axis, means defining a gap between the inner surface of the cover and said rigid piece to receive said wall when the cover is in the open position, said rigid piece including means defining a cam profile cooperating with said fixed beating part of the housing to displace
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