Pocket lighter with child resistance mechanism
AssigneeFlamagas, S.A.
InventorVíctor Domínguez Esteban
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Abstract
Pocket lighter with a child resistance mechanism, of the type comprising a liquated gas reservoir, a combustion chamber, a valve connecting liquated gas reservoir to combustion chamber, a lever that activates valve, a flint, a toothed wheel mounted in rotation around an axis and which rubs against said flint and at least one thumb wheel coaxial with axis and integral with toothed wheel. Thumb wheel has on its periphery a plurality of radial projections alternated with seating areas with respect to which said radial projections project. There are between three and ten radial projections, and they are free from any contact with any other element of the lighter.
Claims12
-11. (canceled)
A pocket lighter with a child resistance mechanism, said lighter comprising a liquated gas reservoir, a combustion chamber, a valve connecting said liquated gas reservoir to said combustion chamber, a lever that activates said valve, a flint, a toothed wheel mounted in rotation around an axis and which rubs against said flint creating sparks in the direction of said combustion chamber, and at least one thumb wheel, coaxial with said axis and integral with said toothed wheel, suitable for being drawn in rotation by a user's finger;
- wherein said thumb wheel has on its periphery a plurality of radial projections, there being defined between each pair of said consecutive radial projections a seating area with respect to which said radial projections project in the radial direction, said radial projections being free from contact with any other element of the lighter, and the total number of said radial projections being less than or equal to ten and greater than or equal to three, said periphery of the thumb wheel being directly accessible to a user's finger.
A thumb wheel for supplying a child resistance effect to a lighter, said lighter comprising a liquated gas reservoir, a combustion chamber, a valve connecting said liquated gas reservoir to said combustion chamber, a lever that activates said valve, a flint and, a toothed wheel mounted in rotation around an axis and which rubs against said flint creating sparks in the direction of said combustion chamber;
- said thumb wheel being provided on its periphery with a plurality of radial projections, there being defined between each pair of said consecutive radial projections a seating area with respect to which said radial projections project in the radial direction;
- the total number of said radial projections being less than or equal to ten and greater than or equal to three;
- said thumb wheel being mounted on said lighter coaxially with said axis and integrally with said toothed wheel, so that:
- said thumb wheel is suitable for being drawn in rotation by a user's finger;
- said radial projections are free from contact with any other element of the lighter, and the periphery of said thumb wheel is directly accessible to a user's finger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.