Cigarette lighter with presale tamper protection
AssigneeSociete Anonyme dite: Etablissements Genoud & Cie.
InventorGuy Neyret
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Abstract
A cigarette lighter has a cylindrical fuel-containing housing provided at its head with a burner, a valve having a lever operable to feed fuel from the housing interior to the burner, and a striker wheel for sparking across the burner and igniting fuel issuing therefrom. A shield surrounds the projecting end of the valve lever and prevents its actuation. This shield is releasably connected to the housing by a plurality of frangible webs to allow its removal after purchase of the lighter. These webs are integrally formed with the shield and with the synthetic-resin reservoir body of the housing or with the metallic head cap thereof.
Claims1
A lighter comprising:
- an elongated housing having a cylindrical head and formed with a cylindrical reservoir containing a supply of fuel;
- a burner on said head;
- valve means on said head between said burner and said reservoir and having a laterally projecting lever actuatable for feeding said fuel to said burner;
- a striker wheel on said head above said lever for igniting fuel issuing from said burner;
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- a shield extending around part of said head and formed with a channel open parallel to said housing and receiving said projecting lever and preventing actuation thereof, said shield comprising a pair of arc-segmental aprons extending around said head to opposite sides of said channel coaxial with said head and secured by spaced-apart webs to said housing, said webs being integral with said housing and said aprons, said shield having an inwardly directed lip immediately underlying said projecting lever.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.