# US 4,395,227 A · Flame thrower attachment

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- Number: US 4,395,227 A
- Document ID: US4395227A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/245,966
- Filed: 1981-03-20
- Granted: 1983-07-26
- Earliest claimed: 1981-03-20
- Inventors: Scotlund Stivers
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4395227A

## CPC

- F23Q 2/00: Lighters containing fuel, e.g. for cigarettes
- F23Q 2/285: {with spark ignition}
- F23Q 3/008: {Structurally associated with fluid-fuel burners}
- F23Q: IGNITION (devices or installations peculiar to internal-combustion engines F02P; of cigarettes or tobacco A24F; compositions therefor, chemical igniters C06C); EXTINGUISHING-DEVICES

## Abstract

A flame thrower attachment for attachment to aerosol containers with the flame thrower attachment having a nozzle for discharging the combustible material, an ignition member for igniting the combustible material and a finger guard to protect the user's hand from burns.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A flame thrower attachment for use with a container of combustible material comprising:
a housing for mounting to and partially encapsulating an aerosol like container of pressurized combustible material;
a nozzle head located on said housing and adapted to connect to an aerosol like container of pressurized combustible material to permit said nozzle head to release a combustible material from an aerosol like container of pressurized combustible material, said nozzle head having an opening for directing a pressurized combustible material along an axis and a diverging section to direct a flame in a first direction;
an ignition means for igniting combustible material as it discharges from an aerosol like container of pressurized combustible material; and
a finger guard attached to said housing, said finger guard having a section extending in the first direction, said finger guard located proximate but off-set from said nozzle head so that a flame issuing from said nozzle head will pass over said finger guard without burning the user's fingers.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The invention of claim 1 wherein said attachment includes a one-way valve to prevent back flow of combustible material.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The invention of claim 2 wherein said ignition mechanism comprises a piezoelectric crystal that generates an electrical spark when a force is applied thereto.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The invention of claim 3 wherein said nozzle head includes a vertically slidable extension for engagement and activation of a container of pressurized combustible material.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The invention of claim 4 wherein said housing is operable to form a friction fit with a container of pressurized combustible material.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The invention of claim 5 including a container of pressurized combustible material having a means for discharging combustible material into said nozzle.

### Claim 7 (depends on 2)

The invention of claim 2 including platinum black to ignite the combustible material.