Cigarette lighter

In a cigarette lighter of the type including a lighter body having therein a gas tank, a nozzle extending upwardly from said gas tank, an ignition system located in the upper portion of the lighter body and including a flint holder on which a striking member support wheel, a striking member and a flint are mounted, and a cover pivotally supported by the lighter body and movable between an open position in which the ignition system is exposed and a closed position in which the ignition system is enclosed by the cover, the improvement comprising:

• regulating member having an opening, one end of said regulating member being pivotally supported by said lighter body and the other end thereof being pivotably supported by said cover, whereby said regulating member pivots during the opening and the closing movements of said cover;
• means for pivotally supporting said flint holder on said lighter body so that said flint holder extends upwardly through said opening of said regulating member;
• means for biasing said flint toward said striking member and for urging said flint holder to pivot about said means for pivotally supporting to a lowered position in which said cover can close;
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• means provided on said regulating member for engaging said flint holder to prevent pivoting of said flint holder to said lowered position when said cover is open and to allow said flint holder to pivot toward said lowered position as said cover is closed;
• whereby when said cover is opened said flint holder is maintained in a raised position by said means for engaging and when said cover is closed said regulating member is lowered so that said flint holder is pivoted to said lowered position by said means for biasing.