Foldable safety lighter
AssigneeNoel E. Zeller
InventorsNoel E. Zeller, Bronislaw Zapolski
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Abstract
The invention comprises a safety lighter for providing a flame for lighting camp fires, cooking stoves, heaters, lanterns, and the like. The safety lighter has a housing for a fuel container and an electric igniting device, and an extension tube, mounted to the forward end of the housing, that is pivotable from a folded position to an extended position, wherein a flame can be provided at its end remote from the user's hand. The housing has a recess in which a push-button is positioned for actuating the providing of fuel and the igniting device simultaneously. When the extension tube is folded, it lies parallel to the housing over the recess and the push-button so that the lighter cannot be accidentally ignited.
Claims11
In a safety lighter of the type having a housing which contains a fuel container, fuel providing means for providing fuel from the fuel container to a flame point, igniting means including an insulated conductor for providing a spark at the flame point to ignite fuel provided from the fuel container to the flame point, and actuating means for actuating said fuel providing means and said igniting means,
- the improvement comprising said housing having a recess formed on one side thereof;
- said actuating means being positioned in said recess;
- and an extension tube having one end for supporting said flame point and its other end mounted on a forward pivotal member of said housing for pivotal movement of said tube between a first position wherein said tube extends parallel to said housing over said recess so as to block access to said actuating means, and a second position wherein said tube extends away from said housing for allowing access to said actuating means and for providing a spark for a flame at said one end remote from said housing.
A safety actuating device for a safety lighter of the type having a fuel container, means for providing fuel from the fuel container to a flame point, and igniting means including an insulated conductor for providing a spark to ignite the fuel provided at the flame point, comprising an actuating member for operation of the safety lighter, a plunger movable by said actuating member in a downward movement against a biasing force, said plunger having a shoulder portion and a stem portion extending downwardly beyond said shoulder portion, a first pivotable member for actuating one of said igniting and fuel providing means having one end in contact with the shoulder portion of said plunger and its other end arranged for operation of said one of said means upon the downward movement of said plunger, and a second pivotable member for operating the other of said means having one end in contact with said stem portion of said plunger and its other end arranged for operation of said other means upon the downward movement of said plunger.
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