Solar lighter

A solar furnace comprising an elongated hollow tube having a light concentrating lens at one end thereof to focus light at the other end of said tube, a wooden base connected to said tube at the end of said tube remote from said lens, and having a hole vertically therethrough, said lens being adapted to concentrate rays of sunlight within the space defined by the edges of the hole, said hole being adapted to receive a tobacco product or fishing line therein for ignition by concentration of the sun's rays thereon, said tube having a slot or opening immediately above said base, wherein said slot or opening above said base is adapted to receive a fishing line which, when placed in the slot and drawn tight, will be centered above and adjacent the hole in said base.

In a solar furnace comprising an elongated hollow tube having a light concentrating lens at one end thereof to focus light at the other end of said tube, a wooden base connected to said tube at the end of said tube remote from said lens, and having a hole vertically therethrough, said lens being adapted to concentrate rays of sunlight within the space defined by the edges of the hole, whereby a tobacco product or fishing line can be inserted therein and ignited by concentration of the sun's rays thereon, the improvement comprising a groove across the top of said wooden base, so oriented that a fishing line placed along said groove and across said hole will be located at the focal point of said lens.