System for the self-lighting of cigarettes
OwnerNatividad G. Esparzainventor
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Abstract
A system for self-lighting cigarettes includes a cigarette and a cap coupled to the front end of cigarette. The cap includes a housing coupled to one end of the cigarette and having a hollow chamber formed therein. In a first embodiment, first and second containers are located in the chamber and contain respective substances which react with each other when released from their respective containers to produce a sufficient amount of heat to ignite the front end of the cigarette. In a second embodiment, a single container is located in the chamber and contains a substance which reacts, upon direct contact with air, to produce a sufficient amount of heat to ignite the front end of the cigarettes. The cigarette is ignited by carrying out a predetermined actuation which breaks the containers.
Claims28
A cigarette lighting cap, comprising:
- a housing having an upper section and a lower section divided by a grid, said upper section adapted to receive the front end of a cigarette;
- a container located in said lower section of said housing and containing a substance which reacts, upon direct contact with air, to produce a sufficient amount of heat to ignite said front end of said cigarette when a cigarette is located in said upper section of said housing;
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- means for breaking said container in response to a predetermined actuation by the user of said cap.
A cigarette lighting cap, comprising:
- a housing having an upper section and a lower section divided by a grid, said upper section adapted to receive the front end of a cigarette;
- first and second containers located in said lower section of said housing, said containers containing respective substances which react with each other when released from their respective said containers to produce a sufficient amount of heat to ignite said front end of a cigarette when a cigarette is located in said upper section of said housing;
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- means for breaking said containers in response to a predetermined actuation by the user of said cap.
A system for self-lighting cigarettes, comprising:
- (A) a cigarette;
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- (B) a cap attached to a front end of said cigarette, said cap including:
- (1) a housing attached to one end of said cigarette, said housing having a hollow chamber formed therein;
- (2) a container located in said chamber and containing a substance which reacts, upon direct contact with air, to produce a sufficient amount of heat to ignite said front end of said cigarette;
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- (3) means for breaking said container in response to a predetermined actuation by the user of said cap.
A system for self-lighting cigarettes, comprising:
- (A) a cigarette;
- and
- (B) a cap coupled to a front end of said cigarette, said cap including:
- (1) a housing coupled to one end of said cigarette and having a hollow chamber formed therein;
- (2) first and second containers located in said chamber, said containers containing respective substances which react with each other when released from their respective said containers to produce a sufficient amount of heat to ignite said front end of said cigarette;
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- (3) means for breaking said containers in response to a predetermined actuation by the user of said cap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.