Lighter with a cigarette extinguisher
AssigneeCotron Corporation
InventorBill Yang
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Abstract
A lighter provided with a cigarette extinguisher which is capable of cutting and extinguishing a burning head of a cigarette safely. The cigarette extinguisher comprises an upper cut element, a torsion spring, a tongue, a lower cut element and a pivot pin. The pivot pin pivotally connects the upper cut element and the lower cut element to facilitate the relative pivotal movement of the upper cut element and the lower cut element, the relative pivotal movement affects the cutting-off of a cigarette head which is inserted into the space between the upper cut element and the lower cut element.
Claims3
A lighter with a cigarette extinguisher, comprising:
- a body having a fuel storage chamber;
- fuel igniting means secured to said body;
- first cutting means having a first end portion, a second end portion and a first blade formed on said first end portion;
- second cutting means secured to said body, having a third end portion, a fourth end portion and a second blade formed on said third end portion;
- pivoting means for pivotally connecting said second end portion and said fourth end portion so as to facilitate relative pivotal movement of said first blade and said second blade, said relative pivotal movement of said first blade and said second blade affecting cutting-off of a cigarette head inserted into a space between said first blade and said second blade;
- biasing means, disposed between said first cutting means and said second cutting means, for biasing said two cutting means to move apart from each other;
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- a tongue disposed between said first cutting means and said second cutting means, for cooperating with said first cutting means to crush said cut-off cigarette head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.