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US 5,129,819 AGranted
Cigarette lighter
OwnerBoris Rubininventor
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Abstract
A cigarette lighter comprises a housing bounding an inner space, and an actuating unit accommodated in the space and including a push-button, a lever mechanism connected with the push-button, a strike flint, a striking wheel connected with the lever mechanism, and a hood also connected with the lever mechanism, the lever mechanism being formed so that the hood opens for releasing a space for a flame and the striking wheel is turned for striking against the flint by different angles.
Claims9
A cigarette lighter, comprising a housing bounding an inner space;
- an actuating mechanism accommodated in said space and including a push-button, a lever mechanism connected with said push-button, a strike flint, a striking wheel connected with said lever mechanism, and a hood also connected with said lever mechanism, said lever mechanism being formed so that said hood opens for releasing a space for a flame and said striking wheel is turned for striking against said flint by different angles, housing having a bottom provided with an opening;
- a screw which closes and opens said opening;
- and means for advancing said flint toward said striking wheel and including a pusher cooperating with said flint, a spring biasing said pusher toward said flint, a rod connected with said pusher and provided with an end formation, and a shaped member arranged on said rod so as to pull the rod to withdraw said pusher from said flint, said screw having slots so that said shaped member can slide in said slots and also serve as a tool for turning said screw.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.