Electrical igniter for gas lighter

A gas appliance having:

• a housing;
• a reservoir of a gasifiable combustible in the housing;
• a nozzle in the housing connected to the reservoir and provided with valve means openable for emitting an ignitable stream of the combustible;
• a relatively stationary first generator part forming a first terminal;
• a first electrode at the nozzle connected to the first terminal;
• a relatively movable second generator part forming a second terminal and movable on the stationary part from an upper end position to a lower end position to generate a potential between the terminals;
• means including a depressible element displaceable between upper and lower end positions and connected to the movable generator part for opening the valve means and generating the potential between the terminals when moving into the respective lower end position;
• and
• a second electrode wholly formed of an elastically deformable coil spring fixed in the housing and having one end juxtaposed with the first electrode at the nozzle and another end engageable with the second terminal on the movable part generally only on displacement of same into the respective lower end position and being out of engagement with the second terminal in the upper end position of the movable part.