Palm actuation lighter
AssigneeZreative Products, Inc.
InventorWen Xu
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Abstract
A palm actuation lighter includes two elongated actuation arms having two opposed outer side gripping surfaces respectively wherein a piezoelectric unit is positioned between the side gripping surfaces. The actuation arms are arranged to compress the piezoelectric unit by a compression force applied on the side gripping surfaces so as to ignite the palm actuation lighter. Therefore, the actuation arms function as a physical barrier to prevent a hand of a child from compressing the piezoelectric unit while an adult is able to compress the actuation arms by using at least two fingers and a thumb of the adult on the side gripping surfaces respectively so as to ignite the palm actuation lighter.
Claims8
A palm actuation lighter, comprising:
- a lighter body receiving a fuel storage and having an ignition cavity provided therein;
- an ignition system, which comprises:
- a gas emitting nozzle communicating with said fuel storage for controlling a flow of gaseous fuel;
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- a piezoelectric unit disposed in said ignition cavity, wherein said piezoelectric unit comprises a main piezoelectric body, a movable operating part slidably extended therefrom, and a spark generating tip extended to a position close to said gas emitting nozzle, wherein when said movable operating part is depressed with respect to said main piezoelectric body, said spark generating tip generates sparks to ignite said gaseous fuel emitted from said gas emitting nozzle;
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- two elongated actuation arms having two opposed outer side gripping surfaces respectively while said lighter body is positioned between said side gripping surfaces, wherein said actuation arms are arranged to compress said piezoelectric unit by a compression force applied on said side gripping surfaces so as to ignite said palm actuation lighter, thereby said actuation arms function as a physical barrier to prevent a hand of a child from compressing said piezoelectric unit while an adult is able to compress said actuation arms by using at least two fingers and a thumb of said adult on said side gripping surfaces respectively so as to ignite said palm actuation lighter;
- wherein said two actuation arms are pivotally connected with each other by a pivot joint, wherein each of said actuation arms has an elongated guiding slot provided at an inner side thereof such that two side portions of said lighter body are mounted in said guiding slots of said actuation arms respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.