US 6,951,457 B2Granted

Safety lighter

AssigneePrime GIL Intel, Inc.

InventorKin Chung Li

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Abstract

A safety lighter includes a lighter body comprising a casing defining a liquefied gas chamber for containing a predetermined volume of liquefied gas therein, a supporting frame having an outer sealing surface engaged with an inner surface of the casing, a gas emitting nozzle mounted on the supporting frame to communicate with the liquefied gas chamber, and an ignition device supported by the supporting frame for ignition. A sealing arrangement includes upper and lower sealing rims spacedly and integrally provided along an opening portion of the inner surface of the casing in a step-shouldering manner wherein the upper and lower sealing rims are sealed with the outer sealing surface of the supporting frame to form two sealing lines along the upper and lower sealing rims respectively to sealedly mount the supporting frame on the lighter body for sealedly retaining the liquefied gas within the liquefied gas chamber.

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Dependent claims

A safety lighter, comprising:

a lighter body comprising a casing defining a liquefied gas chamber for containing a predetermined volume of liquefied gas therein;
a supporting frame having an outer sealing surface sealedly attached with an inner surface of said casing;
a gas emitting nozzle mounted on said supporting frame to communicate with said liquefied gas chamber for emitting said gas from said liquefied gas chamber in a controlled manner;
an ignition device supported by said supporting frame for igniting said gas emitted from said gas emitting nozzle;
and
a sealing arrangement comprising upper and lower sealing rims spacedly and integrally provided along an opening portion of said inner surface of said casing in a continuous step-shoulders shape wherein said upper and lower sealing rims are sealedly attached with said outer sealing surface of said supporting frame to form two sealing lines along said upper and lower sealing rims respectively to sealedly mount said supporting frame on said lighter body for sealedly retaining said liquefied gas within said liquefied gas chamber, wherein said outer sealing surface of said supporting frame is an inclined surface that substantially attaches with said upper and lower sealing rims at the same time to form said sealing lines respectively to sealedly mount said supporting frame on said lighter body.

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A safety lighter, comprising:

a lighter body comprising a casing defining a liquefied gas chamber for containing a predetermined volume of liquefied gas therein;
a supporting frame having an outer sealing surface sealedly attached with an inner surface of said casing;
a gas emitting nozzle mounted on said supporting frame to communicate with said liquefied gas chamber for emitting said gas from said liquefied gas chamber in a controlled manner;
an ignition device supported by said supporting frame for igniting said gas emitted from said gas emitting nozzle;
and
a sealing arrangement comprising upper and lower sealing rims spacedly and integrally provided along an opening portion of said inner surface of said casing in a continuous step-shoulders shape wherein said upper and lower sealing rims are sealedly attached with said outer sealing surface of said supporting frame to form two sealing lines along said upper and lower sealing rims respectively to sealedly mount said supporting frame on said lighter body for sealedly retaining said liquefied gas within said liquefied gas chamber, wherein each of said upper and lower sealing rims is integrally formed around said opening portion of said inner surface of said casing in said step-shoulders shape by physically reducing a thickness of said opening portion of said casing, wherein said outer sealing surface of said supporting frame is an inclined surface that substantially attaches with said upper and lower sealing rims at the same time to form said sealing lines respectively to sealedly mount said supporting frame on said lighter body.

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A safety lighter, comprising:

a lighter body comprising a casing defining a liquefied gas chamber for containing a predetermined volume of liquefied gas therein;
a supporting frame having an outer sealing surface sealedly attached with an inner surface of said casing, wherein said lighter body further comprises a reinforcing wall affixed between two inner walls of said casing to divide said liquefied gas chamber into two compartments, wherein said reinforcing wall is upwardly extended towards said opening portion of said casing to define a communication cavity between said reinforcing wall and said supporting frame to communicate between said two compartments, wherein said reinforcing wall has a top edge having a U-shape formed between said two inner walls of said casing within said communication cavity to strengthen said casing at said communication cavity;
a gas emitting nozzle mounted on said supporting frame to communicate with said liquefied gas chamber for emitting said gas from said liquefied gas chamber in a controlled manner;
an ignition device supported by said supporting frame for igniting said gas emitted from said gas emitting nozzle;
and
a sealing arrangement comprising upper and lower sealing rims spacedly and integrally provided along an opening portion of said inner surface of said casing in a continuous step-shoulders shape wherein said upper and lower sealing rims are sealedly attached with said outer sealing surface of said supporting frame to form two sealing lines along said upper and lower sealing rims respectively to sealedly mount said supporting frame on said lighter body for sealedly retaining said liquefied gas within said liquefied gas chamber.

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A safety lighter, comprising:

a lighter body comprising a casing defining a liquefied gas chamber for containing a predetermined volume of liquefied gas therein;
a supporting frame having an outer sealing surface sealedly attached with an inner surface of said casing, wherein said lighter body further comprises a reinforcing wall affixed between two inner walls of said casing to divide said liquefied gas chamber into two compartments, wherein said reinforcing wall is upwardly extended towards said opening portion of said casing to define a communication cavity between said reinforcing wall and said supporting frame to communicate between said two compartments, wherein said reinforcing wall has a top edge having a U-shape formed between said two inner walls of said casing within said communication cavity to strengthen said casing at said communication cavity;
a gas emitting nozzle mounted on said supporting frame to communicate with said liquefied gas chamber for emitting said gas from said liquefied gas chamber in a controlled manner;
an ignition device supported by said supporting frame for igniting said gas emitted from said gas emitting nozzle;
and
a sealing arrangement comprising upper and lower sealing rims spacedly and integrally provided along an opening portion of said inner surface of said casing in a continuous step-shoulders shape wherein said upper and lower sealing rims are sealedly attached with said outer sealing surface of said supporting frame to form two sealing lines along said upper and lower sealing rims respectively to sealedly mount said supporting frame on said lighter body for sealedly retaining said liquefied gas within said liquefied gas chamber, wherein each of said upper and lower sealing rims is integrally formed around said opening portion of said inner surface of said casing in said step-shoulders shape by physically reducing a thickness of said opening portion of said casing.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.