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US 8,556,623 B2Granted
Hand tool with incorporated burner and a trigger-piezoelectric igniter unit which may be disassembled
AssigneeGuilbert Express
InventorsYves Guillou, Christophe Le Drappier
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a hand tool with an incorporated burner comprising: a casing; a burner housed in the casing and connected to an electrically conducting component; a trigger apt to move on the casing; an ignition abutment; and a piezoelectric igniter; wherein the trigger and the piezoelectric igniter form a unit which may be disassembled by detachment of the trigger from the casing.
Claims8
A hand tool with an incorporated burner comprising:
- a casing;
- a burner housed in the casing and connected to an electrically conducting component;
- a trigger mounted on the casing and movable along an axis;
- an ignition abutment;
- and
- a piezoelectric igniter;
- wherein the casing comprises a handle and an orifice extending in the handle and receiving the trigger;
- wherein the trigger comprises an open actuation housing receiving the piezoelectric igniter and a reserve housing in order to receive a second piezoelectric igniter;
- the actuation housing having an open end facing the ignition abutment so that the piezoelectric igniter is placed facing the ignition abutment and that a displacement of the trigger in an actuation direction forces the piezoelectric igniter against the ignition abutment for producing a spark at the burner via the electrically conducting component;
- wherein the displacement of the trigger causes the combustion gas to be released;
- and
- wherein the trigger and the piezoelectric igniter form a take-down unit, the take-down unit being removable from the casing without opening of the casing.
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A hand tool with an incorporated burner comprising:
- a casing;
- a burner housed in the casing and connected to an electrically conducting component;
- a trigger mounted on the casing and movable along an axis;
- an ignition abutment;
- and
- a piezoelectric igniter;
- wherein the casing comprises a handle and an orifice extending in the handle and receiving the trigger;
- wherein the trigger comprises an open actuation housing receiving the piezoelectric igniter;
- the actuation housing having an open end facing the ignition abutment so that the piezoelectric igniter is placed facing the ignition abutment and that a displacement of the trigger in an actuation direction forces the piezoelectric igniter against the ignition abutment for producing a spark at the burner via the electrically conducting component;
- wherein the displacement of the trigger causes the combustion gas to be released;
- and
- wherein the trigger and the piezoelectric igniter form a take-down unit, the take-down unit being removable from the casing without opening of the casing;
- and
- wherein:
- the casing comprises a barrel and at least one first guide at the barrel cooperating with the trigger and guiding the trigger in its displacement;
- a displacement of the trigger in the actuation direction along the first guide for bringing the piezoelectric igniter closer to the ignition abutment;
- and
- a displacement of the trigger in a direction opposite to the actuation direction along the first guide being capable of enabling the trigger to be separated from the casing.
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A hand tool with an incorporated burner comprising:
- a casing;
- a burner housed in the casing and connected to an electrically conducting component;
- a trigger mounted on the casing and movable along an axis;
- an ignition abutment;
- and
- a piezoelectric igniter;
- wherein the casing comprises a handle and an orifice extending in the handle and receiving the trigger;
- wherein the trigger comprises an open actuation housing receiving the piezoelectric igniter;
- the actuation housing having an open end facing the ignition abutment so that the piezoelectric igniter is placed facing the ignition abutment and that a displacement of the trigger in an actuation direction forces the piezoelectric igniter against the ignition abutment for producing a spark at the burner via the electrically conducting component;
- wherein the displacement of the trigger causes the combustion gas to be released;
- wherein the trigger and the piezoelectric igniter form a take-down unit, the take-down unit being removable from the casing without opening of the casing;
- wherein the trigger and the casing comprises mechanical elements with shape complementarity and which are separable by elastic deformation;
- wherein the mechanical elements with shape complementarity comprise at least one guiding knob provided on a first of the trigger and the casing and at least one groove with a blocking protrusion in the groove provided on a second one of the trigger and the casing;
- and
- the guiding knob being located in the groove and the guiding knob and the protrusion being configured to elastically cooperate so that a stress exerted on the guiding knob towards the protrusion enables separation of the trigger from the casing.
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A hand tool with an incorporated burner comprising:
- a casing;
- a burner housed in the casing and connected to an electrically conducting component;
- a trigger mounted on the casing and movable along an axis;
- an ignition abutment;
- and
- a piezoelectric igniter;
- wherein the trigger comprises an open actuation housing receiving the piezoelectric igniter;
- the actuation housing having an open end facing the ignition abutment so that the piezoelectric igniter is placed facing the ignition abutment and that a displacement of the trigger in an actuation direction forces the piezoelectric igniter against the ignition abutment for producing a spark at the burner via the electrically conducting component;
- wherein the trigger and the piezoelectric igniter form a take-down unit, the take-down unit being removable from the casing without opening of the casing;
- a removable lance comprising a cooperating portion that cooperates with the casing for the assembling and disassembling of the lance onto the casing;
- wherein the lance also comprises an abutment which, upon contact with the trigger, prevents the trigger from being separated from the casing;
- wherein the lance further comprises a cooperating portion that cooperates with the trigger for locking when it is not operating or unlocking the trigger, wherein the cooperating portion of the lance:
- prevents, upon locking when in an inoperative mode, the displacement of the trigger in the actuation direction by mechanical abutment;
- and
- releases, during unlocking, the displacement of the trigger in the actuation direction for bringing the ignition abutment and the piezoelectric igniter into contact.
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A hand tool with an incorporated burner comprising:
- a casing;
- a burner housed in the casing and connected to an electrically conducting component;
- a trigger mounted on the casing and movable along an axis;
- an ignition abutment;
- and
- a piezoelectric igniter;
- wherein the trigger comprises an open actuation housing receiving the piezoelectric igniter;
- the actuation housing having an open end facing the ignition abutment so that the piezoelectric igniter is placed facing the ignition abutment and that a displacement of the trigger in an actuation direction forces the piezoelectric igniter against the ignition abutment for producing a spark at the burner via the electrically conducting component;
- and
- wherein the trigger and the piezoelectric igniter form a take-down unit, the take-down unit being removable from the casing without opening of the casing;
- and
- wherein the casing comprises a stopping wedge, the trigger comprises an operating lock, an instantaneous actuation portion for instantaneous operation of the hand tool and a locking actuation portion for a locking operation of the hand tool;
- the actuation of the instantaneous actuation portion driving the operating lock along the axis of displacement of the trigger;
- and
- the locking of the actuation portion driving the operating lock into motion towards the stopping wedge and thereby locking the hand tool in an operative state.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.