# US 9,435,618 B2 · Fireworks safety igniter > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,435,618 B2 - Document ID: US9435618B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/712,324 - Filed: 2015-05-14 - Published: 2015-11-19 - Granted: 2016-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2014-05-14 - Applicants: Billy R Dean - Inventors: Billy R Dean - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9435618B2 ## CPC - F42B 4/00: Fireworks, i.e. pyrotechnic devices for amusement, display, illumination or signal purposes (signalling by explosives G08B; advertising by fireworks G09F13/46; {signalling by pyrotechnics in railway systems B61L5/20}) - F23Q 7/16: with built-in battery - F42C 19/12: electric - F42B: EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION (explosive compositions C06B; fuzes F42C; blasting F42D) - F23Q: IGNITION (devices or installations peculiar to internal-combustion engines F02P; of cigarettes or tobacco A24F; compositions therefor, chemical igniters C06C); EXTINGUISHING-DEVICES - F42C: AMMUNITION FUZES (blasting cartridge initiators F42B3/10; chemical aspects C06C); ARMING OR SAFETY MEANS THEREFOR (filling fuzes F42B33/02; fitting or extracting primers in or from fuzes F42B33/04; containers for fuzes F42B39/30) ## Abstract A firework safety igniting device includes a housing having a hollow interior and an open end, the open end sized to receive a firework fuse therethrough; A first electrode is mounted within the hollow interior on an interior surface of the housing. A second electrode is also mounted within the hollow interior on the interior surface in a spaced apart relationship with the first electrode. A source is provided to generate and supply, through wires, an electric charge to the first and second electrodes, whereby the first electrode is being negatively charged and the second electrode is being positively charged. The firework fuse, being inserted into the hollow interior through the open end, is positioned in a contact with the first and second electrodes, the contact transferring the electric charge to the firework fuse causing an ignition thereof. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A firework safety igniting device comprising: a housing having a hollow interior and an open end, said open end sized to receive a firework fuse therethrough; a first electrode mounted within said hollow interior of said housing in a contact with an interior surface thereof, said first electrode being coupled to a source of an electric charge; and a second electrode mounted within said hollow interior in a contact with said interior surface thereof, said second electrode being coupled to the source of electric charge, said second electrode being disposed in a spaced apart relationship with said first electrode such that the firework fuse, being inserted into said hollow interior through said open end, contacts said first and second electrodes, whereby said contact of the firework fuse with said first and second electrodes transfers said electric charge to the firework fuse causing an ignition thereof. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The firework safety igniting device of claim 1, wherein each of said first and second electrodes includes wires disposed parallel to each other. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The firework safety igniting device of claim 2, wherein wires in said second electrode are oriented in a different direction than wires in said first electrode. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The firework safety igniting device of claim 2, wherein a spacing between adjacent wires in said first electrode is greater than a spacing between adjacent wires in said second electrode. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The firework safety igniting device of claim 1, wherein said first electrode is being negatively charged during operation of said device, wherein said second electrode is being positively charged during operation of said device and wherein said first electrode is mounted closer to said open end. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The firework safety igniting device of claim 1, wherein each of said first and second electrodes is mounted on said interior surface of said housing. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The firework safety igniting device of claim 1, further comprising said source of said electric charge. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The firework safety igniting device of claim 7, wherein said source of said electric charge includes: a circuit board with an electrical connection circuit disposed on a surface thereof and having connection(s) to a source of electric energy; a transformer mounted on said circuit board and; at least one of a diode, resistor and transistor mounted on said circuit board coupled to said electrical connection circuit; a capacitor coupled to said electrical connection circuit; a first wire coupled at one end thereof to said electrical connection circuit and coupled at an opposite end thereof to one of said first and second electrodes; and a second wire coupled at one end thereof to said electrical connection circuit and coupled at an opposite end thereof to another one of said first and second electrodes. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The firework safety igniting device of claim 8, further comprising a light indicator coupled to said circuit board. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The firework safety igniting device of claim 8, further comprising a switch coupled between said source of said electric charge and the source of electric energy and operable to selectively activate and deactivate said source of said electric charge. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The firework safety igniting device of claim 8, further comprising one or more batteries electrically coupled to said source of said electric charge. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The firework safety igniting device of claim 7, further including another housing connected to said housing and wherein said source of said electric charge is mounted within said another housing. ### Claim 13 (depends on 7) The firework safety igniting device of claim 7, wherein said source of said electric charge is mounted remotely from said housing. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The firework safety igniting device of claim 1, further comprising a light emitting source mounted within said hollow interior. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The firework safety igniting device of claim 1, further comprising a mounting member configured to position said housing above a ground surface. ### Claim 16 A firework safety igniting device comprising: a housing having a hollow interior and an open end, said open end sized to receive a firework fuse therethrough, said housing is at least partially manufactured from an electrically conductive material; a first electrode mounted, in an electrically grounded manner with said housing, within said hollow interior normal to a longitudinal axis of said device and at a distance from said open end thereof, said first electrode including wires disposed parallel to each other, being spaced from each other at a first distance and being oriented in a first direction; a second electrode mounted, in said electrically grounded manner with said housing, within said hollow interior normal to said longitudinal axis of said housing and at a distance from said first electrode, said second electrode including wires disposed parallel to each other, being spaced from each other at a second distance and being oriented in a second direction, wherein said second distance is smaller than said first distance, and wherein said second direction is perpendicular to said first direction; a source generating and supplying, through wires, an electric charge to said first and second electrodes, whereby said first electrode is being negatively charged and said second electrode is being positively charged; whereby the firework fuse, being inserted into said hollow interior through said open end, passes said wires in said first electrode, in a contact therewith, for a further contact with said wires of said second electrode; and whereby said contacts of the firework fuse with wires in said first and second electrodes transfers said electric charge to the firework fuse causing an ignition thereof. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The firework safety igniting device of claim 16, wherein said source is disposed within said housing. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The firework safety igniting device of claim 16, wherein said source is disposed external to said housing and wherein said wires extend past an exterior surface of said housing. ### Claim 19 A firework safety igniting device comprising: a housing having a hollow interior and an open end, said open end sized to receive a firework fuse therethrough; a first electrode mounted within said hollow interior on an interior surface of said housing; a second electrode mounted within said hollow interior on said interior surface in a spaced apart relationship with said first electrode; a source generating and supplying, through wires, an electric charge to said first and second electrodes, whereby said first electrode is being negatively charged and said second electrode is being positively charged; and wherein the firework fuse, being inserted into said hollow interior through said open end, is positioned in a contact with said first and second electrodes, said contact transferring said electric charge, generated and supplied by said source, to the firework fuse causing an ignition thereof.