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US3385650A
US3385650A US520166A US52016666A US3385650A US 3385650 A US3385650 A US 3385650A US 520166 A US520166 A US 520166A US 52016666 A US52016666 A US 52016666A US 3385650 A US3385650 A US 3385650A
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Jean Genoud
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23Q—IGNITION; EXTINGUISHING-DEVICES
    • F23Q2/00—Lighters containing fuel, e.g. for cigarettes
    • F23Q2/34—Component parts or accessories
    • F23Q2/52—Filling devices

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  • a gas lighter comprising a control lever pivoting at its rear portion and acting through its front portion on a link suspended from a catch support hingedly mounted about the spindle of a knurled wheel, the control lever acting simultaneously upon an intermediate lever hinged around the said spindle and raising the valve of the gas burner, said front portion, the suspension of said link and the axis of said spindle being in substantial alignment in their positions of rest.
  • the present invention has for its object a lighter provided with an ⁇ automatic mechanism and wherein the fuel is constituted by a compressed liqueed gas.
  • the mechanisms of such gas lighters used hitherto are of one of the following types:
  • a mechanism of the rack controlled type the execution of which is comparatively ditiicult, but which show the advantage consisting in that the control lever may be easily enclosed inside a hood.
  • a mechanism of the cam-controlled type showing the same possibility of enclosing the control lever within a hood, but the operation of which is hard by reason of the friction arising between the parts.
  • the present invention relates to an arrangement associating the advantages of these various types of mechanisms without ⁇ showing any of their drawbacks.
  • control key or lever pivotally secured to the rear of the lighter round a stationary ⁇ axis shifts, when depressed, on the one hand, a link connected with a member carrying a catch engaging the knurled ignition wheel and, on the other hand, an intermediate lever pivotally secured round the spindle carrying the knurled igniting wheel, so as to release the valve closing the output provided for the gas in the container.
  • Such an improved lighter is furthermore of the type including a casing enclosing the gas container over the bottom of the latter, while the upper section of the ICC mechanism is covered by a hood enclosing its head and out of which the control lever projects.
  • control lever is carried in open bearings provided both at the rear on the casing and to the front on the link, said control lever being held in position by the hood so as to allow said control lever to be released upon removal of said hood, whereby it may be removed instantaneously -without any further dismantling.
  • Said arrangement is of interest since it allows, in the case of a damage to the brittle parts of the mechanism, such as the catch and the knurled wheel, an easy replacement of such parts alone, while retaining in position the outer parts such as the hood, the control lever .and the casing, which may be of a costly ornamented type.
  • the latter is advantageously fitted on the mechanism head through a mere elastic snapping in position.
  • the spring returning the control lever into position does not act directly on the latter but only through an intermediate link.
  • a pivotal connection is inserted between the point at which the spring acts and said link, so as to ensure a maximum smoothness in operation.
  • the spring returning the intermediate lever into position acts on the rear end of the latter and consequently at a somewhat considerable distance from the point of its pivotal connection round the spindle carrying the knurled wheel, which ensures an excellent closing and simultaneously allows the use of a spring of a reduced power, which cooperates in providing a very smooth opening movement.
  • the front end of the control lever engages in its inoperative position the spindle of the knurled lwheel against which it abuts.
  • the connection between the control lever and the link is thus held fast and the return spring raises the lower pivotal connection of the said link, so that the upper pivotal connection of said link urges forwardly the catch-carrying member with a maximum efficiency and this allows resorting to a return spring of a reduced power, while ensuring a perfectly reliable reengagement of the parts.
  • Such a mechanism may obviously be incorporated both with a lighter provided with a removable container or rell and with a lighter provided with a container adapted to be reloaded through a valve fitted on it.
  • FIG. l is a general view of the lighter in its closed position, said ligure being a vertical elevational sectional view through line 1.-1 of FIG. 3.
  • FIG. 2 is a view similar to FIG. l, showing however the upper part of the lighter in its open condition, i.e. ready for ignition.
  • FlG. 3 is a horizontal sectional view through line 3 3 of FIG. l.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 are transverse sectional views respectively through lines 4-4 and 5-5 of FIG. l.
  • A designates the head carrying the mechanism
  • B the container for liquefied gas adjacent said head
  • C the casing enclosing the container and a portion of the head
  • D the hood forming a continuation of said casing and covering the upper end of said head
  • E the control lever pivotally secured to the rear of said head in registry with said hood
  • F the actual valve controlling the flow of gas out of the container
  • G the valve through which the container B may be filled.
  • the control lever E having an inverted U-shaped cross-section carries at its rear end a tubular rivet 1 which forms a pivot resting in bearings 2 fitted in the head A, said bearings opening in an upward direction.
  • the lianges of the opposite free end of the control lever are provided with semi-circular recesses 3' opening downwardly and inside which is freely fitted a pivot 4 carried by the lower end of a link 5.
  • Said link 5 is carried at its other upper end 6 by a member 8 carrying a catch 7 adapted to rock round the spindle 9 of the ignition-producing knurled wheel 10.
  • Said link 5 carries furthermore a pivot 12 for a small bar 13 provided with a notch in which is engaged one end of a spring 14 in the shape of a hair pin, said spring abutting through its other end over the upper stationary wall of the container B.
  • the iianges of the control lever E furthermore carry a projection 15 facing downwardly and extending over an intermediate lever 16 pivotally secured round the above-mentioned spindle 9 carrying the knurled wheel said lever 16 including a fork-shaped extension 16a acting on the movable member of the valve F controlling the ow of gas. Furthermore, said lever 16 is subjected to the action of the coil spring 17.
  • the spindle 9 carrying the knurled wheel is Vfitted in the lighter head, above the output end of a tube 18 carrying the flint 19 subjected to the action of a spring-urged push member 20
  • the gas-controlling valve F includes conventionally a movable member 22 constituted by a hollow rod, so that it may act both as a valve and as a burner. Said movable member is subjected to the action of a light spring 23 which engages the underside of a collar 24 on said movable member 22, so as to produce the opening of the valve in association with the thrust exerted by the gas itself.
  • Said valve furthermore includes a striated wheel 25, the rotation of which allows adjusting the height of the flame through action of the closing means 26 providing a throttling or an expansion of the gas, while a wick 27 dipping inside the container B feeds the burner with gas.
  • the catch 7 drives the knurled wheel in the conventional manner, by engaging the ratchet teeth 21 formed on one of the lateral surfaces of the wheel (FIG. 4). During its return movement, said catch slides over the teeth without driving the wheel.
  • the projection on the control lever E engages the intermediate lever 16 and causes it to rock round the spindle 9 and to compress the spring 17. This raises the opposite forked end 16a of the intermediate lever, which allows the burner-forming part 22 of the valve F to rise and thus to allow the gas to escape and to be inflamed, as illustrated in FIG. 2.
  • the intermediate lever 16 is released and urged by its spring 17 upwardly, so that its forked end 16a closes again the gas valve.
  • control lever includes a front extension 28 which, at the end of the return stroke, abuts against the spindle 9 carrying the knurled wheel.
  • connection between the control lever and the link is thus held fast in a stationary position, while the spring 14 exerts a vertical tractional stress on the rear pivotal connection 12 of said link and urges consequently the latter into rotation round its lower pivotal connection 4 which is now stationary.
  • the upper pivot 6 urges thus the member 3 carrying the catch forwardly with a maximum efficiency.
  • This arrangement allows thus resorting to a spring 14 which, although of a reduced power, may provide however reliably an excellent return on the parts into their inoperative positions.
  • the hood D is held over the head A ⁇ at its front end and through a snap system 30 and at the rear end through a sliding bolt 31 subjected to the transverse thrust of a helical spring 32. Said bolt projects beyond the head A at superposed points 31a and 31h. The upper projection 31a engages the hood D and urges it rearwardly so as to ensure the permanent engagement provided to the front by the snap system 30. Said upper portion of the bolt projects beyond the lower end of the hood, so that it may be easily engaged by ones nail after removal of the casing C.
  • a slot 34 provided at the lower end of the casing allows pushing upwardly by means of a coin for instance the container with its mechanism, in the case for instance of a wedging by dust, sand or waste tobacco.
  • a stationary section including a fuel container, a control lever pivotally journalled at its rear end through bearing means engaging upwardly open bearing surfaces in the upper portion of the stationary section and adapted to be shifted between an upper inoperative and a lower operative position, a link pivotally secured at its lower end to a point of said control lever, a rotatable spindle, a carrier member turnably journalled on said spindle and pivotally secured to the upper end of the link, a catch carried by the carrier member, a knurled ignition wheel secured to said spindle and provided laterally with an annular series of ratchet teeth adapted to be engaged by the catch upon depression of the control lever into its operative position, an intermediate lever pivotally carried by said spindle and located in the path of angular displacement of said control lever and a container closing valve, the opening of which is provoked by the depression of the control lever into its operative position through the intermediary of said intermediate lever, the three pivotal connections respectively between the control lever and the link,
  • a stationary section including a fuel container, a control lever pivotally journalled at its rear end through bearing means engaging upwardly open bearing surfaces in the upper portion of the stationary section vand adapted to be shifted between an upper inoperative and a lower operative position, a link pivotally secured at its lower end to a point of said control lever, a rotatable spindle, a carrier member turnably journalled on said spindle and pivotally secured to the upper end of the link, a catch carried by the carrier member, a knurled ignition wheel, secured to said spindle and provided laterally with an annular series of ratchet teeth adapted to be engaged by the catch upon depression of the control lever into its operative position, an intermediate lever pivotally carried by said spindle and located in the path of angular displacement of said control lever and a container closing valve the opening of which is provoked by the depression of the control lever into its operative position through the intermediary of said intermediate lever, a hood extending over the knurled

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