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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110097675 | SAFETY LIGHTER WITH DOUBLE-WHEEL AND BUFFER-WHEEL IGNITION DEVICE A safety lighter includes double rotating wheels provided on each side of a sparking wheel, with a buffer wheel between one of the double rotating wheels and the sparking wheel and received around an axle portion of the one rotating wheels. The buffer wheel hinders rota... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110091826 | Lighting fixture lighter A lighting fixture lighter includes a frame body including a light transmitting window, a flame generator, and an illumination fixture built-in with the lighter for generating illumination light for illumination purpose. The illumination fixture includes a power source,... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110091825 | Child resistant gas lighter The child resistant gas lighter of the invention has an ignition sleeve having a slit defined therein and an integrated safety cap having a press surface, an opposite slide surface, a direction bar formed on the slide surface which is inserted in the slit and is able to... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110091827 | Lighting fixture lighter A lighting fixture lighter includes a frame body including a light transmitting window, a flame generator, and an illumination fixture built-in with the lighter for generating illumination light for illumination purpose. The illumination fixture includes a power source,... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20100273119 | IGNITER An igniter having a rod-like extension that can be rotated to change the direction of the flame port in a free state and locked when the igniting action is to be done.... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100216081 | BAR LIGHTER COMPRISING A SAFETY MECHANISM Disclosed is a bar lighter comprising a novel safety mechanism for securing the bar lighter from being accidentally actuated. A safety lever (4) is pivotally connected to an actuating element (2) which can be moved relative to a housing between a starting ... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100190121 | FOLDABLE IGNITER A foldable lighter having a safety mechanism for preventing inadvertent ignition. The foldable lighter comprises a body that has an operating member for igniting the lighter, and a swing-arm pivotally connected to the body by a swing-mount. The locking mechanism compris... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100178623 | GAS SWITCH CAPABLE OF ADJUSTING FIRE INTENSITY FINELY A gas switch capable of adjusting fire intensity finely includes a gas switch capable of adjusting fire intensity finely, comprising a switch body inside which a guide is installed, a fastener set that revolves inside the switch body and includes a hollow fastener and a... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100112501 | GAS COMBUSTION APPARATUS AND COMBUSTION GAS SETTING DEVICE THEREOF The present invention relates to a gas combustion apparatus, composed by a storage tank, a combustion gas setting device, an ignition device, a housing, a combustion device and an outer tube. When the pushing rod of the adjusting unit is forwardly pushed from the bottom... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100099053 | Structure of lighter with safety button A lighter, in the form of a tubular shape in particular, is provided with a safety button. The lighter includes an ignition button having a surface to which the safety button is mounted. The surface of the ignition button defines a slot in which the safety button is rec... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100092899 | DISLOCATION-TYPE SAFETY LIGHTER A dislocation-type safety lighter the invention is disclosed. The dislocation-type safety lighter includes a main body, a wheel racket, a file wheel, a metal cap, and a lever. The lever includes a pressing part, a base, and a slipping hole. Each side of the base furnish... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100062383 | POCKET LIGHTER WITH CHILD RESISTANCE MECHANISM Pocket lighter with a child resistance mechanism, of the type comprising a liquated gas reservoir, a combustion chamber, a valve connecting liquated gas reservoir to combustion chamber, a lever that activates valve, a flint, a toothed wheel mounted in rotation around an... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100047729 | Lighter with childproof windshield A childproof windshield for a disposable lighter, includes a U-shaped surrounding wall mounting on two supporting walls of the disposable lighter respectively, and a pair of safety shells for coaxially positioning with a striker wheel and facing two outer sides of two d... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100021854 | IGNITER An igniter can include a safety mechanism which is easily operated by an adult but is difficult for a child to release. In particular, an igniter can include: a nozzle section which emits a flame; a fuel introduction section; an ignition section which ignites the introd... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20090263754 | Utility light with illumination arrangement A utility lighter includes a lighter casing having a casing body and an extension arm, a gas releasing valve provided in the lighter casing, an ignition nozzle provided at an upper end of the extension arm to communicate with the gas releasing valve; a piezoelectric uni... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090202954 | Multifunctional fuel gas nozzle The present invention discloses a multifunctional fuel gas nozzle such that the nozzle is generally applicable for both natural gas and liquefied gas with different pressures. The multifunctional fuel gas nozzle of the present invention comprises a hollow core, a shell ... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090197213 | Flint wheel lighter with a safety device A flint wheel lighter with a safety device, comprises a casing, a fuel container disposed in the casing, a vent assembly, an ignition assembly, and a windproof hood above the fuel container, the ignition assembly is arranged on the side opposite to the windproof hood. S... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090098494 | Torch having a continuous-flame mode A hand-held torch includes a housing. A fuel flow path is defined within the housing. A plunger is movable within the housing to control fuel flow through the fuel flow path. An engagement portion is coupled to the plunger. A latching mechanism having at least one claw ... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090098493 | Child resistant flint lighter with free wheel A child resistant flint lighter having a body on which a pair of brackets are formed, a pivotal means being of bar-shaped and installed on the pair of brackets, a free wheel rotatably installed on the pivotal means, a flint wheel covering on the pivotal means, a fixed w... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090087803 | Child-resistant gas lighter A lighter that includes a hard-spring piezoelectric unit for preventing children from to operate lighter. A piezoelectric ignition unit has a plunger that is movable into a main casing to generate sparks for igniting a stream of flammable fuel. A hard-spring piezoelectr... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090068604 | Cigarette Lighter with Replaceable Cartridge A cigarette lighter has a fuel cartridge for use therewith that may be removable there-from. In the exemplary embodiment, the fuel cartridge has a reservoir for holding a flammable liquid fuel, and includes a valve having a closed state for denying escape of the fuel fr... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090061371 | UTILITY LIGHTER WITH A SAFTEY FEATURE A utility lighter with a safety device having a trigger, a stop and a safety button. The trigger has a trigger engagement element and a lever. The trigger engagement element is capable of initiating the creation of a spark. The lever is capable of rotational movement ab... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090029301 | SAFETY FLINT LIGHTER A safety flint lighter is provided that an adult is allowed to easily make an ignition with a single action without allowing a child to easily lean how to ignite a flame. A safety flint lighter has an ignition device using a flint and a sparking file wheel and structure... | 01/29/2009 |
| 20090004613 | Child resistant utility lighter A child resistant utility lighter having a handle, a barrel mounted in the handle and extending outward, a fuel tank within the handle and for containing liquefied gaseous fuel, a gas valve mounted on the fuel tank, a trigger being able to startup the piezoelectric unit... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080241773 | Foldable Igniter A foldable lighter that prevents inadvertent ignition by erroneously pressing the operating button when folding the swing-arm to make the lighter compact. A foldable lighter 1 that comprises a lighter body 2 that contains a fu... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080220385 | Foldable Igniter A folding lighter that does not injure a finger or inadvertently ignite at pressing of the operating button at time of folding the swingarm to make the lighter compact. A folding lighter comprising body 2 housing a fuel tank 106 and a piezoelectric unit 09/11/2008 | |
| 20080213711 | Lighter or Lighting Gun with a Safety Switch The invention provides a lighter with a safety switch, comprising: a housing, a fuel container within the housing, a piezoelectric assembly, and a vent assembly. The piezoelectric assembly comprises a piezoelectric element, a snap, as well as a upper and lower push rods... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080213712 | Child resistant lighter A child resistant lighter has a handle, a barrel, a fuel tank, a gas release nozzle, a piezoelectric unit, an ignition means, a lever, a flame nozzle, a fuel conveying hose connecting the flame nozzle and the gas release nozzle, and a safe means having a slidable button... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080206694 | Child Resistant Roll-and-Press Lighter A child resistant roll-and-press lighter includes at least one abutment surface (32; 41; 45) which engages a corresponding counterabutment surface (33; 42; 44) on the lever (20; 50, 51). The surfaces disengage to release the lever for pivotal moveme... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080160466 | CIGARETTE LIGHTER A burner includes a body, a connector and a handle. The body includes a nozzle mounted thereon and a valve mounted thereon and operable to adjust the rate at which gas leaves the nozzle and hence the intensity of fire generated thereby. The connector is connected to the... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080124665 | Torch having a continuous-flame mode A hand-held torch includes a housing. A fuel flow path is defined within the housing. A plunger is movable within the housing to control fuel flow through the fuel flow path. An engagement portion is coupled to the plunger. A latching element is movable to engage the en... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080090190 | Safety control switch for an ignition device A safety control switch comprises a slide base movably mounted on the housing of a gas-fired ignition device, a push button positioned in a through hole of the slide base, a brake block fixed to the push button for inserting into a space between the slide base and the h... | 04/17/2008 |
| 20080081303 | Lighter device A lighter device includes a main body, at least a rotating body, a shining portion, and an igniting portion. The main body being a hollow cylindrical structure has a containing space. The rotating body being slipping on the periphery of the main body is capable of rotat... | 04/03/2008 |
| 20080076083 | Safety lighter A safety lighter includes a gas tank, a wheel racket, a file wheel assembly, and a metal cap. A wheel racket being provided at the top of the gas tank further includes two file-wheel seats having a slot extended up therefrom and a multiplicity of match-up seats. The fil... | 03/27/2008 |
| 20080070173 | Multi-mode lighter The present invention is directed to a lighter including a housing having a supply of fuel, an actuating member extending from the housing and being movable to selectively perform at least one step in igniting the fuel, and an inhibiting member extending from the housin... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080057455 | Safety structure of a gas burner A safety structure of a gas burner is disclosed formed of a slide, a stop device and a housing. When pressed the slide, a third spring member is compressed to lower the stop device and to further disengage the retaining blocks of the stop device from respective retainin... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20080057454 | Ignitor An igniter includes an igniter body provided with a liquefied gas reservoir, and a rod-like extension, which extends from the igniter body and has a flame port ejecting gas flame therethrough on its leading end. The base portion of the rod-like extension is supported fo... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20080050685 | Piezoelectric lighter A piezoelectric lighter includes a lighter housing having a fuel storage chamber for storing liquefied gas therewithin, a gas releasing valve and a dual ignition arrangement adapted for generating two flames. The dual ignition arrangement includes second and second nozz... | 02/28/2008 |
| 20080044779 | Multi-component lighter The present lighter includes two basic components, a housing and a fuel cartridge. The housing may comprise multiple pieces. The fuel cartridge is easy to remove from the housing without the use of any tools. Thus, an empty fuel cartridge can quickly be replaced with a ... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20080044780 | Ignitor safety interlock and torch A torch, and ignitor or gas valve interlock located on the same part which the operator moves to activate the torch, which is overcome by the operator by providing a tangential rolling force to the interlock as the finger is seated on a downwardly actuated ignitor. The ... | 02/21/2008 |
