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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7364427 | Laborsaving and safety lighters This invention relates to a laborsaving lighter, and more particularly relates to a laborsaving and safe lighter, which includes a casing (101), and a piezoelectric assembly and a gas emitting assembly disposed in the casing. The piezoelectric assembly includ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361013 | Numeral lighter A numeral lighter includes an inner lighter housing having a liquefied gas storage and a top supporting frame and a numeral outer casing having a receiving cavity and a top opening communicating with the receiving cavity, wherein the inner lighter housing is detacha... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7311518 | 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 ho... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7247015 | Hidden push button arrangement for piezoelectric lighter A piezoelectric lighter includes a lighter casing, an ignition nozzle, a gas releasing valve, a piezoelectric unit, and a hidden push button arrangement. The hidden push button arrangement includes a push button which has a pusher end portion, a pivot end portion pi... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7223097 | Disk-like piezoelectric lighter with a safety lock A disk-like piezoelectric lighter with a safety lock includes a casing, a gas emitting nozzle, a piezoelectric unit, a sliding member and a safety lock. The safety lock comprises an arcuate resilient arm; a sliding cap having an cover portion, a pair of stands, a pa... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7160104 | Portable electronic equipment with integrated lighter A lighter has been integrated into portable electronic equipments such as cellular phones, PDAs, or portable game players. The lighter can be completely stowed within the portable electronic equipment so that no parts protrude out of the portable electronic equipmen... | 01/09/2007 |
| 6939128 | Ignition operating mechanism for slide type lighters An ignition operation mechanism for slide type lighters that is capable of preventing accidental ignition or ignition due to erroneous use or the like while maintaining good operability, wherein pivots 22a, 22a for an operating cap 20 ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6926518 | Safety lighter The safety lighter includes contact wheels requiring rotation to rotate a spark wheel for generating a spark and, hence, a flame in the lighter. An extension, preferably part of the windscreen, includes a top wall overlying the majority of the circumferences of the ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6916171 | Multi-mode lighter The present invention relates to a lighter which a user actuates by at least two different modes of operation. In the first mode, a plunger member is positioned to allow a biasing member to oppose movement of an actuating assembly so that a user releases fuel and ig... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6843650 | Cigarette lighter A cigarette lighter includes a shell, a nozzle, an ignition device, a button, a cap and a linkage. The shell includes a reservoir for fuel. The nozzle is in communication with the reservoir through a pipe. The ignition device includes a wire extending to the vicinit... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6736630 | Safety switch assembly for lighter A lighter includes a casing with liquid gas received therein and an igniting member is located in the casing for igniting the gas released from a light hole in a top of the casing. An activation piece is pivotably connected between two walls of the casing and a cap ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6733277 | Lighter with a lock-off switch A locking lever for a lighter actuation mechanism prevents the actuator from operating when in a locked position. Operation of the lever causes a portion of the lever to be withdrawn from a housing portion of the lighter and permit the actuator to be moved and opera... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6641389 | Lighter having a safety switch A lighter includes a liquid gas container having an inside formed with a receiving space, a press member pivotally mounted on the liquid gas container, and a control member movably mounted in the receiving chamber of the press member. Thus, the slide knob... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6612832 | Lighter having a two-stage locking type safety switch A lighter having a two-stage locking type safety switch includes a press member pivotally mounted on the liquid gas container, a first-stage safety switch structure, and a second-stage safety switch structure. The first-stage safety switch structure inclu... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6551097 | Press type lighter having a safety switch A press type lighter having a safety switch includes a clutch structure for controlling the press member and the flow of fuel gas from the liquid gas container to be disposed at a locking or free state. A control member is movably mounted in the receiving... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6478575 | Lighter The invention comprises a lighter which has a housing, a gas reservoir in the housing, and ignition means. The ignition means include a first manually moveable member and a second independently operable manually moveable member such that when the first me... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6443727 | Lighter with a lock-off mechanism A safety lighter is locked in a non-operable condition with a safety latch operable with a rotatable gear device. The rotatable gear is located in a top surface of the lighter actuator, and is coupled to a rack that moves linearly when the gear is rotated... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6431853 | Lighter The invention comprises a lighter such as a cigarette lighter including a housing. Ignition means are provided for the lighter. The ignition means include a member manually movable with respect to the housing. A lock between the manually moveable member a... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6186772 | Lighter having a safety mechanism A lighter includes a housing for receiving gas fuel and having an ignitor device and having an orifice. A cap is pivotally secured to the housing and has an aperture aligning with the orifice of the housing. A latch is slidably engaged in the cap and bias... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6142766 | Safety lighter A piezoelectric lighter incorporates with a safety device which includes a pusher cap slidably mounted on a pusher cavity of a casing in a vertically movable manner and attached to a top end of a piezoelectric unit; a locking member fitting on an upper po... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6135761 | Safety arrangement for piezoelectric lighter A piezoelectric lighter incorporates with a safety arrangement which includes an ignition cap slidably mounted on the ceiling of the casing in a radially movable manner, wherein the ignition cap is attached to a top end of the piezoelectric unit. A locker... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5911572 | Spark ignition electrode assembly for gas stove top burner A spark ignition electrode assembly includes an electrode wire and an electrically insulative support member receiving and positioning the electrode wire proximate to the gas burner. The electrically insulative support member includes a threaded outer wal... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5584681 | Gas lighter Disclosed is a gas lighter easy to use, capable of stably maintaining a diffusion flame allowing a visual confirmation of the combustion condition and criticality, irrespective of use in the place influenced by the wind or the like. Further provided is a ... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5498154 | Burner with over surface ignitor and high limit control An ignition device for burners in which an ignition spark is established over a nonconducting surface between a hot electrode and a grounded electrode or electrically conductor portion which enables a greater spark distance to be obtained as compared to a... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5310336 | Lighter A cigarrette gas lighter is disclosed which enables a selection between a substantially clear flame (burning gas) which is windshielded or presents an increased resistance to the wind effect and a red natural flame which can be visually easily recognized,... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5308240 | Flame lighter A flame lighter has a blue flame burner and a luminous flame burner supplied with gaseous fuel from a reservoir through separate valves, and a single ignition mechanism. A first operation ignites the blue flame burner and a second operation opens the valv... | 05/03/1994 |
| 4813866 | Gas ejection nozzle device for a cigarette lighter A gas ejection nozzle device includes a casing, a gas inlet channel extending into a gas ejection channel which has an internal shoulder for forming a larger space than a space of the gas inlet channel, both gas inlet and ejection channels being disposed ... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4714426 | Ignition system for oil burner An ignition system for oil burner capable of positively accomplishing ignition without operating a combustion cylinder construction and keeping ignition performance for a long period of time. The ignition system is constructed in a manner such that an ign... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4487570 | Smokers lighter A gas burning lighter with electrical spark ignition has a closed casing (11). Successive downward operative movements applied to an actuator slide (15) first releases a pivotal element (23) which moves outwards to an open position, creating a flame apert... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4176903 | Plug in igniter unit and method of making the same A plug in igniter unit for an igniter system for a fuel burning apparatus having at least one electrical receptacle, the plug in igniter unit being provided with a housing having an electrical igniter therein and at least one terminal member electrically ... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4089636 | Battery ignitable cigarette lighter The present invention provides a battery ignitable lighter comprising a casing and a cap which is pivotally mounted on the casing. A fuel tank is arranged within the casing to maintain gas therein, and a nozzle is connected to the fuel tank. A cap control... | 05/16/1978 |
| 4074962 | Electrode construction for a piezoelectric lighter The present invention refers to an improved construction for electrodes used with a piezoelectric lighter, particularly one of the portable type which may be used by a smoker and which carries a fuel deposit.... | 02/21/1978 |
| 4039274 | Electric safety lighter An electric safety lighter is provided which requires the preliminary step of immersing a normally dry wick into a reservoir of lighter fluid before a flame can be produced. This additional step precludes inadvertent operation of the lighter by a child an... | 08/02/1977 |
| 4023922 | Smoker's lighter An electrically-ignited gas lighter with a capacitor discharge ignition circuit is provided with a blocking oscillator and an oscillation transformer to increase the level of the voltage from a single silver oxide battery of 1.5 volts to a higher level of... | 05/17/1977 |
| 4022566 | Gas-fueled electric lighter A gas-fueled electric lighter includes a high voltage generating circuit for generating a sparking energy sufficient to ignite a fuel issued from a fuel outlet valve, a pair of switching contacts each of which is electrically connected to each terminal of... | 05/10/1977 |
