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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7815432 | Cigarette lighter with replaceable fuel cartridge A cigarette lighter has a removable fuel cartridge with a reservoir for holding flammable liquid fuel, a valve for controlling the flow of fuel into and from the reservoir, an ignition actuator for causing ignition of the fuel, a nozzle for causing the ignited fuel ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7314371 | Igniter with a safety switch An igniter with a safety switch includes an ignition section, a pressing section, a gas storage tank, a gas outlet valve, and an electric arc generator, and a safety switch, wherein the safety switch is connected to the pressing section and latched with the pressing... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7025588 | Utility lighter The present invention relates to a lighter including a housing having a handle at one end and a nozzle at another end and including a fuel supply connected for selective fluid communication with the nozzle. A release member is cooperatively connected to the housing ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6953336 | Gas stove, in particular for camper vehicles A gas stove with a burner and gas container is configured such that the gas container is thermally conductively connected with a burner part that is heated during operation. The thermally conductive connection is achieved via a thermally conductive housing that acco... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6945771 | Lighter with replaceable fuel cartridge A lighter incorporates with a fuel supply arrangement which includes a replaceable fuel cartridge detachably received in a receiving cavity of a casing for storing a liquefied fuel, and a gas releasable valve extended from the replaceable fuel cartridge for controll... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6929466 | Elevated candle lighter An apparatus for the lighting of a candle that is elevated above a user includes a main body that has a trigger for releasing a quantity of butane from the main body. A plurality of sections of conduit cooperate with each other sufficient to telescope or extend from... | 08/16/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6726470 | Disposable liquid fuel cells for windproof lighters A windproof lighter is provided having an inside unit and an exterior case. The inside unit has an interior chamber, a wick, a flint, a flint position apparatus positioned in the interior chamber, a flint wheel, and a chimney. The lighter has a disposable fuel cell ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6406291 | Utility lighter platform The present invention relates to a utility lighter platform which includes a lighting mechanism configured to selectively ignite fuel supplied from a fuel supply container, and a frame configured to operatively house the lighting mechanism and configured ... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6186777 | Utility lighter platform The present invention relates to a utility lighter platform which includes a lighting mechanism configured to selectively ignite fuel supplied from a fuel supply container, and a frame configured to operatively house the lighting mechanism and configured ... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6186774 | Modular butane lighter A lighter assembly especially suitable for burning butane gas as a fuel is provided in modular form which consists essentially of two unitary subassemblies which may be detachably mounted together to form the assembled lighter. The lighter assembly, which... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6173709 | Portable gas cooking stove There is provided a portable gas cooking stove, including (a) a mixture gas pipe having an open end through which a mixture gas of combustible gas and air is exhausted, (b) a burner head connected to the mixture gas pipe in a hermetically sealed condition... | 01/16/2001 |
| 5505614 | Handy gas torch A handy gas torch including a gas lighter container, which holds a gas lighter, a top case covered on the gas lighter container, a top cover shell covered on the top case to hold down a flame nozzle and an push-button type ignition control knob at two opp... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5145357 | Plastic lighter A plastic lighter is disclosed having an improved control valve, gas nozzle, and pressing plate. Two opposite sub-walls are provided in the gas reservoir to form a capillary groove to enable a liquid gas to flow upwards by means of capillary effect. The g... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5082440 | Handy compact torch A handy compact torch having a holder for accommodating a handy lighter having a container for a fuel gas, an injection nozzle for discharging the fuel gas, and a push button for controlling the supply of the fuel gas to the injection nozzle. A torch body... | 01/21/1992 |
| 4859174 | Device for igniting combustible materials The device comprises an upper part (1) including a combustion chamber (5) preceded by an air/gas mixing device (6). The lower part comprises a liquid gas reservoir (15), said reservoir being removable together with its injector (18). When replacing the em... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4850854 | Child resistant cigarette lighter A child-resistant cigarette lighter having a cigarette well with a flame chamber near its bottom. Fuel and air are supplied to the flame chamber producing a combustible mixture which is then ignited, thereby producing a flame which is entirely confined to... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4749351 | Lighter A hand-held smoker's lighter having a flame shield that defines a transverse opening in which a venturi effect increases the velocity of air flow to draw the lighter flame deep into a smoking pipe bowl for pipe lighting and a top opening through which the... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4484888 | Adjustable expander-evaporator and variable maximum flow limiter for a liquified gas lighter A valve for a liquefied gas lighter, which includes an expander-evaporator and a flow limiter for limiting flow of the liquefied gas to the expander-evaporator, the flow limiter including a rigid member, a deformable sleeve of a gas permeable material sur... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4457699 | Valve means for gas lighter A valve for a cigaret gas lighter is comprised of a flexible gas conduit extending between a nozzle and a gas tank. The flexible gas conduit is pinched or bent to close the conduit. An operating member pinches or bends the gas conduit to close the conduit... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4430060 | Gas lighter A lighter has a housing formed with a flame opening, a fuel supply for feeding fuel to a point at which a flame is formed in the opening, a friction wheel mounted on the housing, and a first guide formed in the housing along a radius of the wheel, a flint... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4419073 | Gas lighter A gas lighter emits a flame angled away from an ignition device thereof, the lighter having a gas tank provided with a burner tube centered on an upright axis and formed at the upper end thereof with a flat collar lying transverse to the axis and a flat a... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4389187 | Extended holder for a lighter A holder for a lighter having a flint and a striking wheel which ignites the fuel contained in the lighter upon rotation of the wheel. One embodiment of the invention includes an elongated frame having an open receptacle at one end. The receptacle is conf... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4295819 | Gas lighter A gas lighter is provided wherein a bomb which is filled with a gas-evolving liquid and which is provided with a nozzle for discharging vaporized gas is detachably attached to one side of a body having on its upper portion an ignition device comprising a ... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4292021 | Gas lighter A gas lighter includes a fuel container, a trigger and a fuel control knob in the handle, and a piezoelectric switch operable by said trigger in the nozzle, said nozzle being prolonged sufficiently to keep the operator's hand at a safe distance from the g... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4288209 | Gas cigarette lighter with solar cell A gas cigarette lighter for igniting a liquified gas fed out of the combustion valve by applying electric sparks thereto which are generated by the discharge circuit connected to a secondary cell is provided with a solar cell as a supplementary electric s... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4235589 | Flame-limiting device for a gas lighter A flame height limiting device for gas lighters is disclosed including a noncompressible permeable element (plug) through which the gas passes. This element is encased within a sleeve which is in contact only with materials of low thermal conductivity, bu... | 11/25/1980 |
