Did You Know...
...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7338280 | Interchangeable piezoelectric lighter An interchangeable piezoelectric lighter includes a casing having a switcher cavity and a valve switcher rotatably received in the switcher cavity wherein the valve switcher includes at least two gas nozzles axially provided therein. The gas nozzles are adapted for ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7223096 | Lighter A lighter comprises a lighter housing, a gas container for storing liquid inflammable gas, a combustion device connected to the gas container, and an igniter for igniting inflammable gas in the combustion device. The housing includes an upper cover and a case, where... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7198484 | System to automatically extinguish a candle A system and method provide a container holding a candle, a covering portion that can cover an opening of the container holding the candle, a device that automatically extinguishes the candle utilizing the covering portion and an attachment portion shaped to fit aro... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7055984 | Candleholder Candleholders suitable for outdoor use include a base unit for holding a candle, this unit having a candle supporting surface and an upstanding wall portion, and a separate cover member for placement over the candle or candles and the base unit. The cover member for... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6945772 | Child resistant disposable lighter A child resistant disposable lighter includes a shielding frame including a U-shaped frame body and a pair of shielding guards. The frame body, which is mounted on a supporting frame, has two sidewalls positioned at two outer sides of the supporting walls respective... | 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 |
| 6902392 | Interference-free cam for hinged-lid lighters A lighter comprising an outer case having a first sidewall disposed in spaced apart relation to a second sidewall, a first end wall disposed in spaced apart relation to a second end wall, and a base connected to the side walls and end walls. A lid having lid end wal... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6632082 | Lighter and method of use A lighter is provided. The lighter includes two spaced apart nozzles. Upon manual actuation of the lighter, each nozzle produces a separate flame, and the flames intersect to produce a single flame in region spaced apart from the body of the lighter.... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6592362 | Utility lighter A two-stage safety arrangement for a cigarette lighter of the piezoelectric type having a case that houses a flammable liquid container, gas release mechanism, and piezoelectric ignition element. The safety arrangement includes an ignition cover that cove... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6514070 | Torch A torch comprising a frame structure with a fuel container disposed therein, a flame guard cap extending upwardly from the frame with an aperture formed therein, a wick disposed in the aperture, and a rotatable snuffer cap attached to the frame and adapte... | 02/04/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6398545 | Self extinguish torch A self-extinguishing torch for use in theatrical environments includes a supporting basket having a support for torch fuel. The supporting basket includes a screen providing side ventilation for containing torch fuel on the support and admitting air throu... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6345978 | Torch A torch comprising a frame structure with a fuel container disposed therein, a flame guard cap extending upwardly from the frame with an aperture formed therein, a wick disposed in the aperture, and a rotatable snuffer cap attached to the frame and adapte... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6328555 | Lighter with safety device A gas lighter which is ignited only when the cap is open and a safety switch is released and when the cap is closed, it is automatically locked again, and of which the nozzle is open, whenever the cap is open and even when the cap is open, the gas does no... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6247920 | Liquid fuel lighter with fit-up rib A refillable pyrophoric lighter having an outer casing with a hinged cover and having an inside unit that is received inside the casing by a frictional fit that is enhanced by at least one transverse rib integrally formed on the outside of the housing of ... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6231335 | Lighter having a lock device A lighter includes an igniting button disposed in a gas container, a block slidably received in the container, a cap engaged on top of the container and pivotally secured to the block with a pivot shaft, and a an actuator secured to the block and moved in... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6217315 | Liquid fuel burning device A liquid fuel burning device comprising a wick for sucking and burning a liquid fuel contained in a fuel tank by capillarity and a vent passage which is provided in a portion other than a fuel passage used by the wick and allows communication between an i... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6102688 | Combustion apparatus for liquid fuel and combustion wick As regards size reduction of a burner that draws up liquid fuel to be burned utilizing capillarity, a wick and an igniter are brought into proximity without causing contact with the flame, either a flame-producing section (61) of the wick (6) being consti... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6015286 | Internal-combustion type of gas lighter An internal-combustion type of gas lighter is provided including a cylindrical lighter housing enclosing a lighter body having a fuel gas reservoir therein; a fuel gas ejection nozzle in communication with the fuel gas reservoir via a valve; a lid permitt... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5967767 | Cigarette lighter closure device An improved portable cigarette lighter closure device that provides facile pivoting of the cover between open and closed positions, and which securely retains the cover in the closed position is provided. The closure device incorporates a magnet affixed i... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5944505 | Automatic candle snuffer A candle holder has candles mounted at each end of a pivoting balance arm. A snuffer is located above each candle. When the balance arm is balanced and one of the candles is lit then the lit candle will become lighter as fuel is consumed by combustion at ... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5401163 | Gas lighter with safety device A gas lighter with a child-proof safety device which can reduce wasteful evolution of gas. The lighter is provided with a flick-up type cap which closes and opens the upper part of a lighter body, an operating grip which obliquely projects out of a latera... | 03/28/1995 |
| 4884965 | Gaslighter structure permitting push-fit assembling of its main parts Disclosed is a gaslighter structure comprising a lighter housing equipped with female pivot means provided to the rear, upper side of the housing; a fire-striking unit having push-fit means to integrally combine the unit with the housing, and a cap having... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4880377 | Cigarette lighter with charm mounted thereon An upstanding charm is mounted on the top panel of a cigarette lighter, of the type wherein all working mechanical parts are completely contained within a simple unadorned box. The box has a flip top, which opens when the lighter is used, and thereafter c... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4878833 | Gaslighter structure Disclosed is an improved gaslighter structure which has a detachable support piece to be fitted in the cap and the housing for pivotally fixing the cap to the housing. This arrangement permits complete pivotal connection of the cap to the housing simply b... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4878834 | Gaslighter structure Disclosed is an improvement of gaslighter structure which has, in the hollow cylinder space at the rear portion of the housing, a push rod having hooks integrally connected to its opposite sides. The push rod is spring-biased upwards, and is pushed agains... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4846667 | Lighter with a windproof and rainproof assembly A lighter with a windproof and rainproof assembly includes a shell and a similarly shaped cup for containing a lighter. A connecting piece is connected to the cap and extends into a space between the lighter and shell. A control piece mounted on the end o... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4838781 | Containerized fuel fireplace insert A burner unit holding simulated logs and particularly adapted for the burning of unvented containerized fuels is described which provides for easy ignition and replacement of fuel containers and controlling the burning rate of fuel. Into a support stand i... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4637372 | Simulated log-burning fireplace A thin, box-like, open-topped burner holds liquid fuel and has an attached platform support for an imitation, non-combustible log located behind and at the top of the burner with a filling tube in liquid communication with the burner and a set of lever ar... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4468194 | Automatic flame snuffer for storage tank vent lines with manual override An improved flame snuffer 30 for utilization on the vent line 20 of oil field atmospheric condensate storage tanks 10 is disclosed utilizing a valve 200, a fusible link 70, and a counterweight 80 connected to the valve 200 so that when the fusible link 70... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4416617 | Apparatus for burning spirit or similar liquid fuels Apparatus for burning spirit or similar liquid fuels. A draught or burner tube (16) has a flange (18) defining a gap (32) in relation to a ring spaced below the flange and supported thereby. The container is engaged with the ring from below, an exposed surface... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4190412 | Disposable cigarette gas lighter with snuffing cover A disposable cigarette gas lighter has a snuffing cover on a plastic fuel reservoir. The snuffing cover is rotatably mounted on the lighter independently of a sparking wheel. When lighting the lighter, the snuffing cover is opened with the thumb which is ... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4181490 | Disposable cigaret lighter with snuffing cover A disposable cigaret lighter has a snuffing cover which is closed when the flame is to be put out. The snuffing cover is provided on the top of the lighter independent of any of the operating members of the lighter such as a nozzle opening lever and a spa... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4102633 | Cigarette lighter A cigarette lighter comprising a body forming a fuel container, a burner, ignition means, and a cap hinged to the body. The body and the cap have the same cross-section. One of the two parts formed by the body and the cap carries a collar into which the o... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4040541 | Hinged closure for a battery-operated cigarette lighter A cover, removably mounted in a recess at one end of a cigarette lighter body, permits access to lighter service points within the recess. The cover includes an integral member formed of a plastics material and having a plate-like body consisting of a fir... | 08/09/1977 |
