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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7791002 | Battery powered cigarette lighter and process for using the same A battery powered cigarette lighter having a switch which is activated by a change in air pressure or air flow is described. The change in air pressure or air flow, which is caused by the consumer forcing air through the air permeable cigarette, causes the switch to... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7586063 | Flameless lighter A flameless lighter that provides a cigarette lighter that does not rely on butane or another flammable fuel. The lighter includes a battery-powered unit that includes a heating element instead of an open flame. An incorporated main body portion encloses circuitry a... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7138605 | Battery powered electric cigarette lighter with extra battery storage case An electric cigarette lighter includes a housing which has finger grips and a case for storing extra batteries. The lighter includes a resistive element that becomes heated when the lighter is activated and attains a temperature sufficient to light a cigarette or ot... | 11/21/2006 |
| 6803545 | Electrically heated smoking system and methods for supplying electrical power from a lithium ion power source An electrically heating smoking system wherein tobacco smoke is generated by heating a portion of a cigarette with an electrical resistance heating element powered by lithium ion battery cells. The lithium ion battery cells supply current to the electrical resistanc... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6784403 | Car cigarette lighter A car cigarette lighter includes a lighter main body, a cylindrical socket body, and a cylindrical case. The lighter main body is selectively inserted into the socket body. An ash disposal hole is formed in the socket body for discharging ash from inside the socket ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6188042 | Cigarette lighter with spring biased contact member enabling switching between battery charging and heating Disclosed is a charging electric lighter including a cylindrical body comprised of a DC external power supply to which power is supplied from the outside and a fixed housing coated by a first conductor on the internal surface thereof and having a space po... | 02/13/2001 |
| 5883360 | Ceramic heater ceramic glow plug and method of manufacturing the ceramic heater A ceramic heater includes a silicon nitride ceramic and a heating element embedded in the ceramic. The heating element is formed through use of, as a main component, a silicide, carbide, or nitride of at least one element selected from the group consistin... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5354968 | Battery powered electric cigarette lighter having snap together construction and shutter-actuated heater A battery powered electic cigarette lighter is formed of a half-case body and a half-case lid which can be snapped together to form a lighter casing in a manner which does not require any screws or welding. The half-case body and the half-case lid are for... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5285050 | Battery-operated portable cigarette lighter with closure actuated switch A flameless portable cigarette lighter includes a hollow housing containing a pair of batteries and having a front wall with an opening sized to allow only the insertion of a cigarette therethrough for contact with a vertically oriented electric resistanc... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5274214 | Battery powered portable cigarette lighter having a press-fitted ceramic heat concentrating and protective resistance heating filament support A flameless battery powered electric cigarette lighter has a resistance heating filament positioned within a lighter housing in spaced juxtaposition to an opening in the housing for admitting the leading end of a cigarette so that it may contact the heati... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5235157 | Battery powered cigarette lighter having recessed heating element and normally open pivotally actuated switch A portable electric cigarette pocket cigarette lighter has a pair of mating housing halves of plastic defining a hollow parallelpiped housing in which is disposed a pair of AA penlight batteries in side-by-side relation and electrically connected through ... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5182436 | Portable bench-type electric ignite for gas welding torches A portable gas torch igniter includes a housing having a flame duct formed therein for the introduction of a gas torch. The flame duct is open at its rear end and has a front portion arranged substantially horizontally and has an open front end into which... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5113879 | Lighted cigarette dispensing apparatus An apparatus for dispensing lighted cigarettes is provided comprising a magazine open at its base and divided inwardly by vertical and parallel dividing walls into compartments such receiving a stack of cigarettes of a given brand, each compartment being ... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5030811 | Electric cigar lighter having an illuminating device An electric cigar lighter has an illumination device in which only an annular zone around an electric cigar lighter is illuminated by means of a luminous ring. The electric cigar lighter makes it possible to illuminate not only a luminous ring surrounding... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4947873 | Micro-computer controlled fully automatic lighting unit A microcomputer-controlled fully automatic lighting unit has a transmission line including a motor and necessary driving mechanism which, when being started, is able to deliver cigarettes to a place where they will be lighted by an induced electric heatab... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4429212 | Disposable electric lighter The present invention provides an ignition device for tobacco associated items such as cigars and cigarettes which is activated by a battery and only upon activation of a switch which connects the heating grid for the tobacco item and the battery which pr... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4425495 | Ignitor and enclosure structure Hydrogen ignitor and housing structure having high-strength and lightweight characteristics for surface mounting within a nuclear reactor containment vessel are disclosed. A unitary main body is formed from stainless steel sheet metal free of internal or ... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4405890 | Rechargeable glow plug energizer A hand held rechargeable glow plug igniter includes a rechargeable battery, an extension member electrically connected to one terminal of the battery and extended outwardly therefrom and a Headlock connector mounted on the opposite end of the extension me... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4342902 | Automatic cigarette lighting case A cigarette case including a row of tubular sockets in which cigarettes are fitted, an electric circuit inside the case including a spiral heating coil positioned adjacent one end of each cigarette, the coil being mounted on a slide block having an extern... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4273989 | Battery powered thermal garment with fast and efficent recharging circuit The present invention relates to a battery powered thermal garment that is provided with a battery recharging circuit that is designed to recharge a battery package associated with said thermal garment approximately 30-40 times as fast as conventional rec... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4270038 | Cigarette lighter with a built-in battery checker A cigarette lighter with a built-in battery checker for use in automobiles which comprises two parts, one being a heater part in which a movable body provided with a heater at the tip of a push nob is mounted slidably in reciprocal front and rear directio... | 05/26/1981 |
| 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 |
| 3934302 | Portable, multi-purpose, rechargeable cigarette lighter A multi-purpose cigarette lighter using rechargeable Ni-Cd batteries which comprises a heated coil cigarette lighter for general smoking purpose and which further incorporates a built-in vacuum cleaner and electric lamp.... | 01/27/1976 |
