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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7335017 | Lighter with flint igniter A lighter includes a flint igniter igniting a flame positioned adjacent to a torch nozzle thereof to light up gas emitted from the torch nozzle to form a torch in which the gas released from a gas container of the lighter is distributed to have portion emitted from ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7293892 | Incandescent body An improved incandescent mantle formed of a woven fabric tube and having at least one open end with a fireproof attaching material provided for attaching at least one of the ends of the tube to a burner. At least one additional fireproof material portion is provided... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7019882 | Generation of M-ary digital signaling constellations directly at lightwave frequencies A coherent optical link includes a laser master oscillator operative to generate an amplitude- and phase-stable narrow linewidth optical carrier, a first programmable read-only memory (PROM) having an input for receiving and encoding an M-ary data word, a first digi... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014459 | Sliding globe assembly for lantern A lantern which may be manipulated between a closed position in which it surrounds a mantle or mantles for the lantern to a second, opened position in which the globe has been moved or otherwise manipulated to provide access to the mantle or mantles. As an example, ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 5639231 | Mantle and spring clip assembly A mantle assembly includes a mantle having at least one open end and a spring clip at the open end for attaching the open end of the mantle to the burner assembly of a lantern. The spring clip includes a generally circular central portion which surrounds ... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5116220 | Quick disconnect clip for gas latern mantle A resilient wire clip goes around the mouth of a gas latern mantle to hold the mantle securely in place around the opening of the tube and can be manually expanded to release the mantle when it has to be replaced.... | 05/26/1992 |
| 4702690 | Ultra-miniature collapsible butane fueled mantle lantern Disclosed is an improved, ultra-compact, piezoelectric spark start, butane fueled, incandescent mantle type lantern for backpackers and the like, which utilizes readily available, common disposable butane cigarette lighters as an insertable and removable ... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4475882 | Gas mantle with aspirated pilot light A hand-held lighting device employing an incandescent mantle as a light source and having a pilot burner fixedly mounted within the lighting device housing adjacent a mantle mounting, the pilot burner being aspirated to promote efficient combustion and re... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4149225 | Frames for lanterns having a mantle A lantern frame comprising a base, a burner mounted on the base burning with an incandescent flame, a glass surrounding the burner protecting the flame, a grid surrounding the glass supported on said base operable to stabilise said glass, the base being i... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4089635 | Portable gas lamps A portable gas lamp of the type having a cylindrical base acting as a casing for a removable gas cartridge and a cylindrical glass chimney which extends upwardly from the base and surrounds an incandescent mantle, in which there is provided a cylindrical ... | 05/16/1978 |
