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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 |
| 7303143 | Wick assembly A wick assembly is provided for use in a dispensing device that dispenses volatile material from a wick by heat. Two wick sections of differing material are provided in stacked fashion, with a coupler sleeve that can be used to facilitate attachment of the wick stru... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7165425 | Multi-tube burner and glass preform manufacturing method using the same A multi-tube burner is provided which includes a cylindrical outermost nozzle and at least one cylindrical inner nozzle provided coaxially with the outermost nozzle to form annular jet openings for gases used to manufacture a glass preform. The angle between a cente... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7143608 | Burner for synthesizing glass particles and method for producing porous glass body A concentric multi-tubular burner for synthesizing glass particles having a center port group constituted by a combination of jet ports of raw material gas, combustible gas and oxygen gas, wherein an outer wall of the oxygen gas jet port in the center port group pro... | 12/05/2006 |
| 6956886 | Discreetly tunable semiconductor laser arrangement for wavelength division multiplex communication systems A wavelength selection element for a tunable laser provides for a single laser structure system that can be made to generate any specific wavelength. The wavelength selection element comprises a transmission component which may include an arrangement of optical comp... | 10/18/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6751987 | Burners for producing boules of fused silica glass Burners (14) are used to make glass bodies (19) from OMCTS. The burners have six concentric regions. Putting certain gases through the regions results in thicker bodies than can be achieved with existing techniques and with improved efficiency. ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6735981 | High heat capacity burners for producing fused silica boules Burners and methods for producing fused silica members. The burner includes seven gas-emitting regions, including four regions for emitting a mixture of oxygen and combustible gas. ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6725690 | Burner for synthesizing glass particles and method for producing porous glass body A concentric multi-tubular burner for synthesizing glass particles having a center port group constituted by a combination of jet ports of raw material gas, combustible gas and oxygen gas, wherein an outer wall of the oxygen gas jet port in the center port group pro... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6682341 | Child resistant actuator for piezoelectric lighter A piezoelectric lighter with a child resistant ignition mechanism which prevents accidental ignition and ignition by unintended users and by minor children under the age of 5 years. The safety ignition mechanism is an activation device that requires two d... | 01/27/2004 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6196832 | combustion wick for liquid fuel combustion appliance A liquid fuel burner has a wick for drawing up by capillarity of a draw-up section liquid fuel composed mainly of alcohol contained in a fuel tank and for burning it at a tip flame-producing section, a wick holder for holding the wick, an igniter for ligh... | 03/06/2001 |
| 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 |
| 5931659 | Multi-purpose lighter Disclosed is a multi-purpose lighter mainly including a case and an igniting means associated with the case to form a union body of the lighter. The case has an integrally formed separating wall which upward projects from a bottom center of the case and d... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5653525 | Pocket tool A pocket tool is disclosed. A mount panel of the pocket tool has a hollow coupling projection for pivoting varieties of tool members as well as for fixing the mount panel to the other mount panel. A turn-up scissors are interposed between the opposed moun... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5531591 | Safety device for use in lighter A safety device for use in a gas lighter. An actuating member provided on top of a lighter body is supported in a pivotal fashion by a leg downwardly extending therefrom. The leg is also provided with a lock member. A circular-arc-shaped guide groove and ... | 07/02/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5161964 | Catalytic burner A catalytic burner has a nozzle for forming a jet of combustible gas extending along a jet axis, a catalyst body supported offset from and immediately adjacent the axis heatable to an activation temperature at which it supports catalytic combustion, and a... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5129819 | Cigarette lighter A cigarette lighter comprises a housing bounding an inner space, and an actuating unit accommodated in the space and including a push-button, a lever mechanism connected with the push-button, a strike flint, a striking wheel connected with the lever mecha... | 07/14/1992 |
| 4901848 | Case for personal accessory items A case for personal accessory items such as disposable lighters, cosmetics and candy, packaged in elongate containers. In the preferred embodiment, a case having a transparent area slidably receives the accessory item. Suitable ornamentation is provided i... | 02/20/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4060373 | Gas lighter Lighter using liquefied gas under pressure comprises a casing, a cap for said casing, a reservoir provided with a valve leading to a burner, and an ignition mechanism comprising an abrasive wheel, a flint biassed against the abrasive wheel, and valve cont... | 11/29/1977 |
