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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7462033 | 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... | 12/09/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7316241 | Steam trap A steam trap comprises a trap body having an inlet and an outlet each defining inner threads. The trap body further includes a spigot defining external threads. Also provided is a cap defining internal threads for engaging the external threads of the spigot of the t... | 01/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6773258 | Windproof lighter A windproof lighter comprising: a lighter housing, a gas container for storing liquid inflammable gas, a storage with an inlet valve and an outlet valve, an outlet lever for control of gas supply from storage, a windproof jet means connected to a gas passage of said... | 08/10/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6089857 | Heater for generating flavor and flavor generation appliance A flavor generation piece (12) incorporates a formed body (32) of a material containing a flavor substance. A heater (42) heats the flavor generation piece (12) without burning it, thereby generating a flavor. The heater (42) has a tank (46) mounted in a ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6042366 | Lantern having a protective shield feature A lantern includes a housing, a fuel inlet, and a flame guard surrounding the region in which the fuel is burned. A shield is hingedly connected to the housing to allow movement between a closed position in which the shield protects the flame guard and bl... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6036478 | Fire-lighting device A fire-lighting device includes a jetting nozzle for jetting fuel gas, a gas passage for fuel gas to be burned extending from a fuel tank to the jetting nozzle, and a sintered filter made of sintered powder inserted in the gas passage upstream of a small-... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5762488 | Lighter especially a gas lighter with a top part, an ignition unit, a preferably regulatable fuel valve and a fuel container having a closing cap The invention relates to a lighter, especially a gas lighter, with a top part, an ignition unit, a preferably regulatable fuel valve and a fuel container having a closing cap. The fuel container is connected to the top part via a manually actuable couplin... | 06/09/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5409374 | Clipping attachment for lighters A clipping attachment for releasably fixing a cigarette lighter to a substantially parallelepiped-shaped pack of cigarettes having an outer jacket and an inner sleeve. The outer jacket of the cigarette pack having a front wall, a back wall, and a pair of ... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5217364 | Lighter with delayed gas release A lighter has a body forming a reservoir holding a supply of a flammable gas under pressure and a valve on the body openable to allow the gas to escape from the reservoir as a jet extending along an axis and normally urged axially open by the pressure of ... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5217365 | Lighter with delayed gas release A lighter has a body forming a reservoir holding a supply of a flammable gas under pressure, a valve on the body openable to allow the gas to escape from the reservoir as a jet extending along an axis and normally urged open by the pressure of the gas, an... | 06/08/1993 |
| 4516933 | Household lighter A household lighter comprises an outer housing formed by two half-shells and accommodating a piezoelectric cartridge and an actuation pushbutton, a gas supply reservoir forming the lighter handle and a block connecting the outer housing and the handle. Th... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4461271 | Portable gas firing apparatus An improvement in construction of a casing of a gas firing cooking apparatus which has elements, such as, a burner, control means for gas delivery to the burner, igniter, gas take-off head, etc., superposed on a removable gas cartridge and a surrounding c... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4395227 | Flame thrower attachment A flame thrower attachment for attachment to aerosol containers with the flame thrower attachment having a nozzle for discharging the combustible material, an ignition member for igniting the combustible material and a finger guard to protect the user's h... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4311450 | Device for limiting the gas flow in a discharge valve for gas lighters and method The device for limiting the gas flow in a discharge valve for gas lighters for cigarettes of this invention comprises a portion (13) of reduced cross-section of the porous dipping element (7) which transfers by capillarity the liquefied gas from the tank ... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4289478 | Cigaret gas lighter In a cigaret gas lighter having a plastic gas tank and a burner mounted thereon, a heat collecting tube or rod is provided along the wick of the lighter hanging from the burner to the liquified fuel gas in the tank. The upper end of the heat collecting tu... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4253818 | Igniting device An igniting device wherein an elongated and hollow tubular body member is fixed at one longitudinal end to a gasifiable fuel container, a rotary member having an axial shaft extended at an end to the other extended end of the body member is rotatably born... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4133450 | Table lighter device A table lighter device is disclosed which comprises a base member having pocket lighter supporting means for supporting and retaining a generally elongated pocket lighter in a releasably secure upstanding fashion. Such table lighter device embodies a weig... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4043744 | Base or stand for a camping stove A camping stove having a housing for receiving an expendable gas container. The gas container is punctuated by a puncturing means at the upper inner end of the housing to connect the container with valve supporting the puncturing means. The valve means an... | 08/23/1977 |
| 3970420 | Actuating arrangements for a cigarette lighter A lighter has an actuator for an ignition mechanism and a fuel spout valve, which is mounted on a mounting block rotatably around a longitudinally central axis of a lighter casing for actuation, wherein the actuator constitutes a partial peripheral surfac... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3955913 | Self-contained gas torch A self-contained gas torch designed to be held in the hand like a pencil for carrying out precision work. A gas fired hand-torch of the type comprising a gas reservoir and a burner fitted with an air intake adjustment and a gas intake adjustment, in which ... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3938942 | Pyrophoric gas lighter A pyrophoric gas lighter comprises a head that slips over the hollow valve stem of a replaceable can of inflammable fluid under pressure. The valve stem is of the type that slides axially to open and close the valve. The head carries a burner that communi... | 02/17/1976 |
