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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7641471 | Piezoelectric lighter with increased security A piezoelectric type of lighter, with a flame generation device (30), including a gas jet release mechanism (36) and a piezoelectric mechanism for generation of a spark (50), characterized in that the lighter includes two actuators (32, 34 | 01/05/2010 |
| 7625202 | Child-resistant lighter having a flexing latch The present invention relates to disposable cigarette lighters which have a latch member which is intended to resist inadvertent operation and to make undesirable operation by unintended operators more difficult. The lighter preferably includes a latch member which ... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7625203 | Foldable igniter A folding lighter that does not injure a finger or inadvertently ignite at pressing of the operating button at time of folding the swingarm to make the lighter compact. A folding lighter comprising body 2 housing a fuel tank 106 and a piezoelectric uni... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7614874 | Foldable ignitor A foldable lighter that prevents inadvertent ignition by erroneously pressing on the operating button at time of folding the swing-arm to make the lighter compact. A foldable lighter 1 that comprises a lighter lighter body 2 that contains a fuel tank, ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7600996 | Lighter A safety gas lighter with a loosely mounted striking wheel, comprises a lighter body, topped by a lighter head, an gas release valve, a pressing lever for gas release, a spring, a flint, and a wheel assembly with an axle. The diameter of the axle integrated with the... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7591645 | Child resistant roll-and-press lighter A child resistant roll-and-press lighter includes at least one abutment surface (32; 41; 45) which engages a corresponding counterabutment surface (33; 42; 44) on the lever (20; 50, 51). The surfaces disengage to release the lever for pivotal mo... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7581947 | Child resistant utility lighter A child resistant utility lighter having a handle, a barrel mounted in the handle and extending outward, a fuel tank within the handle and for containing liquefied gaseous fuel, a gas valve mounted on the fuel tank, a trigger being able to startup the piezoelectric ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7568910 | Ignitor In an igniter which is ignited by rotation of an actuator, ignition of the igniter is disabled by a simple rotation of the actuator in the initial state or in the non-used state and the ignition lock can be released in a series of igniting actions without preventing... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7563094 | Utility lighter A utility lighter includes a handle casing, a gas releasing valve, a bendable extension arm, a torch nozzle, a piezoelectric unit and an actuation device. The bendable extension arm has an upper end and a lower end extended from the handle casing, wherein the extens... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7556494 | Child resistant lighter A child resistant lighter has a hollow handle, a barrel mounted in the handle, a fuel tank and a piezoelectric unit contained in the handle, an ignition device, and a safe device. A user is able to hold the handle and then pull a slidable button of the safe device w... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7370772 | Large tough case extension case cover latch A storage container includes a first container portion and a second container portion hingedly attached to the first container portion. A latch is slidably disposed on the first container portion. The latch includes a pair of engaging members extending therefrom. Th... | 05/13/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7361013 | Numeral lighter A numeral lighter includes an inner lighter housing having a liquefied gas storage and a top supporting frame and a numeral outer casing having a receiving cavity and a top opening communicating with the receiving cavity, wherein the inner lighter housing is detacha... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356602 | Method and apparatus for dynamically adjusting resources assigned to plurality of customers, for meeting service level agreements (SLAs) with minimal resources, and allowing common pools of resources to be used across plural customers on a demand basis A method (and system) for managing and controlling allocation and de-allocation of resources based on a guaranteed amount of resource and additional resources based on a best effort for a plurality of customers, includes dynamically allocating server resources for a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7341448 | Gas-fired heating apparatus The gas-fired heating apparatus, especially a water heater, has a combustion chamber (2a); an atmospheric gas burner (5) within the combustion chamber (2a); a combustion gas/air supply system (18) having an intake device ( | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341007 | Balancing damper An apparatus for use in a furnace system to facilitate efficient and complete combustion of coal streams in a carrier gas. The apparatus, capable of being positioned horizontally or vertically in the coal pipes between the grinding mills and the furnace burner, cont... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7314371 | Igniter with a safety switch An igniter with a safety switch includes an ignition section, a pressing section, a gas storage tank, a gas outlet valve, and an electric arc generator, and a safety switch, wherein the safety switch is connected to the pressing section and latched with the pressing... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311518 | Multi-mode lighter The present invention is directed to a lighter including a housing having a supply of fuel, an actuating member extending from the housing and being movable to selectively perform at least one step in igniting the fuel, and an inhibiting member extending from the ho... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7300276 | Safety control switch for an ignition device A safety control switch comprises a slide base movably mounted on the housing of a gas-fired ignition device, a push button positioned in a through hole of the slide base, a brake block fixed to the push button for inserting into a space between the slide base and t... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7276911 | Detection of malfunctioning bulbs in decorative light strings A system for locating a malfunctioning bulb in a decorative light string uses an antenna that produces an output signal corresponding to the strength of the electric field produced by a portion of the light string near the antenna. An amplifier is coupled to the ant... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273201 | Tiltable mountings for payloads A tiltable mounting as claimed in any of the preceding claims, wherein the lever has a conical shaped roller engaging the cam, the roller being mounted for rotation on the lever about an axis which passes through the pivotal axis of the lever and the conical surface... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7260900 | Power supply independent device for producing a hot air flow The invention relates to a power supply independent device (1) producing a hot air flow (2). Heat (4) is produced by a catalytic heating element (5) which is energized by a liquid fuel, the hot air flow (2) being produced by an ele... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7252504 | Secure and convenient igniter A secure and convenient igniter includes a trigger and a security element. The trigger is pivotally connected to the igniter for actuation of the igniter. The security element is pivotally connected to the igniter so that the security element normally locks the trig... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7247015 | Hidden push button arrangement for piezoelectric lighter A piezoelectric lighter includes a lighter casing, an ignition nozzle, a gas releasing valve, a piezoelectric unit, and a hidden push button arrangement. The hidden push button arrangement includes a push button which has a pusher end portion, a pivot end portion pi... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7244120 | Igniter gun equipped with a safety mechanism The invention is an igniter gun equipped with a safety mechanism. The invention is characterized in that a lever is provided between a piezoelectric pusher and a trigger, with a first end of the lever pivotally connected to the casing, the second end and middle port... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7226285 | Gas flowrate control device for gas burner A gas flowrate control device for turning the flame adjustment wheel of a gas burner is disclosed to include a control wheel, which has an internal gear meshed with the flame adjustment wheel of the gas burner, a big gear surrounding the internal gear, and two small... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7223097 | Disk-like piezoelectric lighter with a safety lock A disk-like piezoelectric lighter with a safety lock includes a casing, a gas emitting nozzle, a piezoelectric unit, a sliding member and a safety lock. The safety lock comprises an arcuate resilient arm; a sliding cap having an cover portion, a pair of stands, a pa... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7189072 | Apparatus for controlling a flame An apparatus for producing a sustained flame, comprising: an inner wick with a hollow center; an outer wick disposed around the inner wick, wherein the region between the inner wick and the outer wick defines an inter-wick region, and wherein the region around the o... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7182592 | Piezoelectric lighter of model R with a safety device A piezoelectric lighter of model R with a safety device includes a casing, a storage, a gas emitting nozzle, a piezoelectric unit, a fixed cover, and a safety device. The safety device comprises a blocking stopper; an ignition cap having a cover, a guiding groove an... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7175425 | Child-resistant utility lighter incorporating a cam mechanism and a lever spring lock A safety mechanism in a utility lighter which includes a lever spring and cam mechanism having a fuel release lever and the safety button. When the cam mechanism is in the locked position, the lever spring blocks the stopper tab preventing depression of the trigger,... | 02/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7165969 | Childproof safety disposable lighter A childproof safety disposable lighter includes a casing, a supporting frame detachably mounted on the casing, an ignition unit which is supported by the supporting frame and includes a striker wheel mounted between two driving wheels, and a pair of safety shells, w... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7160104 | Portable electronic equipment with integrated lighter A lighter has been integrated into portable electronic equipments such as cellular phones, PDAs, or portable game players. The lighter can be completely stowed within the portable electronic equipment so that no parts protrude out of the portable electronic equipmen... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7147463 | Lock mechanism for increasing the saftey of a lighter A child resistant lighter includes a housing having a trigger slideably mounted thereon. A latch, internal to the housing, prevents movement of the trigger and thus prevents ignition of the lighter. A lever is pivotally mounted on the trigger. In one position, the l... | 12/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7145343 | Repair device for decorative light shunt A repair device for fixing a malfunctioning shunt across a failed filament in a light bulb in a group of series-connected miniature decorative bulbs includes a high-voltage pulse generator producing one or more pulses of a magnitude greater than the standard AC powe... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7128568 | Childproof safety disposable lighter A childproof safety disposable lighter includes a casing, a supporting frame detachably mounted on the casing, an ignition unit which is supported by the supporting frame and includes a striker wheel mounted between two driving wheels, and a pair of safety shells, w... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7109595 | Small multi-functional butane gas-powered portable electric generator The object of the present invention is a multi-functional electric generator comprising, an engine, a generator, a voltage-stabilizer control circuit, a gas storage gauge and a lighter. A manual electrical rod can be assembled to a side of the engine allowing the ge... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104786 | Childproof disposable lighter An ignition unit for a lighter includes a striker wheel sandwiched between two driving units wherein each of the driving units includes a driven gear element and a driving cap. The striker wheel urges against a flint with its toothed surface of generating sparks. On... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7075791 | Method and apparatus for securing and releasing a chassis component An apparatus for securing and releasing a chassis component is provided that includes a latch including a beveled surface, the latch operable to translate along an axis. A first resilient member is coupled to the latch, the first resilient member operable to bias th... | 07/11/2006 |