Cigarette lighter

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2006-09-13

2008-12-09

Payne, Sharon (Department: 2875)

Illumination

Supported by vehicle structure

Automobile

C362S487000, C362S489000, C362S545000, C362S546000, C219S220000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07461959

ABSTRACT:
Cigarette lighter having a main unit comprising a substantially cylindrical heating insert and a substantially sleeve-like lighter body to receive the heating insert, comprising a substantially annular attachment of transparent and light-guiding material which is slid onto the main unit, for illuminating a region of the cigarette lighter which is visible to a viewer when the cigarette lighter is in the installed state, which attachment has an entry opening for light to couple light into the attachment to enable the attachment to be illuminated, and comprising a lighting unit, fastened to the attachment, having a receiving unit to receive a lighting insert which can be inserted as an exact fit, the lighting insert having at least one light-producing means, characterized in that the receiving unit is provided with at least one aperture serving as an exit opening for light and in that the lighting insert is arranged in the receiving unit between the entry opening for light in the attachment and the exit opening for light in the receiving unit, the at least one light-producing means facing towards the entry opening for light in the attachment and/or the exit opening for light in the receiving unit.

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European Patent Office. European Search Report dated Sep. 28, 2007. European Patent Application No. 06018923.0-2424. German Language. 3 pages.

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