Cigarette lighter in the shape of a statue

Details Cigarette lighter in the shape of a statue Cigarette lighter in the shape of a statue

1999-01-07

2000-07-25

Dority, Carroll

Combustion

With simulation feature

431255, F23Q 232

Patent

active

060930160

ABSTRACT:
A portable cigarette lighter in the form of a statute of a human figure holding a torch high at the end of one outstretched hand and holding an object in the other hand, such as the statute of liberty adorning New York harbor, includes a hollow housing in the form of a human which houses a fluid storage cylinder and an associated valve that controls release of fluid from the cylinder to a fluid outlet rod that extends from the cylinder to the torch and transports fluid to the torch via the rod. A spring loaded rocker arm whose upward rotating is limited by the housing and which can be depressed downward to activate the lighter includes the hand holding an object and extends into the housing where it fastens to a pivot around which it rotates. Pushing the hand holding the object causes the rocker arm to rotate downward into an actuating cam that depresses a piston linked that opens the fluid discharge valve. Means known in the art, such as sending a spark to the end of a wire adjacent the rod in the torch, simultaneously ignites the fluid in the torch to cause a flame to extend out of the torch through an aperture.

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