Combustion – Frictional – chemical or percussive type igniter – Spark projecter – e.g. – flint and abrasive striker – etc.
Patent
1997-07-17
1999-07-06
Price, Carl D.
Combustion
Frictional, chemical or percussive type igniter
Spark projecter, e.g., flint and abrasive striker, etc.
431133, 431127, 431124, 431 2, 126 25B, F23Q 102
Patent
active
059190370
ABSTRACT:
A hand operated fire starting tool for use as a survival aid and in general outdoor activities such as camping. The tool includes a case, a pyrophoric element mounted to the case for reciprocal and rotational movement between a stored position and an operating position. It also includes means such as a spring for biasing the element toward the operating position and a striker which may be engaged with the element. The tool also includes a cap which is both pivotally and slidably mounted to the case for releasingly securing the element in its stored position.
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Brillhart, III Lee W.
Stewart Rick W.
Price Carl D.
Survival, Inc.
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