Foldable ignitor

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2006-08-31

2009-11-10

McAllister, Steven B (Department: 3749)

Combustion

Correlation of fuel or power supply with component movements...

C431S255000, C431S258000, C431S344000, C431S345000, C431S358000, C030S038000, C030S047000, C030S155000

Reexamination Certificate

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07614874

ABSTRACT:
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 lighter1that comprises a lighter lighter body2that contains a fuel tank, a piezoelectric unit102and an operating button8, and swing-arm4connected with free swinging to one end of lighter body2and that incorporates a locking mechanism that prevents accidental depression of the operating button8. The locking mechanism consists of a projecting portions74formed in a predetermined range of the cylindrical walls26a,26cmade integrally with a swing-arm4and a hook8bthat extends from the operating button along a portion of the cylindrical walls. The aforementioned predetermined range prescribed for the projecting portions is the range in which the hook8binterferes with the projecting portions when the swing-arm4is turned relative to the lighter body2by an angle which is below a predetermined value so that if the operating button8is depressed when the swing-arm4is turned relative to the lighter body2by an angle which is below a predetermined value, the hook8bwill interfere with the projecting portion74and the depression of the button will be prevented.

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