Safety mechanism for a lighter

Details Safety mechanism for a lighter Safety mechanism for a lighter

1992-05-08

1992-11-24

Dority, Carroll B.

Combustion

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

431276, F23D 1136

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051658852

ABSTRACT:
A safety mechanism for a lighter which mechanism makes it difficult for infants or children to create a fire with the lighter. The safety mechanism is simple in construction, reliable and acceptable for the proper user of the lighter. The safety mechanism comprises a gas lever movable to and away from a gas nozzle, said gas lever being provided at a front end thereof with a nozzle lifting portion, said nozzle lifting portion being engaged with said gas nozzle when said gas lever has been moved forward, a spring disposed between said gas lever and a lighter body, said spring pushing said gas lever away from said gas nozzle, said lighter body having a lever engagement portion, said lever engagement portion engaging with said gas lever when said gas lever has been moved forward and said nozzle lifting portion thereof has been engaged with said gas nozzle, said lever engagement portion disengaging from said gas lever when said gas lever has been turned in the direction of lifting said gas nozzle. Said spring may be a leaf spring formed in one body with a lighter body component member.

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patent: 5090893 (1992-02-01), Floriot

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