Patent ID: 6796791
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: F23Q

Abstract:
A lighter comprising:a flame generation device; an actuator mobile along a longitudinal axis between a rest position, wherein said device cannot generate a flame, and an active position, wherein said device can generate a flame; and a safety mechanism mobile between a locked position wherein said safety mechanism blocks the actuator in its rest position and an unlocked position enabling said actuator to move toward its active position, the safety mechanism comprising a safety member having an active portion, wherein, in the locked position of the safety mechanism, the active portion is disposed against an abutment and is tilted towards the actuator with respect to the longitudinal axis of said actuator and, in the unlocked position of the safety mechanism, said active portion is disposed facing a housing, and the safety member comprises a bearing portion which is adapted, under the action of a first force, to make a pivoting motion towards one end of the actuator to which a second force is applied to displace said actuator from its rest position towards its active position, said bearing portion being arranged at a level of said end of the actuator.