Patent ID: 6739867
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: F23Q

Abstract:
A lighter, comprising:a fuel tank for containing a flammable gas; a valve operable for selectively opening and closing the fuel tank; a combustion chamber coupled to the valve for receiving the flammable gas from the fuel tank when the valve is opened; a burner positioned in the combustion chamber for igniting the flammable gas; a push-button; a tilting lever having a first end and a second end, the first end of the tilting lever cooperating with the push-button and the second end of the tilting lever cooperating with the valve; a track mechanism selectively slidable along an axis into one of an enabling position in which the track mechanism is positioned for defining a fulcrum to support the tilting lever to tilt to open the valve to the fuel tank when the push-button is depressed and a disabling position in which the track mechanism is positioned not to support the tilting lever and not to define the fulcrum so that the valve to the fuel tank remains closed when the push-button is depressed; the push-button being depressable when the track mechanism is selectively slid into either the enabling or disabling position; and a piezoelectric generator operable to generate a voltage arc within the combustion chamber to ignite the flammable gas when the push-button is depressed.