Patent ID: 6604939
Filing Date: 2003-08-12
Classification: F23Q

Abstract:
A piezoelectric lighter, comprising:a casing having a liquefied gas storage; a gas emitting nozzle disposed in said casing and communicating with said liquefied gas storage via a gas releasable valve; a piezoelectric unit, which is disposed in said casing for generating piezoelectricity, comprising a movable operating part extended upwardly and an ignition tip extended to a position close to said gas emitting nozzle; a gas lever, which is pivotally supported in said casing, having a lifting end engaged with said gas releasable valve and a depressible end extended to at least one side of said movable operating part, wherein when said depressible end of said gas lever is depressed, said lifting end of said gas lever lifts up said gas releasable valve for releasing gas from said liquefied gas storage; and a safety arrangement, comprising: an ignition button, having an actuating cavity, slidably mounted on said casing in a vertically movable manner wherein said ignition button is positioned above a top end of said movable operating part of said piezoelectric unit; an actuating member which is disposed between said ignition button and said top end of said movable operating part of said piezoelectric unit and arranged in such a manner that when said ignition button is pushed downwardly, said ignition button pushes said actuating member to depress said movable operating part of said piezoelectric unit for producing sparks through said ignition tip, wherein said actuating member comprises a pusher arm, which is downwardly extended into said actuating cavity and adapted to move from a safety position to an ignition position, an operation button which is an upper portion of said pusher arm extended out of said actuating cavity through an operation slot provided on said ignition button so as to slidably mount on said ignition button, and pusher head which is a bottom portion of said pusher arm extended from said operation button to said actuating cavity through said operation slot; and a resilient element which is disposed in said actuating cavity and has two ends biasing against said pusher arm and a front wall of said ignition button respectively for applying an urging pressure against said pusher arm so as to normally push said pusher arm rearwardly to move said pusher head to a safety position behind said movable operating part of said piezoelectric unit, wherein in said safety position, said pusher arm is positioned away from said depressible end of said gas lever with a predetermined distance, such that when said ignition button is depressed to push said pusher arm to depress said movable operating part to produce sparks, said pusher head of said pusher arm remains to have no contact with said gas lever to release gas so that no ignition is performed, wherein when said pusher arm is slid forwards and compresses said resilient element until said pusher head rides on said top end of said movable operating part of said piezoelectric unit and right above said depressible end of said gas lever, said pusher arm is set in an ignition position that when said ignition button is depressed downwardly, said pusher arm is driven downwardly to depress said depressible end of said gas lever for releasing gas so as to ignite said piezoelectric lighter.