Patent ID: 6616443
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: F23Q

Abstract:
An igniting rod comprising an ejection nozzle for ejecting a gas mounted at a tip of a rod-shaped extending portion, a valve mechanism for opening and closing a supply of the gas from a tank portion to said ejection nozzle, a piezoelectric unit for generating a discharge voltage for ignition, and an operating member slidably mounted in a main body portion, said operating member being adapted to actuate said valve mechanism and said piezoelectric unit for effecting an ignition operation, wherein:a lock member with a lock portion is disposed near said operating member, said lock member being adapted to interfere with a part of said operating member so as to lock the ignition operation by the operating member, said lock portion being disposed in such a manner as to be able to be displaced to a lock position and a release position as said lock member is elastically deformed from a fixed portion where said lock member is fixed to said main body portion, wherein said lock portion is capable of returning back to the lock position due to an elastic force present in said lock member itself, said lock member further comprising a lock release portion by which said lock portion can be moved to the release position, said lock release portion being disposed in a protruding manner and provided with a smooth curvature facing an operating portion of said operating member such that a finger operating said operating portion can simultaneously rest on said curvature, and wherein: an ignition operation is performed by operating said operating portion of said operating member while an ignition lock is released by operating said lock release portion of said lock member, and said lock portion of said lock member is adapted to automatically return to the lock position by said elastic force as said operating member returns to its initial position.