Patent ID: 6398545
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: F21L,F23D

Abstract:
A self extinguishing torch comprising in combination:a support for burning torch fuel to provide torch lighting; a handhold attached to the support for burning torch fuel, the hand hold for permitting the support for burning torch fuel to be held from a hand holding the handhold; a container having an opening for receiving, surrounding, and containing the support for burning torch fuel; a normally closed top attached to an end of the container for moving from an open position to a closed position over the end of the container with the support for burning torch fuel therein for extinguishing burning torch fuel, the normally closed top is arranged to be biased to the open position when the support for burning torch fuel protrudes from the container at the end having the normally closed top; a spring for biasing the container to surround the support for burning torch fuel; and, a deadman comprising a metal band on the container extending only partially over the handhold for maintaining the support for burning torch fuel extended from the container with the normally closed top in the open position during grasping by a hand of the deadman on the handhold of the torch whereby when the deadman at the handhold is released by a hand, biasing of the container around the support for torch fuel occurs with closing of the normally closed top to extinguish burning torch fuel on the support for torch fuel.