Patent ID: 6843650
Filing Date: 2005-01-18
Classification: F23Q

Abstract:
1. A cigarette lighter including: a shell, including a reservoir for fuel; a nozzle in communication with the reservoir through a pipe; an ignition device including a wire extending to the vicinity of the nozzle; a button connected with the ignition device wherein the button is movable in a pushing direction between a locking position, a first operative position and a second operative position; a cap mounted on the shell for covering the nozzle; and a linkage attached to the button, with the linkage having an end moveable with the button in the pushing direction and connected with the cap so that the linkage locks the cap in the locking position, that the linkage releases the cap in the first operative position, and that the ignition device creates electric arcs between a free end of the wire and the nozzle in the second operative position.