Patent ID: 6648630
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: F23Q

Abstract:
A gas igniter comprising:a casing detachably connected to a container, said casing and said container hold an inserted disposable lighter which includes a fuel reservoir and a fuel discharge valve operated by a gas lever which opens said valve in response of depressing of a trigger to release a fuel discharge, said casing having a first partition wall to hold a piezo unit or generating a discharge voltage for lighting said fuel discharge and a second partition wall to hold an elastic gas flow connector connecting the gas flow from said fuel reservoir to a flame nozzle for ignition said trigger which is capable of sliding and which drives said gas lever of said disposable lighter and said piezo unit in order to carry out the ignition, a primary safety switch and a secondary safety switch both having an engagement section, which interfere with a portion of said trigger said safety switches being capable of moving in a direction that interferes with a direction along which said trigger moves, and an urging member, which urges a rocking lever of said secondary safety switch to a locking position, said rocking lever being movable to a lock releasing position against the urging force of said urging member, a flexible member in the form of a hollow pipe extends from one end of the casing and said hollow pipe is connected to a front pipe at an opposite end thereof, a flame nozzle for ignition mounted in said front pipe and a flexible gas pipe connected between said flame nozzle and said fuel reservoir.