Patent GB-410601-A (GB)
Title: Cigar lighter
IPC: F23Q2/18
Filed: 1933-04-13
Abstract: 410,601. Match-striking apparatus. RINGER, F., 16, Philippovichgasse, Vienna. April 13, 1933, Nos. 11112, 11113, and 11114. Convention dates, April 16, 1932, May 25, 1932, and July 21, 1932. [Class 50.] In a cigar lighter in which a composition rod of repeatedly ignitable material is adapted to be ignited by rubbing it against a friction-member, means are provided for automatically clamping the rod in position after it has been advanced, said means co-operating with the rod and a protecting sleeve serving as guide therefor. In one form, the rod 2, Fig. 1 is slidable in a sleeve 1, slotted at the upper end, and is pressed by a spring 4 against a friction-member 121 carried by the lid 12, pivoted at 11 to a pivoted frame 9 and pressed by a spring 13 towards the rod. On turning the frame 9 to open the lid for igniting the rod, the slotted end of the sleeve 1 is clamped on the rod 2 by a yoke 5, which is tightened by a cam 6 operated by a flexible lever 7 controlled by a cam 8 on the frame. During the opening movement, oppositely-directed spring-pressed pins 14 move along grooves of decreasing depth in the side walls of the casing G. On emerging from the grooves, the pins are pressed outwardly and, on closing the lid, the pins ride along the top edges 21 and re-enter the slots 22, the rod 2 being released and pressed by the spring 4 into contact with the friction-member. In a second form, the sleeve 1 containing the rod 2 is secured by a bayonet-joint within a tube carrying on its outside the friction-member. On relative rotation of the tube and sleeve to effect withdrawal of the sleeve, projections on the slotted end of the sleeve are engaged by curved catch stops on a surrounding sleeve, rotated with the outer tube, so that the slotted sleeve is clamped to the rod. In a third form, the slotted sleeve 1, Fig. 7, is clamped to the rod 2 by a conical-ended sleeve 41 when removed from an outer tube 47 carrying the frictionmember 51, the sleeve 1 being forced forward by a spring 46. In the normal position shown, the sleeve 1 is retracted by pins 44 engaging a circumferential groove or slots 50 thereby allowing the rod 2 to be fed forward by the spring 4, and the parts are secured together by projections 45 being passed through longitudinal grooves 49 and turned into the grooves 50. In a fourth form, a slidable lid 56, Fig. 8, carrying the friction-member 60 is opened by a spring-controlled bell-crank lever 52 on withdrawing a spring bolt 61, the pins 44 of the spring-pressed sleeve 1 being released by the cam 53 of the lever to allow the sleeve 1 to be raised in the clamping sleeve 41 for clamping the rod 2 while a spring-pressed hook 63 is moved out of the path of the rod by a yoke 62 on the lid. The sleeve 1 may be operated for renewing the rod while the lid is open by means of a lever 65 connected by a rod 67 to an operating button 68. In a fifth form, provided with similar means for automatically clamping the rod, a spring-pressed friction-member is provided in a chamber 109, Fig. 10 in a pivoted spring-pressed carrier 83 in a spring-actuated lid 85 on a pivoted carrier 87. To open the lid, a button 121 is first pressed to disengage a pivoted hook 119 from a locking lever 76 which is then moved by means of a button 77 to disengage projections 108 from catches 107 on the carrier. At the initial movement, pins 113 on a spring-pressed wall 111 of the chamber 109 move away from fixed pins 114 whereby the friction-member is clamped in the chamber. During the opening movement, pivoted projections 115 on the carrier 83 turn anti-clockwise out of recesses 118 in one end of the surface 116 and slide along the latter into recesses 117 at the other end whereas, on closing the lid, the projections 115 are turned into, and slide along the surface 116, in a vertical position thereby raising the carrier 83 until the projections enter the recesses 118 and the pins 114 engage the projections 113 to release the friction-member.