Improvements in and connected with Lighters.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Aug., 1894-Accepted, 29th Sept., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Lighters.
I, RICHARD NEUSS, of 26, Lindenstrasse, Berlin, in the German Empire,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to improvements in and connected with lighters and has
for its object to combine on a plate the parts which cause the lamp wick or the
like to be lit, which plate can be readily placed into or removed from any existing
case used for such purpose.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have caused
to be appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference
indicating like parts in the various figures.
Fig. 1 is a side view partly in section of the
Fig, 2 is an end view thereof partly in section,
Fig. 3 an end view, Fig. 4 a front view, Fig.
the lighter removed from its case.
lighter in connection with a lamp,
a back view and Fig. 6 a plan of
In carrying out my invention and referring to the figures generally I employ a
plate a having a spring band upon a stud c the percussion cap ribbon d under
the influence of a spring and wound over the anvil e onto the stud f. The latter
is as usually furnished with a ratchet wheel f' and a pawl f2 which permits of the
stud f being rotated in one direction only. Another pawl f³ under the influence of
a spring is so hinged to the ignition hammer ġ that on the latter moving
outwards it turns the stud f one tooth and thereby the percussion cap ribbon one
cap forward. The ignition hammer g moves on the pin h and is under the
influence of a spring which has the tendency of drawing the hammer g down.
This ignition device is thus completely mounted upon the plate a and may be
placed into any case containing a lamp wick or the like adapted to be lit by
sparks produced by the ignition of a percussion cap. In the present instance the
ignition device is shown employed in a bottle shaped case and is securely
retained therein by the spring b which engages a small projection k on the case 1.
On the hammer g is a nose g¹ which reaches over a small pin m on the lid of
the case when the same is being closed.
When opening the case the pin raises the hammer 9 but as the latter
moves in a larger circle than the nose g₁ of the hammer g, the pin m will leave
the nose g and free the hammer g, whilst the spring i lowers the hammer g
quickly and ignites one of the percussion caps which lights the lamp. The
spring i which draws down the hammer 9 serves also to lock the lid of the case
and the pawl f³ being connected with the hammer g it also effects the feeding of
the percussion cap ribbon d.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is-
1st. The use of an ignition device mounted upon and combined with a plate by
means of which the said ignition device can be readily placed into and removed
from any case used for such purposes all substantially as set forth.
2nd. In the device specified in the preceding claim, the use of a spring i which
effects simultaneously the blow of the hammer, the feeding of the percussion cap
ribbon and the locking of the case, all substantially as set forth,

page_text: 3rd. The ignition device specified in Claim 1, in combination with a lamp or a
wick employed in a case, all substantially as set forth.
4th. The ignition device specified in Claim 1, in combination with a lamp or
wick employed in a bottle shaped case, all substantially as set forth.
Dated this 27th day of August 1894.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicant.