Improvements in and relating to: Electric Igniting Apparatus, useful for Lighting Cigars or for similar-Purposes.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Nov., 1899-Accepted, 30th. Dec., 1899
Communicated from abroad by SAMUEL ABBOTT, of 1093, Franklin Avenue,
Cleveland, County of Cuyahoga, State of Ohio, United States of America,
Electrician.
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Improvements in and relating to: Electric Igniting Apparatus, useful
for Lighting Cigars or for similar-Purposes.
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I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
45, Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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 electric igniting apparatus for lighting cigars and
for similar purposes.
The accompanying drawings and the following description set forth in detail,
certain mechanism embodying the invention; such disclosed means constituting
but one of various mechanical forms in which the principle of the invention
may be used.
In said accompanying drawings:
Figure 1 represents a plan view of a lighter embodying my improvements
the case being shown in horizontal section;
Figure 2 represents a view in side elevation of the mechanism of the lighter
showing a part of the cover of the case in section;
Figure represents another view in side elevation of the machine seen from
the opposite side to that shown in Figure 2 with the case removed;
Figure 4 represents a partial side elevation with portions of the mechanism
removed;
Figure 5 represents a view similar to that shown in Eigure 4, but showing
the mechanism in a changed position, and Figure 6, represents. a detail view
hereinafter referred to.
A dynamo-electric machine A is secured to a suitable base. Upon one end
of the armature shaft is secured a pinion a, Figure. 2, which meshes with a
segmental gear B mounted upon the end of a rod a secured to suitable station-
ary supports. Said segmental gear is provided with a stop lug which over-
laps the magnets of the dynamo-electric machine as shown in Figure 1, and which
limits the downward movement of the segmental gear, a soft rubber. being inter-
posed between the lug and the metal of the magnet to receive the impact. To
a laterally projecting lug b' is secured one end of a spring C, the other end of
the latter being secured to the upper end of a post D₁, which is secured to the
base of the device. A catch 62 is pivoted upon and hangs vertically from an
extension formed upon the segment as shown in Figure 2.
One end of a lever ) is fulcrumed upon the post D¹, Figure 2, and is provided
with a pin d secured thereto, Figure 1,.which engages, a recess on the catch b³,
said catch being formed with. a cam face below.said recess, engagement. of the
pin and catch being effected by a spring 66, the ends of which are secured to
said catch and lus 61 respectively.

page_text: Near the free end of lever D is attached one end of a link e, the other end
of which is attached to the end of an arm.E secured to a rock shaft E¹ journalled
in bearings secured to the underside of the top of the case, and actuated by a
spring e, to normally maintain a horizontal position of said arm E, as shown
in Figure 2.
Secured to said lever D at two points between its ends, are two inwardly
extending arms D2 and D³.
Secured to the base of the device and below the free end of the lever ) is a
grip D, and a guide D5 for guiding said lever in its movement is also similarly
secured.
An angular piece 16 interposing a rigid edge d in the path of the cam
face, is secured below the catch 2, Figures 1 and 2, a soft rubber buffer being
secured to the upper face of said angular piece to receive the impact of lever D.
Fulcrumed upon the upper end of a support F is a lever G upon the outer
end of which is secured an extinguisher G₁ which when lowered rests upon a
torch or lamp which is supported in a seat H¹ formed by two prongs at the end
of an arm H secured to said support F below and parallel with lever G Figure 3.
The inner end of said lever G projects into the path of the arm D³, and has
projecting from it laterally a pin g.
A catch lever J formed with a laterally projecting lug is pivoted upon the
support F, said lug engaging a depression h formed upon the lower edge of a
reciprocating bar H3 seated in the arm H as shown in Figure 4, such engagement
occurring when the extinguisher lever is in its normal lowered position as
shown in Figure 3.
A small spring is secured at one end to the lug and at its opposite end
to the support F', and tends to throw the catch lever J towards the right of the
machine as represented in Figure 3. A second spring 2 is secured at one end
to the bar H2 and at its opposite end to said support F, and tends to throw the
bar towards the right as in the case of the catch lever.
The right hand end of the said bar projects some distance into the torch
seat H as shown in Figure 4, resting against the upper portion of the torch K
when the latter is seated as shown.
A releasing lever M is pivoted upon the support F, Figure 4,
end m as viewed in said figure projecting through an aperture
beyond the opposite side of said support, as shown in Figure 1,
in the path of the arm D³.
its right hand
some distance
said end lying
The left hand end, Figure 4, of said lever M rests against a downwardly pro-
jecting lug ³ of the bar H³, said lever being so weighted that said end is con-
stantly urged in an upward direction.
The torch K is provided with a contracted neck whereby it may be removed
from its seat by lifting and passing said neck out from between the ends of the
prongs of the torch seat.
Upon the end of the armature shaft opposite that upon which is secured the
pinion, is secured a pinion a², Figure 3, connected with a pinion a³ through
an intermediate gear One end of a reciprocating and oscillating arm N is
journalled upon a wrist pin a secured to pinion a. Said arm is supported at
an intermediate point upon a stud o secured to an upright support O.
Said arm is bent as shown in Figure 1, its free end projecting to within
a short distance of the wick tube of the torch, as shown in Figure 6.
Upon said end is pivoted or hinged a hood N actuated downwardly by a
spring n secured to said end, the downward movement of said hood being limited
by contact with said arm N. Said hood forms a support for a coiled spring 2
secured therein at one end, the free end of said spring projecting a short dis-
tance from the hood, as shown in Figure 6. The hood itself projects a short
distance through a slot gl cut in the lower edge of the extinguisher, and is
provided with an inclined front face n³.
The arm N is made in two metallic sections N and N³ separated from each

page_text: other by some distance and connected by a strip of insulating material, N*
Figures 1 and. 3.
A wire conductor w is connected with one terminal of the dynamo and with
the arm section N2; a second wire conductor c¹ is connected with the other
dynamo terminal and with the support F. Support O is insulated from support F
in any suitable manner.
An electrical circuit is thus formed in which the wick tube of the torch and
the end of the spring na form terminals with a spark gap between them.
The operation of the device is as follows: The end of the operating lever ])
and the grip D are grasped, and the lever pressed downwardly into the position
shown in dotted lines, Figure 2, thereby causing the arm N to reciprocate and
oscillate, contacting the terminals of the circuit and generating a current in the
latter, whereby a spark is formed in the vicinity of the wick across the cap and
ignites the wick of the torch.
The pivoted catch 63, being drawn down with said lever D), is released from its
engagement with the pin d by the action of its cam face against the edge d¹
of the angular piece 16, whereupon the spring C draws the segmental gear B
rapidly backwards, rotating the armature in the opposite direction, again con-
tacting the terminals, and forming another spark as before which may light the
wick in case the spark produced during the downward movement of the operat-
ing lever does not accomplish the lighting. On releasing the operating lever
it is drawn back to its initial position by the spring actuated lever E.
The operating lever thus forms a positive means for rotating the armature
in one direction and the spring forms a second rotating means for rotating the
armature as the opposite direction on the disconnection of the lever from the
segmental gear.
During such operation the arm D2 is carried downwardly with the operating
lever D and engages the projecting end portion m of the releasing lever M,
raises the opposite end of the latter against the end of the bar H2 whereby the
latter is raised and releases the lug j of the catch lever J from the depression ¹
and permits the spring ¹ to draw said lever into the position shown in dotted
lines in Figure 4. In such position said lever may be engaged by the pin g
of the extinguisher lever G as also shown in dotted line in said figure. Such
engagement is effected on the downward stroke of the operating lever by the
engagement of the arm 13 with the rear end of the extinguisher lever, the latter
thus being locked in a raised position as shown in Figure 5.
The lighted torch is then removed from its seat, wherupon the bar H2 is
actuated by spring ² to project further into the seat space as shown in Figure 5,
and re-engages the lug on the catch lever. The torch now being replaced,
pushes the bar back into its normal position, shown in full lines in Figure 4,
and thus causes the catch lever to release the extinguisher lever, thereby per-
mitting the latter to drop and the extinguisher to extinguish the flame of the
torch.
As a result of the combined reciprocatory and oscillatory movements of the
arm, the terminal connected therewith is given a rotary movement first in one
and then in the opposite direction, contacting the torch wick tube during each
of these rotations. In rotating so as to make contact on its downward movement,
said terminal is required to have the necessary amount of rigidity not to catch
and hold on the edge of the wick tube, while during the rotation in the opposite
direction in which contact is made on the upward movement, the same amount
of rigidity is not required. This difference of rigidity is imparted to the said
terminal by the spring actuated hood illustrated. In the upward contacting
movement in which the lesser rigidity is required, the degree of flexibility of
the coil determines the degree of flexibility of the terminal, which is hence very
small. On the downward contacting movement the coil strikes the upper por-
tion of the hood and the latter is lifted against the action of the less flexible
spring h. Hence the latter spring determines the degree of flexibility of said
terminal during such movement. The terminal is hence flexible in both direc-

page_text: tions and the proper degree of flexibility is attained in each. Such construction
insures an indefinite length of life to such terminal. By mounting said terminal
in the hinged hood or support liability to damage to said terminal in its down-
ward movement caused by tilting the torch toward the latter and thereupon
pressing the lever, is reduced to a minimum. In such case the inclined face ³
engages the edge of the wick tube on such downward movement, and being
thereupon raised on its hinge slides off, whereupon the hood is released from en-
gagement with said tube without damage to the wire terminal.
Üther modes of applying the principle of my invention may be employed,
instead of the one explained; change being made as regards the mechanism
herein disclosed, provided the means covered by any one of the following claims
be employed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is;-
1. The combination of an electric circuit, two terminals in said circuit rela-
tively retractible, a removable torch an extinguisher, said terminals adapted to
ignite. said torch, means for operating said extinguisher to extinguish the torch
and controlled by the latter, substantially as set forth.
2. The combination of a magneto-electric machine and an electric circuit, a
pivoted lever one end of which is provided with a flexible terminal and the
opposite end of which is journalled on a pin revolved by the armature rotating
means of the magneto-electric machine, a lamp in said circuit having its wick
tube in the vicinity of and capable of being contacted by said terminal, substan-
tially as set forth.
3. The combination of a magneto-electric machine and an electric circuit,
mechanism for rotating the armature of said machine a lever in said circuit,
having one end provided with an electric terminal, a lamp in said circuit whose
wick tube forms a second terminal in said circuit, said armature rotating
mechanism being adapted to contact said two terminals an extinguisher, means
connected with said armature rotating mechanism for raising said extinguisher,
means for locking the latter in such raised position, and means operated by
said lamp to release said extinguisher, substantially as set forth.
4. The combination of a torch seat, a torch removable from said seat an ex-
tinguisher, means for raising the latter from the torch means for locking same
in such raised position, and means for unlocking same actuated by said torch
in seating, substantially as set forth.
5. The combination of a torch seat, a torch removable from said seat, an
extinguisher, means for raising the latter from the torch, means for locking same
in such raised position, and a bar projecting into the torch seat for unlocking
the extinguisher, substantially as set forth.
G. The combination of a torch seat, a torch removable from said seat, an
extinguisher, means for raising the latter from the torch, means for locking same
in such raised position, and a bar projecting into the torch seat for unlocking
the extinguisher, said bar being actuated by said torch in seating, substantially
as set forth.
7. The combination of a torch seat, a torch removable from said seat, an ex-
tinguisher, means for raising the latter from the torch, means for locking same
in such raised position, and a bar projecting into the torch seat for unlocking
the extinguisher, said torch provided with an inclined portion for engaging
the end of said bar to effect such unlocking, substantially as set forth.
8. The combination of a torch seat, a torch removable from said seat, an ex-
tinguisher secured to a lever pivoted in the vicinity of said seat, means for
actuating said extinguisher lever to assume a raised position, a catch lever for
locking said lever in such position, a bar disconnectably engaging said cafch lever,
said extinguisher lever actuating means adapted to disconnect said bar and catch

page_text: lever, means for urging said bar against the seated torch said means being
operative during the disconnection of said bar and catch lever whereby said bar
is caused to project into the seat space of the torch, means for engaging said
bar and catch lever on such projection of said bar, whereby on reseating said
torch said catch lever is released and said extinguisher permitted to drop upon the
torch wick, substantially as set forth.
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.