Patent ID: 6840759

Claim:
An igniter comprising a housing having first and second ends; a stop member within said housing; a fuel reservoir within said housing; a nozzle extending from said housing at said first end in fluid communication with said reservoir; an actuating assembly within said housing f or controlling the supply of fuel from said reservoir to said nozzle and for igniting fuel discharged from said nozzle; and a trigger including a trigger body and a slider coupled to said trigger body, said trigger body moveable between a first position and a second position along a first path towards said second end of said housing, said trigger body operating said actuating assembly when in said second position, said slider moveable along said trigger body between a first position and a second position along a second path towards said nozzle at an angle less than 90° to said first path, said slider having a first portion arranged outside said housing and a second portion arranged inside said housing, said second portion of said slider arranged in interfering relationship with said stop member when said slider is in said first position whereby said trigger body is precluded from movement from said first position to said second position thereof, and said second portion of said slider being arranged in non-interfering relationship with said stop member when in said second position whereby said trigger body is moveable from said first position to said second position thereof for operating said actuating assembly.