Patent ID: 8365665

Claim:
A fireworks igniter system, each of the fireworks having an ignitable fuse, said system comprising: a handheld igniter module and a handheld remote control module; said igniter module including an igniter housing and a main housing connected together; said igniter housing forming a proximal end of said igniter module and including an igniter head with a heater element positioned within a central hole through a thermal insulation sleeve and a fuse clamp slide extending transversely across and being held by said igniter head for limited slidable translation; said fuse clamp slide including a clamp plate having a fuse aperture formed therethrough in partial alignment with the central hole in said heater element, the central hole and the fuse aperture receiving the fuse inserted therethrough, said fuse clamp slide being biased when at rest against the fuse within the central hole and against said heater element; said main housing including a microprocessor and a battery power source therein in electrical communication with said microprocessor and said heater element; said microprocessor including an infrared receiver and an igniter module actuator; said remote control module housing a microcircuit having an infrared emitter, a remote control module actuator, and a battery power source in electrical communication with said microcircuit, said infrared emitter, and said switch actuator; said infrared emitter emitting a coded IR signal in response to activation of said remote control module actuator, said IR signal being sensed by said infrared receiver to activate said igniter module actuator and deliver electric current to said heater element sufficient to ignite the fuse.