Patent ID: 8568135

Claim:
A device for lighting and extinguishing candles comprising: a housing; a chamber defined in the housing and adapted to retain a quantity of a flammable fuel therein; an aperture defined in the housing, said aperture being in fluid communication with the chamber; and wherein the housing further includes: a barrel extending outwardly therefrom; a bore defined in the barrel and being in communication with the chamber in the housing; and wherein the aperture is provided at a terminal end of the barrel; an ignitor mechanism provided on the housing and adapted to cause an ignition flame to extend outwardly from the aperture; and an extinguisher mechanism provided on the housing and being movable between a first position where the mechanism is retracted away from the aperture and a second position where the mechanism extends outwardly beyond the aperture; and wherein the extinguisher mechanism includes a snuffer apparatus comprising: a pair of paddles extending outwardly from the housing in a first direction and being movable toward and away from each other; and, when in the first position, the paddles are disposed inwardly of the terminal end of the barrel; and when in the second position, the paddles extend outwardly beyond the terminal end of the barrel; a slider that is aligned longitudinally with the barrel, said slider being movable in a first direction toward the terminal end of the barrel and being movable in a second direction away from the terminal end of the barrel; and a sleeve defining a bore through which the barrel is received; said sleeve being movable along the barrel between the first and second positions; and wherein the slider extends outwardly from the sleeve in the opposite direction to the paddles.