Patent ID: 8022340

Claim:
Attaching unit for a main body of a cigar lighter, the main body having a housing for a heating unit, the attaching unit provided for attaching a knob used to actuate the heating unit to the main body, the attaching unit comprising: an attaching element which can be attached to the housing of the main body; the main body having a connecting element; an adapter for attaching the knob to the main body, the adapter being inserted in the attaching element as a slidable fit in the attaching element and being guided to be displaceable axially relative to the attaching element, the adapter having a recess that receives the connecting element to secure the adapter to the connecting element, the adapter comprising a post for receiving a hollow recess of the knob, a ring opposite the post, and a partition between the post and the ring the partition having an outer diameter greater than the outer diameter of the post and the ring, the partition outer diameter being sized to form the slidable fit in the attaching element to allow the adapter to be guided axially in the attaching element to actuate the heating unit; the partition having a plurality of cut-outs in a radial direction for attaching the knob, the knob having a plurality of downwardly and radially directed latching noses for latching into the cut-outs with a snap-fit, the knob having a plane contacting face that is received against the partition so as to seat the knob thereon; and whereby the hollow recess of the knob can be fitted to the post as a final assembly operation thereby to minimize damage to the knob during the assembly operation.