US1549644A - Cigar lighter - Google Patents

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J. F. WILLIAMS CIGAR LIGHTER Filed March 6. 1924 /@Ufmeoo A 7% w MM@ Patented Aug. 11, 1925'.

A*UNITED STATES JAMES F. WILLIAMS, 0F SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI,

CIGAR LIGHTER.

Application filed March 6, 1924. Serial No. 697,308.

To all whom, t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JAMES F. WmLIAMs, a citizen oi' the United States, residmg at Springfield, in the county of Greene and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful In'iprovements in Cigar Lighters; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in cigar lighters of the type employing a fuelsaturated wick and electrical means for igniting the same when a cover is opened, the object of the invention being to provide an extremely simple and inexpensive, yet an etlicient device of this character.

With the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel subject matter hereinafter described and claimed, the description being supplemented by the accompanying drawing.

Figure 1 is a side elevation.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional View.

Figure 3 is a detail vertical section as indicated by line 33 of Fig. 2.

In the drawing above briefly described, the numeral 1 designates a support which may well be in the form of a horizontal metal plate forming the top of an advertising cabinet 2. I have shown the upper side of the plate 1 provided with an integral boss 3 through which is Jformed an opening 4 for receiving a wick 5 whose lower end extends into an appropriate fuel reservoir 6. The boss 3, around the upper end of the opening 4, is preferably formed with an upstanding lange 7 co-operable with an electrode 8 in forming a spark to ignite the wick 5. The electrode 8 is adapted for connection to a source of high tension current supply and this electrode, with the exception of its upper terminal, is preferably provided with an insulating covering 9 which is snugly held in an insulating sleeve 10 passing through an opening 11 in the plate 1 and boss 3, adjacent the opening 4.

Near the opening 11, I have shown another opening 12 formed through the parts 'l and 3, and through this opening, a current return post 13 passes, said post being insulated at 14from the parts 1 and 3 and having its lower end in the form of a binding post for connection to a current return wire 15.

A metallic cover 16 is provided for the wick 5, the electrode 8 and the post 13. This cover is hinged at 17 to one edge of the boss 3 and at one side it is preferably formed with an inwardly extending boss 18. In this boss, a bore 19 has been shown, said bore opening through the outer side of the cover 16 and having its open end normally closed by a screw plug 20. A relatively small opening 21 leads from the inner end of the bore 19 through the inner side of the boss 18 and slidably receives a contact pin 22. This pin is provided with an enlarged head 23 received in the bore 19, and a compression spring 24, eonlined in said bore, 'presses against said head to normally project the pin 22 inwardly, in position to strike the post 13 when the cover 16 is opened.

Assuming that the cover 16 is closed, the operation of the device is as follows t-Upon opening the cover, the contact 22 strikes the post 13, whereupon an electric circuit is momentarily completed, and the current flows through the electrode 8, jumps to the flange 7, and from this flange passes through the boss 3, hinge 17, cover 18, Contact 22 and post 13, to the wire 15, through which it returns to its source. In jumping from the electrode 8 to the flange 7, a spark is of course produced which ignites the wick 5, and when the cover is again closed, the ame is of course extinguished.

As excellent results are obtainable from the details disclosed, they may well be followed, but within the scope of the invention as claimed, numerous changes may be made.

I claim:

1. A device of the class described comprising a metal support having an opening to receive a fuel-saturated wick, the metal of said support about the outer end of said opening being formed so as to provide a stationary electrode, a second stationary electrode to co-operate with the first named electrode, said second electrode being carried by and insulated from said support adjacent said opening and being adapted for direct connection to a source of high tension current, a stationary current return post projecting from and insulated from said support, a metallic cover hinged to said support to cover said wick, electrodes and post, and a contact carried by said cover in electrical engagement therewith, said Y contact being adapted to strike said post when the cover isopened, thereby completing a circuit and causing a spark to jump between said stationary electrodes to ignite the Wick.

2. A device of the class described comprising a metal support having an opening to receive a fuel-saturated Wick, thel metal of said support about the outer end of said opening being formed so as to provide a staV tionary electrode, a second stationary electrode to co-operate with the first named electrode, said second electrode being carried by and insulated from said support adjacent said opening and being adapted for direct connection to a source ofhigh tension current, a stationary current return po'st projecting from and insulated from said support, a metallic cover for the Wlck, electrodes and post hinged to said support, and having an opening transverse to said post, and a spring-pressed contact mounted in said opening and adapted to strike said post when the cover is opened, thereby completing a circuit and causing a spark to jump between said stationary electrodes to ignite thc Wick.

3. A device of the class described comprising a metal support having an opening to reccive a fuel-saturated wick, the metal of said support about the outer end of said opening being formed so to provide a stationary electrode, a second stationary electrode to co-operate with the first named electrode, said second clectrodebeing carried by and insulated from said support adjacent said opening and being adapted for direct connection tota source of high ten sion current, a stationary current return post projecting from and insulated from said support, a metallic cover for the wick, electrode and post hinged to said support and having an internal boss,said boss having a bore transverse to said post and a relatively small opening from the inner end oli' said bore through the inner end of the boss, a contact pin slidable in said relatively small opening and projecting from said boss to strike said post when the cover is opened, said pin having a head in said bore, and a .spring in said bore acting against said head to project said pin.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto aiixed my signature.

JAMES F. WILLIAMS.

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