Multiple-flame lighter

Abstract

A multiple-flame lighter, including: a lighter housing, a storage having an outlet valve, an inlet valve and a gas chamber for storing liquid fuel gas, a gas outlet control bar for controlling gas supply from said storage, and a windproof assembly connected to the gas pass of the storage, characterized in that it also includes: an electronic igniter, a flint igniter, an ignition controller, wherein between the sleeve and the windproof assembly there is provided with a flint igniter which is adjacent to the sleeve and a flame outlet which is connected to the gas pass of the storage. The single one lighter is simple in structure and may achieve powerful windproof effect and has advantages of long time service life, luminous application and less heat generation.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE OF RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This is a divisional application that claims the benefit of priority under 35U.S.C.§119 to a non-provisional application, application Ser. No. 10 / 444,806, filed May 23, 2003.BACKGROUND OF THE PRESENT INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of Invention [0003] The present invention relates to a lighter device, and in particular to a lighter using inflammable gas as fuel stored in liquidity. [0004] 2. Description of Related Arts [0005] Currently, lighters on market include candle flame lighters and windproof lighters. The candle flame lighters generally adopt flint ignition device as sparkling source and they are simple in structure and have relatively long time of use, and furthermore it may function as a lighting device in dark places, with the disadvantages in that they are not readily used in open air or windy places. Those windproof lighters chiefly use electronic ignition device as sparking source and have some windproof function. Nevertheless, su...

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Benefits of technology

[0006] One objective of the present invention is to provide a multiple-flame lighter which has both flint ignition device and electronic ignition device, combines the advantages of the two meeting the requirement of windproof and long service life, and, as a result, greatly prolongs its service life.

[0007] Another objective of the present invention is to provide a multiple-flame lighter which is simple in structure and easy in operation of ignition and may conveniently shift between the flint and electronic ignition modes. As its structure is rationally designed, it need not enlarge the overall size of the lighter, and may only require one finger to sequentially operate in one direction to shift the modes between the flint ignition and the electronic ignition or to use both.

[0008] Further another objective of the present invention is to provide a windproof lighter having a windproof assembly including a quick flow nozzle and second outlet valve or gas diverting pass, which may produce one or more straight-forward and rod-shaped torches or big-head-shaped flames, achieving better windproof results.

[0015] The multiple-flame lighter according to the present invention has better windproof effects, achieves additional luminous function and longer service life and may not easily create heat, combining advantages of both candle flame lighters and windproof lighters and achieving a notable progress compared with prior art. In addition, the present invention is structurally simple and easily operable as it flexibly combines both the flint and electronic igniters by arranging a flint wheel, a sleeve and an electronic igniter on the same operational line / route, achieving better effect of easy shifting between the two ignition modes. Meanwhile, such structure may not necessarily increase the size of the lighter making it more flexible in its outer design for use in various environments. And the present invention may also produce as the same time two flames—windproof torch and candle flame—solving the ignition difficulty that occur in case of strong wind or long time use, such as lighting up a cigar.

Problems solved by technology

The candle flame lighters generally adopt flint ignition device as sparkling source and they are simple in structure and have relatively long time of use, and furthermore it may function as a lighting device in dark places, with the disadvantages in that they are not readily used in open air or windy places.

Nevertheless, such windproof lighters, limited by the times of use, have shorter service lives.

In addition, when is use, they consume much more gas to produce the same height of flames as that of the candle flame lighters, and may easily create heat in their bodies when torch flame is generated, which limits the time of lighting up articles.

Furthermore, their windproof ability is still limited as their flames are weak and may not easily light up articles, particularly cigars, in open air or windy places.

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