CN2527880Y

CN2527880Y - Lighter with replaceable fuel box

Info

Publication number: CN2527880Y
Application number: CN 02209140
Authority: CN
Inventors: 谢亦玲
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2002-04-01
Filing date: 2002-04-01
Publication date: 2002-12-25
Anticipated expiration: 2012-04-01

Abstract

Disclosed is a lighter, which includes a fuel supplying device. The fuel supplying device comprises a replaceable fuel box used for storing the liquefied fuel which is detachably contained in a containing cavity of a shell, and a gas releasing valve which is extended from the replaceable fuel box and used to control the gas flow from the replaceable fuel box. Thereby, the user can simply use a new replaceable fuel box which is completely filled with fuels in advance to replace a used replaceable fuel box, thereby prolonging the service life of the lighter.

Description

Lighter with replaceable fuel box

Technical field

The utility model relates to a kind of lighter, more specifically to a kind of lighter with replaceable fuel box, wherein lighter adopts with a fully loaded fuel cassette and replaces an empty fuel cassette, thereby makes the lighter life-span be able to maximum prolongation in cost-effective.

Correlation technique

The lighter that replaces match to light cigarette and cigar is a general tool, two kinds of lighter are arranged usually, be that common lighter produces visible flame and blows flame lighter generation bright eruption, no matter use any lighter, lighter must include the liquefied fuel holder of fuel supplying, so that provide flame or bright eruption after the burning.

A kind of liquefied fuel holder of routine has a relief valve that communicates with nozzle and the air valve that adds that is used for coming in such a way through the there refilling fuel, and promptly when the fuel of lighter was used up, the user can refill fuel by gas filling bottle.

As everyone knows, fuel is gaseous state under normal condition, then be liquid state when time in the liquefaction holder that under high pressure stores lighter into, in order to refill fuel, add air valve and must cooperate such gas filling bottle to provide high pressure fuel to be poured in the liquefied fuel holder with the tip of gas filling bottle by adding air valve.But, process in charge operation, fuel may leak at the tip of gas filling bottle, because fuel is flammable mixture, therefore such as butane is extremely dangerous, particularly when refilling lighter near pond or indicator lamp in the kitchen, therefore, this health to the user of fuel that is difficult to avoid the such user of leakage of fuel may suck leakage when filling is operated is harmful to.

In addition, the user can not determine whether the liquefied fuel memory is full of fully by fuel, even if it is full, the user also may continue fuel is inflated in the liquefied fuel holder, and this is the waste of fuel, with the exception of this, concerning the user, be hard with filled bottle everywhere.

General introduction of the present utility model

Main purpose of the present utility model provides a kind of lighter with replaceable fuel box, and wherein lighter is adapted to replace with a fully loaded fuel cassette fuel cassette of a sky, is being worth making the maximum and prolongation of its life-span when doing like this.

Another purpose of the present utility model provides a kind of lighter with replaceable fuel box, wherein on the sealed nozzle that is installed to lighter of fuel cassette, thereby prevents that the fuel that fuel cassette discharges from leaking into nozzle.

Another purpose of the present utility model provides a kind of lighter with replaceable fuel box, wherein lighter provides the alternative operation of the fuel cassette of a kind of " insert and igniting ", and the user can be led to and inserted a new box that is full of fuel like a cork in lighter like this.

Another purpose of the present utility model provides a kind of lighter with replaceable fuel box, guarantees that after fresh fuel is replaced lighter is by fully pre-filling thereby wherein refill lighter by the refuelling box.

Thereby to achieve these goals, the utility model provides a kind of lighter, comprising:

Has the housing of a receptive cavity and with receptive cavity and the outer opening that is situated between and links up;

Be arranged on the gas emission nozzle on the climax of housing;

A fuel supply device comprises:

The process opening removably is contained in the fuel cassette of the removable storage liquefied fuel in the receptive cavity, and;

Extend to the gas release valve of removable fuel cassette, be used for controlling replaceable fuel box gas; And

One lever arm, this arm is bearing on the housing with a kind of rotating motion mode, it is terminal and handle terminal driving end in order to motion rotationally to have the manipulation that is connected with gas release valve, so that through gas release valve, the fuel in the removable fuel cassette is discharged into gas emission mouth; And

By the ignition system of housing supporting,, light from the gas of gas emission nozzle emission so that produce a spark towards gas emission nozzle.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the decomposition diagram according to the lighter with removable fuel cassette of first most preferred embodiment of the present utility model;

Fig. 2 is the cutaway view according to the lighter with removable fuel cassette of above-mentioned first most preferred embodiment of the present utility model;

Fig. 3 A is the phantom according to the lighter with removable fuel cassette of above-mentioned first most preferred embodiment of the present utility model;

Fig. 3 B is the phantom according to the lighter with removable fuel cassette of above-mentioned first most preferred embodiment of the present utility model, and the expression gas release valve discharges fuel by lever arm from removable fuel storage box;

Fig. 4 is the decomposition diagram according to the lighter with removable fuel cassette of second embodiment of the present utility model;

Fig. 5 is the cutaway view according to the lighter with removable fuel cassette of above-mentioned second most preferred embodiment of the present utility model;

Fig. 6 is the phantom according to the lighter with removable fuel cassette of above-mentioned second most preferred embodiment of the present utility model, and the expression gas release valve discharges fuel by lever arm from removable fuel storage box.

The detailed description of most preferred embodiment

Fig. 1 with reference to accompanying drawing, expression is according to the lighter of first most preferred embodiment of the present utility model, lighter wherein, lighter such as routine, comprise a housing 10 and a opening 12 with receptive cavity 11 and extraneous communication with receptive cavity 11, and the gas that on the top board of housing 10, occurs emission nozzle 20, lighter also comprises fuel supply device 30 and ignition system.

Fuel supply device 30 comprises that a process opening 12 removably is contained in the removable fuel cassette 31 in the receptive cavity 11 so that store a kind of fuel of liquefaction, the gas release valve 32 that extends from removable fuel cassette 31 flows so that control the gas that attracts from removable fuel cassette, an and lever arm 33, this arm is bearing on the housing 10 with a kind of motion mode rotationally, has the manipulation terminal 33 that is connected with gas release valve 32 and launches nozzle 20 with being arranged to move rotationally handle end 331 and drive end 332 so that the fuel in the removable fuel cassette is discharged into gas through gas release valve 32.

Ignition system 40, is lighted from the gas of gas emission nozzle 20 emissions so that produce the spark of launching nozzle 20 towards gas by housing 10 supportings.

According to most preferred embodiment, lighter is made a kind of calcium carbide formula lighter, its middle shell 10 comprises a pair of wall 13 and the calcium carbide cover 14 that is arranged on housing 10 top boards, is arranged between two supporting arms 11 and on housing 10 top boards.Housing 10 also comprises door 15, is slidably mounted in opening 12 places of housing 10 bottoms, with a kind of removably motion mode sliding closing receptive cavity 11, thereby is bearing in removable fuel cassette 31 in the receptive cavity 11.

According to most preferred embodiment, gas emission nozzle 20 is gas nozzles that produce visible flame, but gas emission nozzle 20 also is suitable for making bright eruption nozzle, a person as shown in Figure 4.

This ignition system is a kind of calcium carbide formula ignition system, comprises one by the calcium carbide 41 of housing 11 supportings and the striking wheel 42 on a coarse surface 421 of igniting with circumference, and this surface 421 of igniting is arranged on and calcium carbide 41 position contacting.

Calcium carbide 41 keeps the striking surface near striking wheel 42, and when the striking surface that drives near calcium carbide 41, striking friction calcium carbide 41 produces the spark that points to gas emission nozzle 20, thereby is lighted from the gas of gas emission nozzle 20 emissions.

Calcium carbide 41 is arranged in the calcium carbide cover 14 with calcium carbide-spring 411, calcium carbide 41 is by 411 supportings of calcium carbide-spring, striking wheel 42 be can be rotated to support between two abutment wall 13, wherein calcium carbide 41 is by means of the striking surface of calcium carbide-spring 411 maintenances near striking wheel 42, when the rotatable striking of driving takes turns 42, produce the spark that points to gas emission nozzle 20 when being close to calcium carbide 41 strikings.

Removable fuel cassette 31, complete preliminary filling fuel fill, wherein fuel is stored in the removable fuel cassette 31 with the form of liquefaction under predetermined pressure, and is guiding gas emission nozzle 20 into through gas release valve and be released.

Gas release valve 32 is installed on the removable fuel cassette 31 hermetically, so that communicate with fuel in the removable fuel cassette 31 with a kind of like this structure, the removable fuel cassette 31 that has gas release valve 32 like this is detachably mounted in the housing 10.

Gas release valve 32 has a movable operational tip 321 protruding upward, when the driving end 332 of lever 32 is upwards driven, calm the anger the downwards movable operational tip 321 of body relief valve 32 of the manipulation end 331 of lever arm 33, when movable operational tip 321 is pressed downward, gas release valve 32 discharges fuel from removable fuel cassette 31, but this gas relief valve 32 is discharged into gas emission nozzle 20 with fuel from removable fuel cassette 31.In other words, the movable operational tip 321 of gas release valve 32 normally is in top closed position, as shown in Figure 3A, and when the movable operational tip 321 of gas release valve 32 is driven to the position of opening below, shown in Fig. 3 B, gas release valve 32 is discharged into gas emission nozzle 20 with fuel from removable combustion box 31.

Shown in Fig. 3 B, fuel supply system 30 also comprises the terminal 331 operation caps 34 that combine of the manipulation with lever 33, wherein operate cap 34 and have an inner chamber 341, this inner chamber 341 removably cooperates with the movable operational tip 321 of gas release valve 32, and one by the guide pipe of narrow slit 342 from inner chamber movable operational tip 321 that extend and that aim at gas release valve 32, so that in such a way gas is sent to gas emission nozzle 20 from gas release valve 32, promptly when driving operation caps 34 in the manipulation of lever arm 23 terminal 331 and push down the movable operational tip 321 of gas release valve 32 downwards, gas release valve 32 is discharged into gas emission nozzle 20 through conduit through narrow slit 342 from removable fuel cassette 31 with fuel.

Operation cap 34 comprises that also has the coaxial operational tip 321 of seal 343 to be installed in gas release valve 32 hermetically that is installed in inner chamber 341 of ring-type, thereby prevents that gas from leaking from the operation cap.Thereby the seal 342 of the most handy deformable material manufacturing is clipped between the outer wall of the inwall of inner chamber 341 of gas release valve 32 and movable operational tip 321, as shown in Figure 3 hermetically.Therefore, when changing a new removable fuel cassette 31, sealing part 343 is the slit between the outer wall of the inwall of the inner chamber 341 of filling gas relief valve 32 and movable operational tip 321 hermetically, therefore the fuel that discharges from removable fuel cassette 31 will all be sent to gas emission nozzle 20 through conduit through slit 342, and not have fuel to leak out from the operation cap 34 around the gas release valve 32.

With reference to Fig. 4, second embodiment of lighter illustrates a kind of selectable form of first embodiment, according to second embodiment, lighter wherein comprise a housing 10 ', it have receptive cavity and with receptive cavity 11 ' with extraneous opening 12 of linking up ' and housing 10 ' the gas emission nozzle 20 that occurs of top board place ', lighter also comprise fuel supply device 30 ' and ignition system 40 '.

Fuel supply device 30 ' comprise through opening 12 ' removably be contained in receptive cavity 11 ' in removable fuel cassette 31 ' so that store the fuel of liquefaction, from the gas release valve 32 of removable fuel cassette 31 ' extension ' so that control from the gas stream of removable fuel cassette 31 ' come, and a lever arm 33 ', this arm with movable manner rotationally be supported in housing 10 ' in, have with the manipulation end 331 of gas release valve 32 ' be connected ' and the just motion of being arranged to rotationally handle terminal 332 ' be arranged to so as rotationally motor performance end 331 ' move down open relief valve 32 ', with removable fuel cassette 31 ' in fuel through gas release valve 32 ' be discharged into gas emission nozzle 20 '.

Ignition system 40 ' by housing 10 ' supporting so as to produce towards gas emission nozzle 20 ' spark and light from the gas of gas emission nozzle 20 ' emission.

According to second embodiment, housing 10 ' also comprise be bearing in rigidly housing 10 ' in support platform 13 ', wherein gas release valve 32 ' be supported in basically support platform 13 ' go up in case with gas emission nozzle 20 ' communication.

Ignition system 40 ' be a kind of piezoelectric type ignition system, comprise piezo-electric crystal parts 41 ', this parts 41 ' be placed on housing 10 ' in, so that the generation phenomenon of piezoelectricity, it comprise upwardly extending movable functional unit 42 ' and one extend to firing tip 43 near gas emission nozzle 20 ' position ', wherein when ignition system 40 ' movable workpiece 42 ' when being depressed, firing tip 43 ' generation spark is lighted simultaneously from the gas of gas emission nozzle emission.

Correspondingly, housing 10 ' top board on install a tappet button 16 that can move both vertically ', this button 16 ' be placed on piezo-electric crystal parts 41 ' movable functional unit 42 ' the upper end, and be attached to lever wall 33 ' driving end 332 ', promptly when tappet button 16 ' when being pressed downward, piezo-electric crystal parts 41 ' be extruded, simultaneously from removable fuel cassette 31 ' fuel arrive gas emission nozzle 20 ', thereby light lighter.

Be worth should be mentioned that

ignition system

40,40 according to first and second embodiment ' be interchangeable, in other words, obvious first embodiment can use piezoelectric ignition system, and second embodiment can use calcium carbide formula ignition system, and all unlikely influence is lighted from the gas of gas emission nozzle 20,20 ' emission.

As shown in Figure 4, gas release valve 32 ' be supported in basically housing 10 ' in, with removable fuel cassette 31 ' communication, wherein a upwardly extending movable active tip 321 of gas release valve 32 ' have ', and with lever arm 33 ' operational tip 331 ' combine, when movable active tip 321 ' when upwards being lifted, gas release valve 32 ' release is from replaceable fuel box 31 ' next fuel.Correspondingly, as shown in Figure 6, when lever arm 32 ' driving end 332 ' when being driven downwards, lever arm 33 ' manipulation end 331 ' lift open gas release valve 32 ' active tip 321 ', gas release valve 32 ' with fuel from removable fuel cassette 31 ' be discharged into gas emission nozzle 20 '.

Gas release valve 32 ' also comprise the upwardly extending inserted sleeve of tubulose so as to insert removable fuel cassette 31 ' in so that with fuel be discharged into there movable operational tip 321 '.

Removable fuel cassette 31 ' be releasably attached to gas release valve 32 ' on, wherein removable fuel cassette 31 ' a have fuel outlet 311 ', thereby so that inserted sleeve 322 ' be inserted in hermetically there fuel with replaceable fuel box 31 ' in fuel direct into gas release valve 32 ' movable operational tip 321 ', removable fuel cassette 31 ' also have sealant 312 ', sealing layer 312 ' be installed to hermetically fuel outlet 311 ' on so that seal removable fuel cassette 31 ' in fuel.Correspondingly, inserted sleeve 322 ' have be suitable for through the removable fuel cassette 31 of sealant 312 ' penetrate ' in tapered distal end.Be worth should be mentioned that, the sealant of making by deformable material with preset thickness such as rubber 312 ' be suitable for be sealed in the inserted sleeve 322 of fuel outlet 311 ' interior ' outer wall, as shown in Figure 5, sealing layer 312 ' be the removable fuel cassette 31 of inserted sleeve 322 ' be inserted into ' in after, prevent fuel inserted sleeve 322 ' through fuel outlet 311 ' and inserted sleeve 322 ' outer wall between reveal.

Claims

1, a kind of lighter is characterized in that: comprising:

One housing has a receptive cavity and and makes described receptive cavity and extraneous opening of linking up;

Gas emission nozzle on described housing top board;

Fuel supply device comprises:

The described opening of process also is contained in the replaceable fuel box that stores liquefied fuel in the described receptive cavity;

The gas release valve of the control that stretches out from described replaceable fuel box gas stream from described replaceable fuel box; And

One is supported in lever arm in the described housing with the pivot motion mode, this lever arm has one and handles end, this manipulation is terminal to match with gas release valve, terminal with a driving, this drives terminal terminal with the described manipulation of its rotational motion driving, control described gas release valve, the fuel in the described replaceable fuel box is discharged into described gas emission nozzle; And

By the supporting of described housing, and produce spark, to light from the gas ignition system of described gas emission nozzle emission towards described gas emission nozzle.

2, lighter as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: wherein said gas release valve has a upwardly extending movable active tip, when the driving end of described lever arm is driven downwards, the terminal movable active tip of pushing described gas release valve downwards of described manipulation is discharged into described gas emission nozzle with fuel from described removable fuel cassette.

3, lighter as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: wherein said gas release valve is installed on the described replaceable fuel box hermetically, so that described fuel direct and in the described removable fuel cassette communicates.

4, lighter as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that: wherein said gas release valve is installed on the described replaceable fuel box hermetically, so that directly communicate with described fuel in the fuel cassette of described replacing.

5, lighter as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: wherein said fuel supply device also comprises the terminal operation cap that combines of described manipulation with described lever arm, wherein said operation cap has an inner chamber, so that removably cooperate there with described gas release valve, and through the guide pipe in the slit that the described inner chamber of associating extends, the i.e. described operation of handling terminal downward driving when described lever arm drives described operation cap, when pushing the movable operational tip of described gas release valve, the fuel in the described removable fuel cassette is managed described slit through described guiding and is discharged into described gas emission nozzle.

6, lighter as claimed in claim 2, it is characterized in that: wherein said fuel supply device also comprises the terminal operation cap that combines of described manipulation with described lever arm, wherein said operation cap has an inner chamber, so that removably cooperate there with described gas release valve, and in such a way through the guide pipe in the slit that the described inner chamber of associating extends, promptly drive described operation cap downwards when the described manipulation of described lever arm is terminal, when pushing the described movable operational tip of described gas release valve, the fuel in the described replaceable fuel box is discharged into described gas emission nozzle through described guide pipe through described slit.

7, lighter as claimed in claim 3, it is characterized in that: wherein said fuel supply device also comprises the terminal operation cap that combines of described manipulation with described lever arm, wherein said operation cap has an inner chamber, so that removably cooperate there with described gas release valve, and with the guide pipe in the slit of extending through the described inner chamber of associating, the i.e. described operation of handling terminal downward driving when described lever arm drives described operation cap, when pushing the movable operational tip of described gas release valve, the fuel in the described removable fuel cassette is discharged into described gas emission nozzle through the slit of described guide pipe.

8, lighter as claimed in claim 4, it is characterized in that: wherein said fuel supply device also comprises the terminal operation cap that combines of described manipulation with described lever arm, wherein said operation cap has an inner chamber, so that removably cooperate there with described gas release valve, and through the guide pipe in the slit that the described inner chamber of associating extends, the i.e. described operation of handling terminal downward driving when described lever arm drives described operation cap, when pushing the movable operational tip of described gas release valve, the fuel in the described removable fuel cassette is managed described slit through described guiding and is discharged into described gas emission nozzle.。

9, lighter as claimed in claim 5, it is characterized in that: wherein said operation cap also comprises a potted component that is co-axially mounted in the described inner chamber, so that be installed in hermetically on the described gas release valve, wherein said potted component is clipped between the outer wall of the inwall of described inner chamber and described gas release valve hermetically, thereby is filled in slit between the there hermetically.

10, lighter as claimed in claim 6, it is characterized in that: wherein said operation cap also comprises a potted component that is co-axially mounted in the described inner chamber, so that be installed in hermetically on the described gas release valve, wherein said potted component is clipped between the outer wall of the inwall of described inner chamber and described gas release valve hermetically, thus filling slit hermetically there.

11, lighter as claimed in claim 7, it is characterized in that: wherein said operation cap also comprises a potted component that is co-axially mounted in the described inner chamber, so that be installed in hermetically on the described gas release valve, wherein said potted component is clipped between the outer wall of the inwall of described inner chamber and described gas release valve hermetically, thereby is filled in slit between the there hermetically.

12, lighter as claimed in claim 8, it is characterized in that: wherein said operation cap also comprises a potted component that is co-axially mounted in the described inner chamber, so that be installed in hermetically on the described gas release valve, wherein said potted component is clipped between the outer wall of the inwall of described inner chamber and described gas release valve hermetically, thereby is filled in slit between the there hermetically.

13, lighter as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: the manipulation end of wherein said lever arm is to combine with described gas release valve with a kind of like this state, promptly when the driving end of described lever arm was driven downwards, the operational tip of described lever was lifted described gas release valve and is discharged gas.

14, lighter as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: wherein said gas release valve also comprises the tubulose inserted sleeve of downward extension, so that communicate with the fuel in the described replaceable fuel box, wherein said gas release valve is bearing in the described housing basically, and wherein inserted sleeve assigns on the described removable fuel cassette removably hermetically.

15, lighter as claimed in claim 13, it is characterized in that: wherein said gas release valve also comprises the tubulose inserted sleeve of downward extension, so that communicate with the described fuel in the described replaceable fuel box, wherein said gas release valve is bearing in the described housing basically, and wherein inserted sleeve is installed on the described removable fuel cassette removably hermetically.

16, lighter as claimed in claim 14, it is characterized in that: wherein said replaceable fuel box has a fuel outlet, so that insert described inserted sleeve therein hermetically, thereby the fuel in the described replaceable fuel case is directed to described gas release valve.

17, lighter as claimed in claim 15, it is characterized in that: wherein said removable fuel cassette has a fuel outlet, so that insert described inserted sleeve therein hermetically, thereby the fuel in the described replaceable fuel case is directed to described gas release valve.

18, lighter as claimed in claim 16, it is characterized in that: wherein said removable fuel cassette also has a sealant, has preset thickness, be installed to described fuel outlet hermetically, so that described fuel is left in the described removable fuel cassette hermetically, wherein said inserted sleeve is used for being inserted into described replaceable fuel box through described sealant, and seals the outer wall of the described inserted sleeve in the described fuel outlet.

19, lighter as claimed in claim 17, it is characterized in that: wherein said removable fuel cassette also has a sealant, has preset thickness, be installed to described fuel outlet hermetically so that hermetically described fuel is left in the described removable fuel cassette, wherein said inserted sleeve is used for the outer wall that the described sealant of process is inserted into described removable fuel cassette and seals the described inserted sleeve in the described fuel outlet.