Abstract: A lantern having a compact configuration. The lantern has a generally cylindrical shape with a lower housing containing a fuel tank, a shut-off valve and a regulator. A cap at the base of the lower housing can be removed, providing access to the fuel tank. The fuel tank is refillable via a fuel fill valve arranged at the base of the tank. A burner tube is coupled to the regulator and extends upwards beyond the housing. A mantle, which when lit provides illumination, is removably coupled to the upper end of the burner tube. A generally conical reflector is arranged around the burner tube below the mantle and above the regulator. A glass globe is arranged around the burner tube/mantle assembly and a ventilator cap is arranged above the globe. The ventilator cap attaches to rails which extend up from opposite sides of the lower housing and can be readily removed to access the mantle.

Abstract: A fuel control system for use with a source of pressurized fuel includes housing structure defining an inlet, an outlet, a check valve chamber and a regulating valve chamber disposed between the inlet and outlet structures. Check valve structure is disposed in the check valve chamber for preventing liquid fuel from reaching the outlet structure, and control valve structure is disposed in the regulating valve chamber. The control valve structure includes diaphragm structure dividing the regulating valve chamber into a downstream chamber open to atmospheric pressure and an upstream chamber on the opposite side of the diaphragm structure that is in communication with the check valve chamber.

Abstract: An incandescent gas mantle assembly includes a metal coupling member and a mantle supporting sleeve member of thermally resistant material that has a skirt portion to which a metal oxide mantle sock is secured in depending relation. The metal coupling member has a body portion of disc configuration with an outer periphery and an inner periphery, a plurality of inwardly extending first coupling portions integral with and spaced about the body portion for attachment to a cooperating burner head, and a plurality of second coupling portions integral with and spaced about the body portion, the second coupling portions being in coupling engagement with recess structure of the mantle supporting sleeve member.

Abstract: A thin-film transistor comprises a source electrode and a drain electrode formed in a spaced-apart relation to each other on a substrate, a semiconductor layer formed over the source and drain electrodes, a gate insulating film formed on the semiconductor layer and a gate electrode on the gate insulating film. First and second ohmic contact layers are formed in the entirety of the surface regions of the semiconductor layer which are in contact with the source and drain electrodes.

Abstract: A hand-held lighting device, including a housing, an elongated cantilevered member anchored within the housing, and a mantle mounting disposed at the unanchored end of the cantilevered member, the cantilevered member including a first member, a second member coaxially and slidingly mated with the first member and a spring for biasing relative coaxial movement between the first and second members. A knuckle socket is disposed between the unanchored end of the cantilevered member and the mantle mounting for canting a portion of the cantilevered member in response to transverse shock forces.