Abstract: A candle snuffing apparatus and method are disclosed in the form of tongs having wettable snuffing surfaces and means for wetting the snuffing surfaces. Operation of the tongs upon a candle flame extinguishes the flame and simultaneously cools the wick, preventing smoking of the wick.

Abstract: A windproof lighter includes a windshield (44) with openings (443,444) facing the striker (43) and over the flame and nozzle area, edges on the openings, and rounded sides or flanges on the edges around the nozzle on the top edge of the butane well (3, 41), so that it is windproof by reducing the chance of flame extinguishment and is also scratch-proof and embodies simplification of construction. A shield (31) cover is provided over the windshield to prevent direct contact of the user with the windshield.

Abstract: An automatic flame snuffer assembly that is detachably connected to the neck of a sealing cap that is located on a fuel lamp container. The fuel lamp container holds fuel oil having a flash temperature of approximately 240 degrees and it is used in churches, restaurants, etc. in place of candles. A wick extends up through an aperture in the top end of the sealing cap of the fuel lamp container and also upwardly through the automatic flame snuffer assembly. The automatic flame snuffer assembly has an assembly mounting sleeve and a snuffer member that are interconnected together to function to snuff out the flame on the wick of the fuel lamp container when it is tipped over.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improvement of gaslighter structure which has, in the hollow cylinder space at the rear portion of the housing, a push rod having hooks integrally connected to its opposite sides. The push rod is spring-biased upwards, and is pushed against the support piece of the cap, thereby permitting the cap to click shut and open. This arrangement permits necessary parts including a spring to be assembled in a cap pivot-and-latch simply by thrusting them in the rear space of the housing. This reduces the difficulty which otherwise, workers would encounter in assembling parts including a resilient element in a relatively small space. Also, the work of pivoting the cap to the housing can be advantageously separated from the work of assembling pivot-and-latch parts.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved gaslighter structure which has a detachable support piece to be fitted in the cap and the housing for pivotally fixing the cap to the housing. This arrangement permits complete pivotal connection of the cap to the housing simply by thrusting the upper extension of the support piece into the rear end space of the cap and by thrusting the lower end of the support piece into the rear top inside of the housing until its opposite pivot pins are fitted in the counter sinks on the rear top inside of the housing.

Abstract: A flame extinguishing device for use with an ornamental lamp having a base, a chimney, and a wick which provides a lamp flame, includes a plate coupled inside of the chimney below the flame. The plate has a hole in the center thereof surrounding the flame but below the flame. As the plate is lifted above the flame, a low pressure area is formed below the plate. The pressure differential between the bottom of the plate and the top of the plate causes combustion by-products above the flame to flow downward through the hole. As the combustion by-products flow past the flame, oxygen is temporarily prevented from reaching the flame, thus extinguishing it. Therefore, extinguishing the flame is a simple matter of lifting the chimney an inch or so. The plate may include side holes which prevent the flame from being extinguished when the chimney and plate are placed on the lamp when the flame is burning.

Abstract: An elongated rod-like gas lighter has a rod body for storing gas therein, an ignition base mounted on the upper end of the rod body, the ignition base having a circumferential groove-shaped hole through the wall thereof adjacent the point of attachment to the rod body, a gas adjustment ring rotatably mounted around the ignition base and movably engaged with the upper end of the rod body and having a threaded hole radially therethrough and a gas supply adjusting screw therein extending through the circumferential groove-shaped hole, a gas nozzle tube within the ignition base having the upper end extending upwardly out of the ignition base, and a rotatably operable gas flow adjusting valve on the upper end of the rod body and receiving the lower end of the gas nozzle tube, the gas supply adjusting screw being engaged with the outside of the gas flow adjusting valve for rotating the gas flow adjusting valve when the gas adjusting ring is rotated on the ignition base.

Abstract: A child-resistant cigarette lighter having a cigarette well with a flame chamber near its bottom. Fuel and air are supplied to the flame chamber producing a combustible mixture which is then ignited, thereby producing a flame which is entirely confined to the well.

Abstract: A fire-extinguishing device for an open-type oil burner is disclosed which is capable of effectively preventing the discharge of bad odor to a room due to unburned fuel oil gas at the fire-extinguishing of the oil burner. The fire-extinguishing device includes a damper for closing, at the fire-extinguishing, an opening of a combustion cylinder construction of the oil burner through which combustion gas is discharge to a room. The damper or combustion cylinder construction may be provided with an oxidation catalyst plate through which combustion gas is discharged to a room at the fire-extinguishing, so that unburned fuel oil gas may be removed by means of the catalyst plate.

Abstract: This invention is a safety device for cigarette lighters fueled by butane or other compressed or liquified gas. The invention is a barrier adapted to selectively engage the thumb layer of the lighter to restrict the motion of the thumb layer, thereby to prevent the release of gas to the burner tip. The restricting member is supported by a band or sleeve that is adapted to at least partially surround and slidably engage the body of the lighter. A sliding motion of the band on the lighter engages or disengages the restricting member with the thumb lever; this motion may be selectively prevented or allowed by the selective engaging or disengaging of a spring-loaded member having a laterally extending projection adapted to fit into an opening in the lighter's structure.

Abstract: A torch tip for use with a die casting torch in which the tip functions to blow out the flame when the ratio of air pressure to gas pressure being supplied to the tip exceeds a predetermined safe value. The torch tip comprises a unitary die casting and includes a generally cylindrical main body portion, a partition extending transversely between the ends of the main body portion, a reduced diameter mouth at the discharge end of the main body portion having a diameter that is less than the internal diameter of the main body portion at the partition, and a plurality of holes in the partition including at least some holes spaced radially outwardly of the circumferential boundary of the reduced diameter mouth.

Abstract: A hand-held snuffer for extinguishing a fire in a vessel, such as a kitchen pan, which includes a soft, compressible, resilient, nonflammable mat, means to support the mat to present a substantially flat, flame-contacting face, and means for grasping the supported mat and laying it on the flaming vessel.

Abstract: A candle snuffer is disclosed in the form of a unitary member having a pair of generally parallel, elongated tines. The tines are spaced by a distance slightly larger than the thickness of a normal candle wick and the flame is extinguished by placing the base of the wick between the tines and lifting the snuffer upwardly. As the tines pass the end of the wick, the flame is immediately extinguished.

Abstract: A fire extinguishing device for an oil burner capable of instantaneously and surely accomplishing the fire extinguishing with ease and without generating any bad odor. A wick receiving chamber has a width larger than the thickness of a wick received therein and an air chamber communicated to the wick receiving chamber is disposed adjacent thereto. The air chamber is adapted to be communicated to an ambient atmosphere during the combustion operation and to be shut off therefrom by means of a valve. The fire extinguishing of an oil burner is accomplished by utilizing an air stored in the air chamber.

Abstract: A bed of solid particles on an air distributor of a fluidized-bed furnace is fluidized by upward currents of air fed through the distributor. A fuel to be burnt in the fluidized bed is premixed with carrying air, and the fuel-air mixture is fed into the bed from a burner extending upwardly through the distributor. For utmost combustion efficiency the ratio by mass of the feed rate of the fuel-carrying air to the sum of the feed rates of the fuel-carrying air and the bed-fluidizing air is adjusted by flow control valves so as to be in the range of from about 0.2 to 0.6. The head of the burner is of such construction that the fuel-air mixture is ejected therefrom in the form of swirling jets. The burner head is usually located about 50 millimeters above the distributor.

Abstract: A cigarette lighter has a cylindrical fuel-containing housing provided at its head with a burner, a valve having a lever operable to feed fuel from the housing interior to the burner, and a striker wheel for sparking across the burner and igniting fuel issuing therefrom. A shield surrounds the projecting end of the valve lever and prevents its actuation. This shield is releasably connected to the housing by a plurality of frangible webs to allow its removal after purchase of the lighter. These webs are integrally formed with the shield and with the synthetic-resin reservoir body of the housing or with the metallic head cap thereof.

Abstract: A cigarette lighter has a cylindrical fuel-containing reservoir provided on one end with a burner, a valve having a lever operable to feed fuel from the reservoir to the burner, and a striker wheel for sparking across the burner and igniting the fuel. A metal cap covers this end and has a cutout receiving the wheel and in the line with the burner. A metal tab blocks that portion of the cutout aligned with the burner and is connected to the rest of the cap by a plurality of destructible webs. This tab has a tongue extending up over the striker wheel and out above the lever so that the striker wheel cannot be actuated, nor can the lever, and the burner is covered. This protective arrangement is removable after sale to expose the lever, striker wheel, and burner and allow use of the lighter.

Abstract: A lighter casing for a lighter having two end portions larger than a narrower central portion. The lighter casing including a main member, and a secondary member connected inside said main member by a hinge means positioned nearer the base end of the lighter casing. The main member and the secondary member in a closed position leave two longitudinal step ridges along the lighter casing. The lighter casing also includes a cover member having its top end movably connected to the top end of the secondary member and having its lower end movably connected to the lower end portion of the main member by connecting means in order to fill the two step ridges when the lighter casing is in a closed position.

Abstract: A fire start unit having all the necessary elements for creating a flame to ignite a material such as wood. The unit includes hollow housing means with removable closure means at each end of the housing means with igniter means manually operated by the user at one end of the housing means to create a spark after the safety means has been removed. Contained within the hollow casing at the opposite end is removable tinder means consisting of a first flame means and a second flame means. The unit in operational use ignites the first flame means by a spark generated by the igniter means which in turn ignites the second flame means.

Abstract: A substantially straight rod has on one end a candle flame extinguisher and on the other end an extension for holding a friction-type safety match. The body of the extinguisher may be a cone, a cylinder, or a box-shaped member which has the same longitudinal axis as the rod and with its single opening facing away from the rod with the edges of the extinguisher body surrounding its opening being so contoured that the device is stable upright on a flat horizontal surface. The extension may be in the form of a coil, bent-over part of the rod or as a separate member having an opening of appropriate size and configuration for snugly holding the part of the match away from its head whereby the match head extends outwardly from the device and substantially coincident with its longitudinal axis. The opening for the match may also be employed for hanging the device when not in use. In addition, the extension is adapted to be gripped by the user's fingers for holding the device when extinguishing the flame of a candle.

Abstract: A security device for a lighter having an externally operated actuator lever which opens and closes a gas valve. The security device comprises a security member secured to the lighter for preventing operation of the actuator lever, the security member being attached to the lighter by at least one line of weakness so as to be separable from the lighter to free the actuator lever. The security member can enclose the lever to prevent access thereto, or it can abut the lever to block movement thereof.