Patents by Inventor Juan Lucas Puig-Grós

Juan Lucas Puig-Grós has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6890173
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pocket lighter of the type that comprises a fuel container (1), a valve (2), which regulates the opening and closing of said container, a pyrophoric flint (6), a revolving toothed wheel (8), which can produce sparks that are directed towards the valve (2), spring means (7), which exert a force that applies the flint against the toothed wheel, and two disks (10) having end journals (12) that move in respective housings (13). The inventive lighter is characterised in that, in addition to acting as the force transmission element between the finger and the wheel (8), the disks (10) also serve as a rotor for a braking device in which the stator is formed by an element (15) that rubs against said rotor. More specifically, the stator of the braking device comprises a spring (15) which acts on a smooth surface of the rotor (10) in a radial or tangential direction. The spring (15) may form part of the actual structure of the button (14) or it may be independent of said button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Flamagas, S.A.
    Inventor: Juan Lucas Puig-Gros
  • Patent number: 6739867
    Abstract: Of the type of lighters that have a gas tank (1) equipped with an exit valve (2) leading to a burner (6), where a push-button (15) simultaneously determines the opening of the valve (2) and the operation of a piezoelectric ignition generator (7), whose central characteristic is the incorporation of a track mechanism (16), operated by a second push-button (14) using the tension of a spring (20), so that said track mechanism can stop the functioning of the valve (2), in turn obstructing ignition, even though it acts on the push-button (15), which is necessary for the functioning of the lighter and simultaneously act on the push-buttons (14) and (15), thus producing ignition. The lighter has been designed to obstruct the manoeuvres necessary to produce ignition when in the hands of a child.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Flamagas SA
    Inventor: Juan Lucas Puig-Grós
  • Publication number: 20040096792
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pocket lighter of the type that comprises a fuel container (1), a valve (2), which regulates the opening and closing of said container, a pyrophoric flint (6), a revolving toothed wheel (8), which can produce sparks that are directed towards the valve (2), spring means (7), which exert a force that applies the flint against the toothed wheel, and two disks (10) having end journals (12) that move in respective housings (13). The inventive lighter is characterised in that, in addition to acting as the force transmission element between the finger and the wheel (8), the disks (10) also serve as a rotor for a braking device in which the stator is formed by an element (15) that rubs against said rotor. More specifically, the stator of the braking device comprises a spring (15) which acts on a smooth surface of the rotor (10) in a radial or tangential direction. The spring (15) may form part of the actual structure of the button (14) or it may be independent of said button.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventor: Juan Lucas Puig-Gros
  • Publication number: 20030143505
    Abstract: Of the type of lighters that have a gas tank (1) equipped with an exit valve (2) leading to a burner (6), where a push-button (15) simultaneously determines the opening of the valve (2) and the operation of a piezoelectric ignition generator (7), whose central characteristic is the incorporation of a track mechanism (16), operated by a second push-button (14) using the tension of a spring (20), so that said track mechanism can stop the functioning of the valve (2), in turn obstructing ignition, even though it acts on the push-button (15), which is necessary for the functioning of the lighter and simultaneously act on the push-buttons (14) and (15), thus producing ignition. The lighter has been designed to obstruct the manoeuvres necessary to produce ignition when in the hands of a child.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2003
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventor: Juan Lucas Puig-Gros