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US3318346A
US3318346A US410858A US41085864A US3318346A US 3318346 A US3318346 A US 3318346A US 410858 A US410858 A US 410858A US 41085864 A US41085864 A US 41085864A US 3318346 A US3318346 A US 3318346A
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Maltner Wolfgang
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23Q—IGNITION; EXTINGUISHING-DEVICES
    • F23Q2/00—Lighters containing fuel, e.g. for cigarettes
    • F23Q2/34—Component parts or accessories
    • F23Q2/52—Filling devices
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T137/00—Fluid handling
    • Y10T137/8593—Systems
    • Y10T137/86292—System with plural openings, one a gas vent or access opening
    • Y10T137/86324—Tank with gas vent and inlet or outlet
    • Y10T137/86332—Vent and inlet or outlet in unitary mounting

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  • the present invention relates to lighters of the type used for lighting cigars, cigarettes and the like.
  • the present invention relates to that type of lighter which burns a combustible gas.
  • lighters of 4this type it is customary for lighters of 4this type to have a container in which the gas is situated so that at the option of the operator the gas can be discharged and ignited. From time to time it is of course necessary to replenish the supply of gas which is cotnained in this container.
  • the container of the gas lighter is provided with a suitable valve mechanism adapted to be placed in engagement with a pressurized tank, in the form of a small ampule, in which the combustible gas is situated in pressurized and even in liquid form.
  • the invention includes, in a gas lighter, a container which is adapted to contain the combustible gas of the gas lighter and which is adapted to be placed in communication with a pressurized tank of combustible fluid to receive the combustible fluid therefrom when it is necessary to replenish the contents of the container.
  • This container has a wall, and this wall carries a non-return valve means adapted to be placed in communication with the interior of the pressurized tank so that the fluid will ow from the interior thereof into the non-return valve means to automatically open the latter and enter into the interior of the container.
  • the structure of the invention includes a pressure-relief valve means which automatically relieves the pressure in the interior of the container in response to placing of the non-return valve means in communication with the pressurized tank, so that in this way the pressure of the uid flowing from the tank to the non-return valve means is always greater than the pressure acting on the nonreturn valve means in the interior of thecontainer, and thus the non-return valve means will always operate reliably to admit the iiuid under pressure into the interior of the container.
  • FIG. l is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional elevation of one possible embodiment of a structure according to the invention shown together with a fragmentarily illustrated portion of a pressurized tank containing the combustible .uid which is to be supplied to the interior of the container of the gas lighter; and
  • FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of another embodiment of a structure according to the invention carried by a container wall of a gas lighter to control the emission of combustible fluid into the container.
  • FIG. l there is shown therein the wall 3 of a container portion of a gas lighter which may be conventional except for the structure illustrated in FIG. l as carried by the wall 3.
  • This wall 3 threadedly carries an insert 1 which forms a valve housing of the invention, and at its outer end the insert 1 has a ange extending over a sealing ring 2 clamped between this tlange and the wall 3l in a recess of the latter, as shown in FIG. 1, so that in this way the uid-tight connection between the valve housing 1 and the wall 3 is provided.
  • the threaded insert or valve housing 1 is provided at its outer portion with a cylindrical recess 4 which serves to guide the neck 311 of a pressurized container 32, .in the form of a small ampule, and this tank 32 containing a pressurized combustible fluid which, while it is in gas form when in the Icontainer 3, may be in liquid form in the tank 32.
  • the outer diameter of the neck 31 ⁇ of the tan-k 32 is slightly smaller than the inner diameter of ⁇ the cylindrical recess 4 so that the neck 3.1 can be moved easily and with a certain clearance into the cylindrical recess 4.
  • the housing 1 has a transverse wall provided with an outer side communicating with the recess 4 and with an inner side communicating with the interior o-f the container 3 in a manner described in greater detail below, and this transverse wall is formed with a bore 5 passing therethrough.
  • An elongated member 6 of the invention extends with clearance through the bore 5 and beyond the inner and outer sides of the transverse wall of the housing 1 which is formed with the bore 5.
  • the housing 1 includes an elongated tubular portion 8 extending inwardly beyond the transverse wall thereof and terminating at its innermost end in an inwardly directed ange 10, this wall 8 being formed adjacent to the seat 7 but at they inside of the container 3 with a plurality of bores 9 which pass through the wall 8.
  • the elongated member 6 of the invention is formed with '-an axial bore 11 which is open at only one end, namely the outer end of the bore 11 situated at the outermost extremity of theelongated member 6, this outermost extremity being situated in the cylindrical recess 4.
  • the outer end of the elongated member 6 may be formed with-a transverse slot communicating with the axial bore y11.
  • this bore 11 communicates with a plurality of transverse bores 12 which are formed through the wall 1 of the elongated; member'6, and in addition the elongatedv f the-exterior surface of the elongated member 6, and this elastic tubular member Y14 covers the groove 13 and of course the bores 12,.
  • this elastic tubular member Y14 covers the groove 13 and of course the bores 12,.'Y
  • the elongated member-@this member 6 is formed outwardly of the groove 13 with an additional shallow annular-.groove 15 extending in both directionsbeyond the'Y groove '13 and'receiving the elastic member 14 sok that Vthesides of the groove 15 form e shoulders 'which-prevent' axial ⁇ movement of theelastic member'14relative to the elongated member 6.
  • the elongated member k.tf has vthus far described to-x gether with the .elastic member 14,!form a non-return Fluid 'under pressure from the tank 32 enter into the container 3.
  • ⁇ the pressure in the exterior ofthe-tube 14 of the non-returnvalve means ofv the Viluid derived-from the tank 32,y and ,thus there is iluid into the interior of the container 3 which as a result interiore-of the container 3- Vmay Vbe greatenough at the provided in accordance with the invention
  • a pressure-.relief valve means-which guarantees that when the tank V32 vcornmunicates with the non-return valve means the pressure in the-interior ⁇ of the container 3 is relieved.
  • ThisY pressure-relief valve means includes the valve member 18 which engages the valve seat 7 and which is situated betweena flange .16 of the elongated member 6 and a snap ring 17 carried bythe elongatedmember 6 in an annular ygroove thereof.
  • the interior of the container 3 can communicate to 1 some extent through the Vgap in the bore 5- whichy surhas in its neck 31 a sealing ring 33 ⁇ defining a discharge opening 34, and a diameter of this opening 34 is somewhat smaller than the exterior diameter of the elongated member 6 at its portion which is situated in the cylindrical bore 4.
  • a spring 35 in the neck 31 urges a ball valve member 36 against the bore 34 so as to close the discharge opening of the tank 32.
  • the expansion of the tube 14 by the gas under pressure will of course admit the combustible gas out from the tank 32 into the container 3.
  • the pressurized iiuid ows down the bore 11 through the transverse bores 12 and into the groove 13 from where it displaces a portion of the tube-14 away from the elongated member 6to form a gap through which the ypressu-rized combustible fluid can reach the interior of the container 1 flowing downwardly through the open bottom end of the valveV housing 1 where the inwardly directed flange 10 is located.
  • the pressure 'in the interior of the container 3 can communicate through the opening or openings 9 and through the open pres'sure-relief valve means 7, 18 with the gap surrounding the elongated member 6 in the bore 5 and of course passed the part of theelongated member 6 which projects outwardly beyond the transverse wall of the housing 1 and through -the clearance around the neck v31 .in the recess 4 to the outer atmosphere, so that in this way the pressure in the
  • FIG. 2 Thev structure of the yinvention which is illustrated in FIG. 2 is substantially the same as that of FIG. 1 and ⁇ operates in the same way, so that the corresponding elements are indicated with the same reference characters.
  • the major difference between the embodiment of FIG. 2 and that of FIG. 1 is that in theembodiment of FIG.
  • the elongated member ⁇ 6 is formed between the transverse bores 12 and the valve'seat ⁇ 7 with an enlarged bulging portion 22,v and instead of an elastic member 14 an elastic member 21 is provided covering the transverse bores v 12 but in addition extending around the bulging portion away from the bores 12 to admit gas under pressure into the container and on the other hand the displacement of the valve member 23 formed by the upper portion of member 21 away from the valve seat 7 will guarantee that the interior of the container 3 .is at a pressure lower than the pressure of the gas from the pressurized tank.
  • the elastic flexible tube can be fixed with a suitable clamping ring to the elongated hollow member 6, and a different type of support may be provided for the bottom end of the spring 19.
  • All types of valve structure can be used at the discharge end of the Vtank 32 such as, for example, a type which does not require actuation by an axially bored elongated member 6 but which instead is screwed on the container so as to provide automatically the required filling.
  • the material used for the elastic tubular nonretu-rn valve member '14 or for the elastic tubular nonreturn valve member 21 will be a synthetic rubber or the like which will not be damaged in any way by the combustible fluid or by expansion and contraction due to temperature changes.
  • a container adapted to contain a combustible gas land adapted to be filled with the combustible gas from a pressurized tank which contains the combustible gas under pressure in liquid form for example, said container having a wall provided with an aperture; pressure responsive non-return v-alve means carried by said wall of said container and -comprising a hollow tubular member slidably a-rranged in said aperture and having end portions respectively located within and without said container for placing the interior of the latter in communication with the interior of a pressurized tank when the latter is placed in engagement with said hollow tubular member, said non-return Valve means opening only in response to an increase in the pressure within said hollow tubular member to admit fluid into said container; land a pressure-relief Venting valve means carried ⁇ by said Wall of said container and said hollow tubular member, said hollow tubular member being slida'ble from a normal inactive position into an active position deeper into said container in response to placing of
  • a container adapted to contain a combustible gas and adapted to be filled with the combustible gas from a pressurized tank which contains the combustible gas under pressure, said container having a wall provided with an aperture; pressure responsive non-return valve means carried by said wall of said container for placing the interior thereof in communication with the interior of a pressurized tank when the latter is placed in engagement with said non-return valve means, the latter responding to the pressure of the contents of the pressurized tank to automatically open and admit fluid therefrom into said container; and a pressure-relief venting valve means also carried by said wall of said container and responding to placing of said pressure responsive non-return Valve means in -communication with said tank for relieving the pressure in the interior of said container so that the pressure in the interior of the container cannot maintain said pressure responsive non-return valve means closed in opposition to the pressure of the fluid acting 0n said pressure responsive non-return valve means to open the latter, said pressure responsive non-return valve means including
  • a container adapted to contain a combustible gas and to be lled therewith from a pressurized tank which contains such gas under pressure, said container having a container wall provided with an aperture therein; a hollow tubular valve body movably mounted in said aperture and having an inner end located within said container and an outer end yaccessible from outside of said container, said valve lbody beingmovable in said aperture from a normal valveclosing position deeper into said container to a valveopeningposition; means permanently biasing said valve body into said valve-closing position; venting-valve means mounted partly on said container Wall and partly on said hollow tubular valve body, said venting-valve means being closed when said tubular valve body is in said valve closing position thereof and being opened by Vmovement of said -hollow tubular valve lbody from valve-closing into valve-opening position; and pressure responsive nonreturn valve means carried entirely by said movable tubular' valve body at the inner end thereof communicating with the interior of
  • A6 A structure as defined in claim 5, wherein said pressure responsive non-return valve means includes an elastic tube carried by said hollow tubular body, said elastic tube being 4displaced by increase in the pressure of, uid in the interior of said hollow tubular body.

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US4211253A (en) * 1975-05-30 1980-07-08 Ekman Engineering Ag Coupling device
US4637441A (en) * 1982-06-15 1987-01-20 Rodney Gomersall Inlet and outlet valves
US4737320A (en) * 1985-01-28 1988-04-12 Rothschild Bertram P Carbonating head
US5413230A (en) * 1992-06-17 1995-05-09 Isi Metallwarenfabrik Ges. M.B.H. Refillable compressed gas capsule
US6571835B2 (en) * 2000-07-21 2003-06-03 Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Valve assembly, apparatus and method of filing a pressurized gas container
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