US3696271A - Magnetic igniter - Google Patents

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US3696271A
US3696271A US70760A US3696271DA US3696271A US 3696271 A US3696271 A US 3696271A US 70760 A US70760 A US 70760A US 3696271D A US3696271D A US 3696271DA US 3696271 A US3696271 A US 3696271A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
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    • F23Q2/00—Lighters containing fuel, e.g. for cigarettes
    • F23Q2/28—Lighters characterised by electrical ignition of the fuel
    • F23Q2/285—Lighters characterised by electrical ignition of the fuel with spark ignition

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  • ABSTRACT A magnetic igniter for a lighter, comprising a magnetic circuit including an induction coil, a permanent magnet, a body of magnetizable material and a movable armature, means for operating the armature, a pair of contacts movable relative to each other on operation of the armature to open and close the magnetic circuit, and spring means for reducing the contact pressure between said pair of contacts.
  • the invention concerns a magnetic igniter, more particularly a make-and-break magnetic igniter for pocket lighters.
  • the power for opening the contact spring is derived solely from the movement of a make-and-break armature. This is suitably decreased, the breaking speed and consequently the alteration of the magnetic flow per unit of time is decreased.
  • the ignition efficiency left by the decrease of the alteration of flow is of greater disadvantage the smaller the design of the magnetic igniter. It is indeed possible to obtain a higher breaking speed and consequent higher ignition efficiency by use of a lower contact pressure.
  • special material must be used to provide a satisfactory contact, such material being relatively soft and thus only allowing a limited number of ignitions.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a magnetic igniter of small construction yet having a high ignition efficiency and long life.
  • a magnetic igniter for a lighter a magnetic circuit including an induction coil, a permanent magnet, a body of magnetizable material and a movable armature, means for operating the armature, a pair of contacts movable relative to each other on operation of the armature to open and close the magnetic circuit, and spring means for reducing the contact pressure between said pair of contacts.
  • the invention resides in the appreciation that the contact pressure between the contacts to close the magnetic circuit or when the magnetic circuit is closed, may be considerably greater than the contact pressure shortly before the operation of the armature to open the contacts.
  • the pre-tensioning of the contact spring is reduced at least in the area between the striking position of the armature and the contact part.
  • the armature only has to overcome the residual contact force, which may lie within the order of magnitude which makes it possible to keep the contacts closed. For this a considerably smaller force is necessary than to close the interrupter contact, i.e., for building a transmission position for the electric current which does not have such loss.
  • the closure pressure may be selected to be relatively high, the use ofa contact material resistant to wear, more particularly tungsten is possible, which has a long life. Due to the decrease of the contact pressure directly before the opening of the contact, the latter can be opened with only small loss in efficiency by breaking the make-and-break armature on lifting the movable contact part.
  • the decrease in the ignition efficiency of the ignition system is less, the smaller the resistances against the armature on its track when breaking.
  • the efficiency of a magnetic igniter although of the same design, decreases the smaller the embodiment thereof, in this case the prevention of losses for the production of a given ignition efiiciency is of greater significance than in the larger magnetic igniters.
  • a lessening of the noise of the armature striking on the part serving to lift the contact spring is afurther advantage of the decrease of the power needed to open the contact by the armature.
  • the spring means is a contact spring mounted on the armature.
  • the power of contact is less the greater the path travelled by the armature. Due to continuous closing movement of the armature when the contact is already closed, a displacement takes place in the plane of the contact surfaces which exerts a self-cleaning action on the contact.
  • a smaller operational power which corresponds to the smaller contact power is necessary to operate the magnetic igniter, as the power of the contact spring stands in opposition to the power of attraction between the armature and the stationery magnetic pole piece in the magnetic circuit. When the magnetic circuit is closed the magnetic holding power serves to pre-tension the contact spring.
  • a decrease of the power of the contact spring in addition to its mounting on the armature or with a contact spring separated therefrom and fixedly mounted is obtained in an advantageous manner by mounting a resilient dog on the operating member so that the dog engages at least indirectly on the movable contact part.
  • the power exerted on the contact by the contact spring is decreased so that the power to be used by .the armature to open the contact is considerably less than the power which would otherwise have to be used and substantially corresponds to the closing power of the contact. Due to the resilient construction of the dog the latter also decreases the power to be applied by a fixedly mounted contact spring and with the armature open.
  • FIG. 1 shows a side elevation of a first embodiment of a magnetic igniter in partial section
  • FIG. 2 is a side elevation of a portion of the first embodiment of FIG. 1 with some of the parts in a different position;
  • FIG. 3 is a portion corresponding to FIG. 2 of a second embodiment
  • FIG. 4 is a side elevation of a third embodiment
  • FIG. 5 is a circuit diagram
  • the magnetic pole piece 2 and the make-andbreak armature 3 consist of individual, mutually magnetically insulated lamina. The contact surfaces between the permanent magnet 1, the magnetic pole piece 2 and the make-and-break armature 3 are polished.
  • a low tension coil 4 is wound on one arm of the magnetic pole piece 2 over which a high tension coil 5 is mounted.
  • the body of the magnetic pole piece 2 is substantially circular in cross-section laterally projecting lugs 6 being provided at the upper end of the pole piece 2 so that the said upper end is square or rectangular.
  • the permanent magnet 1 and the magnetic pole piece 2 are held together by a frame 7 made of nonmagnetic material and which surrounds the permanent magnet l on all sides without the ends of the frame 7 touching one another.
  • the magnetic pole piece 2 is above one of its edges.
  • a prong 9 bent out of the frame 7 7 is engaged in the recess and abuts against a wall of-the recess so as to urge the permanent magnet. 1 towards the magnetic pole piece 2.
  • the frame 7 extends" laterally beyond the permanent magnet 1 in the form of lugs 10 and11. I
  • the magnetic pole piece 2 canhave a recess corresponding to the permanent magnet 1 wherein the frame 7 engages in the vicinity .of the lug 8.
  • the described arrangement prevents displacement of.
  • the lugs 11 are disposed on each side of the makeand-break armature 3 and serve to hold it laterally. Instead of the lugs 11, lateral projections on the lug 10 could be bent round, which would likewise serve to secure the make-and-break armature 3 laterally. In that arrangement the lug 10 has a U-shaped cross-section in the area of its bent lateral projections.
  • the lug 10 together with the permanent magnet 1 forms a bearing surface for an edge 12 of the armature 3.
  • the armature is provided with a nose 13 separated from the edge 12 by a recess of substantially semicircu-- lar cross-section.
  • This arrangement co-operating with the lug l0 and prevents undesired displacement of the make-and-break armature 3 on the ends of the permanent magnet l and of the magnetic pole piece 2 in the direction of the coils 4 and 5.
  • One end of an operating member comprising a spring 14 is engaged in a recess formed in the armature 3, the other end extending at an acute angle to the permanent magnet l and at a distance therefrom.
  • a contact spring 15 is also located in the same recess as the said one end of the spring 14.
  • the contact spring 15 carries a contact member 16 at its other end and contact member 16 co-operates with a contact member 17 mounted on the coil 5.
  • At least the contact surfaces of the contact members 16 and 17 consist of a non-corrodible metal such as tungsten which requires a contact pressure of from 350-40O p. and the contact spring 15 is suitably designed for that purpose.
  • the holder frame 7 is provided with recesses cooperable with a U-shaped stop frame 18.
  • the stop frame carries a resilient stop member 19 adjacent the make-and-brake armature 3.
  • the stop frame 18 is not necessary providedv that the stop member can be mounted in its desired position on some other part, for example the wall.
  • the coils 4 and 5 are connected in series, the other ends of the coils being connected to electrodes 21 and respectively.
  • a switch 22 is connected in parallel with the coil 4, a condenser 23 being connected in parallel with the switch.
  • the electrode 21 is grounded.
  • the contacts of the switch 22 are in fact the contact members 16 and 17 and are operable by'the make-and-break armature 3. After release of the operating member 14, the make-and-break armature 3 returns to its initial position shown in 1 under the action of the magnetic forces in the magnetic system.
  • FIG. 2 shows the device with the contacts 16, l7'open.
  • the design can be such that starting'from a power of contact of about 400 p, the-make-and-break armature 3 on the stop member 25 has to overcome a residual power of contact of, for example, about 50 p. Due to the use of a non-corrodible metal, for example, tungsten for the contact, a very high number of ignitions can be obtained with the make-and-break magnetic igniter.
  • the power, with which the contact members 16 and 17 are held together when the make-and-break igniter is at rest (FIG. 1) works against the power which urges the make-and-break armature against the magnetic pole piece 2and to acertain degree also onto the permanent magnet l.
  • the contact spring 15a is, in this embodiment, not mounted on the make-andbreak armature 3a but is secured toa projection, adjacent the bearing, of the stop frame 18a.
  • the operating member 14a is secured on the armature 3a, the part 27 thereof being resilient.
  • the contact spring 15a is so designed that it only exerts the contact pressure which is necessary to hold the contact parts 16 and 17 together when the contact is closed.
  • the pressure required to close the contacts 16, 17 is transferred from the resilient part 27 of the operating member 14.: to the. contact spring 15a for which purpose the resilient contact part 27 is either connected securely to the contact spring 15a at least at right angles to its resting surface, or overlaps the said contact spring, preferably laterally so that a force acting in the closure direction of the contacts 16, 17 can be exerted by the resilient part 27 on the contact spring 15a.
  • a spring shown in chain-dotted line may be provided instead of the part 27, which either, as shown rest with its ends freely on the operating member 14a and on the contact spring 15a, producing the pressure to close the contacts, respectively, and is supported or mounted therebetween (substantially at its middle), or whose middle is free and whose ends'support them-selves on projections on the operating member 14a and on the contact spring 15a respectively.
  • the lugs 11 of the first embodiment are here replaced by a U-shaped stirrup 11a mounted on the operating member 14a which forms a bearing for the operating member 14a.
  • the third embodiment shown in FIG. 4 by way of example has a make-and-break armature 3b which is considerably shorter than those in the previous embodiments, which requires special design of the permanent magnetic or the additional provision of a magnetic pole piece 29 which is securely connected to the permanent magnet.
  • Contact surfaces of the make-and-break armature 3b, in this embodiment also lie in'a plane inclined to the axis of the magnetic pole piece 2b carrying the coils.
  • the make-and-break armature 3b is mounted in a substantially U-shaped bearing stirrup 30, which has a bearing edge 12b positioned adjacent a lug b of the carrier frame 7b, the lateral lugs being provided as in the first described embodiment for retaining the makeand-break armature 3b in its correct position.
  • a contact spring 15b and an operating member are secured to the bearing stirrup 30.
  • the operating member carries a dog 31, which co-operates with the contact spring 15b in such a manner that on operation of the operating member 14b for the breaking of the make-and-break armature 3b the pressure on the two contacts 16 and 17 is diminished to the smallest possible value before the make-and-break arm-ature 3b breaks the contacts.
  • the contact spring 15 may be disposed at some other position than on the make-and-break armature 3, for example on an arm of the holding frame 7.
  • the dog 31 consisting of resilient material, is conveniently, so designed that from it an arm engages resiliently below the contact spring 15b, the arm being integral with the dog 31 or inserted therein.
  • the dog 31 built of resilient material can serve at the same time as the stop-buffer.
  • the dog may also be designed as a leaf spring folded in zig-zags, one of whose ends is attached to the operating member 14b and the other to the contact spring 15b.

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US3817694A (en) * 1971-06-11 1974-06-18 Tanita Seisakusho Kk Ignition device
US3824072A (en) * 1971-06-11 1974-07-16 Tanita Seisakusho Kk Gas lighter burner ignition device
US3850570A (en) * 1972-07-20 1974-11-26 Rowenta Werke Gmbh Lighters

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US3424950A (en) * 1964-09-21 1969-01-28 Richard Halm Magnetic make and break igniter
US3442598A (en) * 1966-12-31 1969-05-06 Richard Halm Gas lighter with electric spark ignition
US3444435A (en) * 1966-07-16 1969-05-13 Richard Halm Electromagnetic ignition device,particularly for lighters

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US3424950A (en) * 1964-09-21 1969-01-28 Richard Halm Magnetic make and break igniter
US3444435A (en) * 1966-07-16 1969-05-13 Richard Halm Electromagnetic ignition device,particularly for lighters
US3442598A (en) * 1966-12-31 1969-05-06 Richard Halm Gas lighter with electric spark ignition

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US3817694A (en) * 1971-06-11 1974-06-18 Tanita Seisakusho Kk Ignition device
US3824072A (en) * 1971-06-11 1974-07-16 Tanita Seisakusho Kk Gas lighter burner ignition device
US3850570A (en) * 1972-07-20 1974-11-26 Rowenta Werke Gmbh Lighters

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