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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 1995
Filed:
May. 05, 1994
Makoto Ichikawa, Sakurashinmachi, JP;
Modern Royal Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An oil lighter comprised of a lower primary chamber having an oil filler aperture, a secondary chamber that contains part of a wick that draws oil up, is located above the primary chamber and has a base aperture that communicates with the primary chamber, a valve to open and close the communicating aperture, comprised of a spindle supported in the secondary chamber so as to be vertically slidable and having at its lower end a shaft that passes through the communicating aperture between the primary and secondary chambers and protrudes into the primary chamber, said valve normally being urged downward to close the communicating aperture from above, and an operating means constituted by a lever for raising the spindle against the force that urges the spindle downward.