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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2002
Takayuki Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Tetsuya Mochizuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Takayuki Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Tetsuya Mochizuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Tokai Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ignition operation mechanism for slide type lighters that is capable of preventing accidental ignition or ignition due to erroneous use or the like while maintaining good operability, wherein pivotsfor an operating capare made substantially circular in cross section and so sized as to form a vertically movable clearance as they are locked to a support section in the lighter main body, the pivotsfor the operating capare normally urged to be positioned in the upper region of the interior of a support section by the spring force of a return spring for a piezoelectric mechanism, the operating capis slid until a lever memberstrikes the lighter main bodyand no longer moves in the slide direction, from which state (a), the operating cap is pressed downward, whereby the pivotsmove downward (b) within the support section, whereupon pressing leversreach the operation stroke that overcomes the piezoelectric mechanism, producing a discharge voltage to enable ignition.