US1526366A - Gas lighter - Google Patents

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c. L. OLD

GAS LIGHTER Filed April 21, 1921 Snow tot Patented Feb. 17, 1925.

CLARENCE L. OLD, OF

GILROY, CALIFORNIA.

GAS LIGHTER.

Application filed April 21,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Cnannnon L. OLD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gilroy, in the county of Santa Clara and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gas Lighters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object the provision of a simple and inexpensive means whereby gas may be ignited at a burner without the use of matches or other explosives and safety in the use of gas burners thereby assured. The invention seeks to provide a device for the stated purpose which will be easily manipulated and which is not apt to get out of order and by which a spark may be produced at will at the gas burner so as to ignite the gas issuing therefrom. These stated objects and other objects which will incidentally appear hereinafter are attained in such a device as is illustrated in the accompanying drawings and the invention resides in certain novel features which will be particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a view, partly in elevation and partly in section, of an apparatus embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the resistance box with the cover removed;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the resistance box.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a resistance box 1 which is provided with openings 2 at such points as may be deemed convenient through which fastening devices may be driven into the wall of a room in which the device is to be used, a backing 3 of insulation being interposed between the box and the wall, and the box also being preferably of insulating material. It will also be understood that collars or bushings of insulation will be fitted around the fastening devices within the openings 2 so that the possibility of short circuiting through the material of the box will be avoided. In the upper end of the box is provided an opening for a leading-in conductor a which is to be connected to the ungrounded side of the house circuit and a bushing or collar 5 of insulation is fitted in the said opening around the conductor 4:, as will be readily understood. The exposed snnend 6 of this conductor is secured around a binding post 7 within the box and thesaid-- 1921. Serial No. 463,296.

post is insulated from the box by a washer 8 and a bushing 9, as will be readily understood. The box may be lined also with asbestos or other non-conducting material, as indicated at 10. Upon the back wall of the resistance box, at the lower end thereof, I secure a block 12 of insulation and in the upper end of this block I secure a binding post 13, a resistance coil 14 being secured to and extending between the posts 7 and 13, as shown. In the upper end of the resistance box and at the center of the same, I provide a binding post- 15 which is also insulated from the back wall of the box by a washer 8 and bushing 9 and this binding post 15 is connected with the post 13 by a metallic link 16. A third binding post 17 is mounted in the resistance box adjacent the upper end thereof and this binding post 17 is connected with the post 13 by a resistance coil 18. In the lower end of the insulating block 12 is provided a post 19 which forms the pivot or fulcrum for a switch arm 20 which is preferably a leaf spring and carries a handle 21 playing in a slot 22 in the cover 23 of the resistance box, the said slot 22 being, of course, concentric with the pivot post 19. To the upper end of the post 19, I secure the bare end 24 of a conductor 25 which extends through an opening in the bottom of the resistance box and through an insulated bushing or ring 26 fitted in the said opening. The conductor 25 extends into a handle 27 of wood or other non-conducting material and at the point of entrance a light spring 28 is coiled around the conductor so as to prevent breaking thereof by the bending of the same over the end of the handle. WVithin the handle 27 is a chamber 29 and a leaf spring 30 is secured to the end of the conductor within the said chamber, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. A push button 31 is mounted in the side of the handle and connected with said spring so that pressure upon the push button will cause the end of the spring to bear upon the inner end of a conductor 32 which is secured firmly in the end of the handle and projects therefrom. This conductor 82 is preferably a light rod or stout wire and its extremity 33 is to be rubbed upon the gas burner when the device is to be used.

It is thought the manner of using the device will be readily understood. The conductor f is attached to the leading-in wire or themngrounded side of the usual house

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