US2470358A - Fusee lighter - Google Patents

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May 17, 1949. McKOWN 2,470,358

FUSEE LIGHTER Filed July 18, 1947 1 Glen. D. M KEN/TL A no may:

Patented May 17, 1949 iPAT oFFicE This invention relates to an improved means for igniting or lighting fuss of the type generally a visual warning signal.

invention to'provide a lighting or igniting attachmnt a-daptedto-form apart of thefusee and which can be quickly actuated for igniting the fusee body to permit the visual warning signal produced thereby to be rendered operative in minimum of time and which is extremely important in order that the visual signal can be given in time to produce its safety affect.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a lighter or igniting means for a fusee which can be actuated with safety and which is so constructed that prior to use there is no danger of the fusee body being inadvertently ignited due to negligence or improper handling thereof.

Various other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter become more fully apparent from the following description of the drawing, illustrating a preferred embodiment thereof, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the igniting attachment;

Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of the various parts attached to the fusee body for normally maintaining the igniting attachment in an inoperative position;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary side elevational view showing the igniting attachment partially assembled on the fusee body;

Figure 4 is a perspective view showing the fusee body with the igniting attachment fully assembled thereon; I

Figure :5 is a fragmentary longitudinal, substantially central sectional view of the upper portion of the fusee body containing the igniting attachment, and

Figure 6 is a perspective view showing the fusee and igniting attachment as held for igniting the fusee body.

Referring more specifically to the drawing, the numeral 8 designates generally a fusee body which is formed of a slow burning composition characterized by the emission of a colored light and which is molded into an elongated cylindrical form and enclosed except for its upper end in a tube or coating of a suitable protective material 9 which will likewise burn or melt readily when the body 8 is ignited. As best seen in Figure 5, the fusee body 8 has a convex upper end [0 which protrudes slightly above the upper, open end of the tube 9 and at least the top central portion of empmyed for producinga colored fire *to utilize as Mor fparticularly itisan aim of the present aolaims. (e1; 102-70) "W-Hibli eoated'or otherwise provided with a matehnead *0! similarigniting material I l.

--''I-l'1'e"=lighting attachment; designated generally i25 'includes anelongated. strip'pf "a relatively trong and"flexibleiabric l3,'such as muslin. A

tape 1 3 and so that it will be disposed closer to one end than to the other end thereof. The outer or exposed side of the disk M has a coating 16 suitably secured thereto of a striking material such as red phosphorus which when scraped across the match head material II will cause the latter to ignite.

A folded piece I! of a fabric, such as muslin, is applied over the end ID of the fusee body 8 and accordingly over the igniting material II and the striking material l6 of the disk I is then positioned against the opposite side of the protective piece or pad 11, as best seen in Figure 3, and so that the disk M will be disposed substantially in alignment with the fusee body 8. The shorter end I8 of the tape i3 is then suitably secured as by means of a bonding medium or otherwise, not shown, longitudinally of and to the outer side of the tube 9, as best illustrated in Figures 3 and 5, and the other, longer end H! of the tape [3 is extended longitudinally of the protective tube 9 and on the opposite side thereof to the shorter, secured end I8.

Said end of the fusee and the parts applied thereto are then enclosed in a wrapper or cap 20 of paper or other material capable of being readily torn and which is wrapped around the upper end of the fusee and folded over the tape I3, disk 14 and pad I! and secured in cap form, as illustrated in Figure 4, as by means of paste, glue or other bonding medium, not shown, and so that only the extremity or the longer end 19, of the tape l3 will protrude from the open end of said cap 20 to form a tab adapted to be readily grasped between the fingers.

To ignite the fusee'body 8, the fusee is grasped and held with either hand and the tab [9 is grasped between the fingers of the other hand and an outward pull is exerted thereon and which will cause the cap 28 to be torn off. With the fusee held at an angle of about 45-degrees, as illustrated in Figure 6, after the Wrapping or cap 20 has thus been torn away from the fusee, by the outward pull on the tab l9, the pad I1 will drop by gravity from its position between the elements H and I6, due to the pull on the longer end of the tape 13 in a direction away from the fusee. The manually held end 19 of the tape can then be moved back and forth in a direction generally around the fusee body for scraping the striking surface l6 across the igniting material II for igniting the latter, and which will ignite the upper, convex end ID of the fusee body 8, after which the secured end l8 of the tape [3 is torn ofi of the tube 9, so that the fusee B can burn unobstructed.

Various modifications and changes are contemplated and may obviously be resorted to, without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter defined by the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a fusee lighter, in combination with a fusee body having igniting or match head material fixed to one end thereof, a flexible tape having one end bonded longitudinally to the fusee body, a striking element carried by said tape and disposed over the end of the fusee body containing the igniting or match head material and disposed in opposed relationship thereto, a. protective member interposed between the striking material and match head material, and a wrapper of a readily tearable material enclosing said end of the fusee body and the portions disposed therebeyond, the opposite end of said tape being longer than the first mentioned, secured end thereof to protrude beyond the open end of said wrapper to form a. tab adapted to be manually engaged and pulled in a direction away from the fusee body for tearing the wrapper from the fusee body and for releasing said member interposed between the striking surface and igniting material whereby said tab end of the tape may be swung relatively to the fusee body for scraping the striking element across the igniting material for igniting the latter and the adjacent portion of the fusee body.

2. A fusee lighter as in claim 1, said tape having a disk secured to one side thereof and to the exposed side of which the striking element is secured.

GLEN D. McKOWN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 607,581 Wood July 19, 1898 1,153,087 Jackson Sept. 7, 1915 1,301,655 Conley Apr. 22, 1919 2,389,782 Jackson NOV. 27, 1945 2,412,018 Vinton et a1. Dec. 3, 1946

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