Global Patent Index - EP 0141273 B1

EP 0141273 B1 19880824 - REMOVABLE COVER FOR LIGHTERS

Title (en)

REMOVABLE COVER FOR LIGHTERS

Publication

EP 0141273 B1 19880824 (DE)

Application

EP 84111779 A 19841003

Priority

DE 3338791 A 19831026

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0141273A2] 1. A removable bottom of a lighter, in particular of a gas lighter, comprising an actuable locking device, for protecting and for covering the lighter refiller cap, an intermediate bottom (1) to be connected to the lighter sleeve and a spring system (2, 3), characterized by that in the intermediate bottom (1), two spring systems (2, 3) acting against each other and being arranged adjacent to each other are arranged eccentrically to the centre of the intermediate bottom, one spring system (2) exhibiting a torsion spring (6) guided by an axis (7) of a swiveling rocker arm (5), and that the torsion spring (6) holds the rocker arm (5) in locked position with the bottom (27), whereas the second spring system (3) is provided with a spiral spring (9) acting on a pin (8), and that the spiral spring (9) exerts a force over the pin (8) on the locked bottom (27), said force being absorbed by the rocker arm, and that the bottom (27) exhibits a borehole (4), one side of which being provided with an oblique surface (31) corresponding to the swivel radius of the rocker arm (5), whereas the other side exhibits a step (32) against the outer side of which the inner face of a projection (16) of the rocker arm (5) coming to rest in the locked state of the rocker arm (5).

IPC 1-7

F23Q 2/40

IPC 8 full level

F23Q 2/16 (2006.01); F23Q 2/36 (2006.01); F23Q 2/40 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

F23Q 2/40 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0141273 A2 19850515; EP 0141273 A3 19860430; EP 0141273 B1 19880824; AT E36747 T1 19880915; DE 3338791 A1 19850515; DE 3338791 C2 19851128; DE 3473640 D1 19880929; JP S60174426 A 19850907

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 84111779 A 19841003; AT 84111779 T 19841003; DE 3338791 A 19831026; DE 3473640 T 19841003; JP 22311484 A 19841025