Background
These are ways to start a
fire. Their use for lighting cigarettes and cigars is
about ended.
Inspired by the book Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us
Human by Richard W. Wrangham.
Brands
Bernhardt
668708
Electric Cigar Lighter, C.A. Bernhardt, Feb 26, 1901,
431/132
- uses a couple of No. 6 batteries
1703033
Portable Lighter, D.W. Greene (M.E. Bernhardt Co), Feb 19,
1929,
431/136 -
1717205
Portable Lighter, D.W. Greene (M.E. Bernhardt Co), Jun 11,
1929,
431/136 ; 292/121 -
1982493
Lighter Unit and Mounting Therefor, M.E. Bernhardt, Nov 27
1934,
431/137 ; 431/202; D27/159 - looks like beer
stein
2025845
Despensing Container and Lighter Assemblage, M.E. Bernhardt,
Dec 31, 1935,
221/149 ; 221/232; 431/137; 431/253
2113930
Lighter Mechanism, K. Bernhardt, Apr 12, 1938,
431/140
; 431/149 -
2490121
Pocket-Lighter, M. Franki (K. Bernhardt), Dec 6, 1949,
431/139
; 431/143 - cerium stone (flint?)
D155981
Cigarette Lighter, I. Florman, Nov 15, 1949, - "The Diplomat"
M.E. Bernhardt Co Nov 12 1927
Bowers
2480317
Pocket Pyrophoric Lighter, F.H. Bowers, Aug 30 1949,
431/149
; 431/151 -
2523415
Package, F.H. Bowers, Sep 26, 1950,
206/561 ; 206/482;
206/804; 206/87; 229/120.24; 229/125.125 - supplies
2710709
Flink Package and Display Device, F.H. Bowers, Jun 14 1955,
222/192
; 206/223; 206/476; 206/489; 431/124
- lighter fluid with some
attached flints
2796629
Hinge Mounting for Lighter Covers, F.H. Bowers, Jun 25 1957,
16/255
; 267/158; 431/151 - sort of Zippo type lid
Daltis
na
Dunhill
D248877 Lighter, A.R. Harris
(Dunhill Lighters Ltd), Aug 8, 1978, -
3758262 Portable Gas Lighter with Magnetically Operated Lid,
A.R. Harris (Dunhill Lighters Ltd), Sep 1, 1973, -
3781163
Lighter with a Capacity Discharge Ingition System and Means
for Preventing Automatic Recharging of Said Capacitor, C.W.
Ovens
(Dunhill Lighters Ltd),
Dec 2, 1973, 431/266 ; 315/209CD; 315/209T; 361/256;
431/132; 431/25
- Push-Pull step up inverter circuit
IMCO
Kaschie
Ronson
2486711
Shipping Container, A. Harris (Ronson Art Metal Works Inc),
Nov 1, 1949,
206/583 - allows shipping lighter with
fluid.
2505167
Lighter Casing Construction, A.H. Aronson (Ronson Art Metal
Works Inc), Apr 25, 1950,
431/276 ; 431/124; 431/154;
431/277 -
2866580
Dispensing Spout Structure, W.I. Nissen (Ronson Corp), Dec 30,
1958,
222/512 ; 222/556; 222/560; 222/561; 401/281;
D9/450
- for lighter fluid can
3150507
Lighter Mechanism, J.D. Smith (Ronson Corp), Sep 29, 1964,
431/125
; 431/131; 431/138; 431/253; 431/343- in the top of a fountain
pen
D188507
Cigar Lighter or Similar Article, J.D. Smith (Ronson Corp),Aug
2 1960,
D27/159 -
Zippo
2517191
Pyrophoric Lighter, L Flickinger & G. Blaisdell (Zippo Mfg
Co), Aug 1, 1950,
431/276 ; 431/151; 431/152; 431/277
-
2011322
Cigarette Lighter, L.K. Loehr, Aug 13 1935,
431/138 -
bullett
2418295
Cigarette Lighter or the Like, I. Florman, Apr 1 1947,
431/138
- flint and spring is their own tube
2704447
Flameguard for Flint-Wheel, L. Flickinger W.L. Pleroffi (Zippo
Mfg Co), Mar 22, 1955,
431/151 ; 431/277 -
2774234
Table Lighter, G.G. Blaisdell & L. Flickinger (Zippo Mfg
Co), Dec 18, 1956,
431/277 ; 431/142; 431/152;
431/298; 431/323; 431/324 -
Patents
Class Numbers
44 Fuel and Related
Compositions
131
137 Fluid Handling
149 Exolosive and Thermic Compounds or Charges
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers
219 Electric Heating
431 Combustion
Electric Cigar Lighter, A.C. Albertsen, Sep 4 1894,
219/266
; 200/86.5
808725
Lighter
431/271 - oldest in 431
815219
Cigar Cutter and Lighter,
131/249 ; 30/113; 431/271
983238
Ingiter with Spark Emitting Mass., J Kellermann, Jan 31, 1911,
431/136
(oldest in this class)
1045683
Lighting Device
1717205
Portable Lighter, DW Greene, Jun 11, 1929,
431/136 ;
292/121
1555815
Electric Cigar Lighter, Oct 6, 1925,
219/270
Permanent Match
1713595
Cigarette and Cigar Lighter, F.D. Doubleday, May 21 1929,
431/272
; 44/507 - one time self lighting, coil of wick
1903838
Ignitible Stick, F. Ringer, Apr 18, 1933,
149/79 ;
206/96; 431/267; 44/507 - slow burning so it can be blown out
and relighted a number of times
1941621
Igniting Stick, F. Ringer, Jan 2, 1934,
44/643 ; 149/82;
44/507; 44/511; 44/628
2000328
Match, W. Harris, May 7 1935,
44/507 - paper book
matches
2015383
Repeatedly Ignitible Match, R. Konig, Sept 24 1935,
44/507
; 149/29; 149/82; 44/643
2038048
Lighter, A. Kilstrom (Henry Lederer & Bro Inc), Apr 21,
1936,
431/141 -
2059807
Cigar Lighter, F. Ringer, Nov 3 1936,
431/267 ; 431/135;
44/507 - This is a metal pocket lighter that's built around an
Ignitible Stick
2552718
Lighter, L. Hutchinson, B. Heath, F. Charles, May 15, 1951,
431/277
; 431/139; 431/149; 431/275 - thumb press to open and light
2566560
Permanent Match, , B Edelberg, Sep 4, 1951,
44/507 ;
149/29; 149/83
2568285
Pyrotechnic Match Capable of Repeated Ignition, F.K. Knutsen,
2675689
Jet Lighter, H.M. Wassem & J.J. Robinson, Apr 20, 1954,
137/377
; 137/614; 141/330; 431/150 - butane in replacable container,
not refillable
2608081
Lighter Mechanism, T.H. Morgan (Butalite Corp), Aug 26 1952,
431/254 ; 141/20; 141/3;
141/325; 141/329; 141/330; 251/303; 431/124; 431/131; 431/150;
431/275; 431/277; 431/344; 431/88; 431/89; D27/157 -
3007328
automatic Gas Cigarette-Lighter, H. Zahn, Nov 7, 1961,
431/154
; 431/131; 431/253 -
3079781
Lighter, V. Virtanen (R.J. Jurick), Mar 5 1963,
431/138
; 431/137; 431/149; D27/157 -
D215177
Cigarette Lighter, K Goto (M Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha), Sep 9,
1969, - vertical flint wheel shaft
3443877
Gas Fueled Lighter, S. Inagaki (Korona Kogyo Co Ltd), May 13,
1969,
431/134 ; 431/276; D27/159 -
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