摘要 |
The invention relates to a pocket lighter of the type that comprises a fuel container ( 1 ), a valve ( 2 ), which regulates the opening and closing of said container, a pyrophoric flint ( 6 ), a revolving toothed wheel ( 8 ), which can produce sparks that are directed towards the valve ( 2 ), spring means ( 7 ), which exert a force that applies the flint against the toothed wheel, and two disks ( 10 ) having end journals ( 12 ) that move in respective housings ( 13 ). The inventive lighter is characterised in that, in addition to acting as the force transmission element between the finger and the wheel ( 8 ), the disks ( 10 ) also serve as a rotor for a braking device in which the stator is formed by an element ( 15 ) that rubs against said rotor. More specifically, the stator of the braking device comprises a spring ( 15 ) which acts on a smooth surface of the rotor ( 10 ) in a radial or tangential direction. The spring ( 15 ) may form part of the actual structure of the button ( 14 ) or it may be independent of said button.
|