| 摘要 |
A child-resistant, automatically locking lighter includes a fuel tank having a fuel tank cover, a valve for controllably releasing fuel from the tank, a spark wheel, a flint for generating a spark to ignite released fuel, and lever for opening and closing the valve. A retainer unit mounted on the tank cover includes an abutment and a retainer hook. The lever includes a latch hook extending toward the hook of the retainer unit, and an abutment engageable with the abutment of the lever. A spring mounted between the tank cover and the lever urges the lever into a locked position in which the abutments prevent the lever from pivoting to open the valve. The lever is capable of being manually slid to a released position, in which the abutments are disengaged and the lever is free to pivot to open the valve. As the lever is displaced from the locked to the released positions, the retainer hook and the latch hook engage, to retain the lever in the released position against the force of the spring. The latch hook disengages from the retainer hook when the lever is subsequently pivoted to open the fuel valve, such that the lever is automatically returned to the locked position by the spring following each use of the lighter.
|
