Catalytic table lighters

Claim 1

A CATALYTIC LIGHTER COMPRISING A TUBLAR HOUSING HAVING AN OPENING AT ONE END AND CLOSED AT THE END, ABSOBING MATERIAL SOAKED WITH INFLAMMABLE LIQUID FILLING THE CLOSED END OF THE HOUSING, A PLUG CLOSURE DEVICE FOR SAID HOUSING INCLUDING A TUBULAR CASING FITTING WITHIN THE HOUSING, THE OUTER END OF SAID CASING BEING CLOSED AND HAVING A RIM ADAPTED TO SEAT ON THE EDGE OF THE OPENING IN THE END OF THE HOUSING, A LINING OF ABSORBING SHEET MATERIAL ON THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID CASING AND CONTACTING THE ABSORBING MATERIAL IN THE HOUSING AND BEING CAPABLE OF ATTRACTING LIQUID FROM SAID ABSORBING MATERIAL, A FILLER OF ABSORBING MATERIAL IN THE CLOSED END OF THE CASING SPACED FROM THE ABSORBING MATERIAL IN THE HOUSING AND WITH THE LINING PROVIDING AN IGNITON CHAMBER IN THE END OF THE CASING, SAID CASING HAVING AN OPENING IN ONE SIDE WALL THEREOF COMMUNICATING WITH THE IGNITION CHANBER, A CATALYST AND A FRAME THEREFOR REMOVABLE MATETHE IGNITION CHAMBER AND NORMALLY BEING IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH THE VAPORS EMANATING FROM THE AABSORBING MATERIAL AND LINING WHEREBY UPON REMOVAL OF THE CASING AND EXPOSURE TO ATMOSPHERE THE VAPORS ISSUING FROM THE ABSORBING MATERIAL AND LINING WILL IGNITE UPON CONTACTING WITH THE CATALYST.