Smokers' or the like lighters

Claim 1

A GAS LIGHTER COMPRISING A CASING CONSTRUCTED TO HOLD GAS IN LIQUID FORM UNDER PRESSURE IN EXCESS OF ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE, A FIRST WALL OF SAID CASING HAVING SUPPORTED THEREON A BURNER VALVE, SAID BURNER VALVE INCLUDING MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY CONTROLLING THE FLOW OF GAS UNDER PRESSURE FROM SAID CASING, A SECOND WALL OF SAID CASING HAVING SUPPORTED THEREON AN INLET VALVE INCLUDING AN OUTER VALVE MEMBER IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID CASING WHEREBY LIQUID GAS UNDER PRESSURE IN EXCESS OF ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MAY BE SELECTIVELY INTRODUCED INTO SAID CASING, SAID INLET VALVE INCLUDING MEANS FOR PREVENTING THE ESCAPE OF GAS AND LIQUID FROM THE INTERIOR OF SAID CASING, A VENTING VALVE INCLUDING AN OUTER VALVE MEMBER MOUNTED IN SAID CASING AT A POSITION SPACED FROM SAID OUTER VALVE MEMBER OF SAID INLET VALVE, SAID VENTING VALVE HAVING A HOLLOW PORTION OF ITS OUTER VALVE MEMBER EXTENDING WITHIN SAID CASING A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE TO LIMIT THE LEVEL OF LIQUID GAS IN SAID CASING, AND SAID HOLLOW PORTION OF SAID VENTING VALVE BEING IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID CASING AND THE ATMOSPHERE WHEREBY THE INTERIOR OF SAID CASING MAY BE SELECTIVELY VENTED TO ATMOSPHERE DURING THE CHARGING THEREOF WITH LIQUID GAS UNDER PRESSURE IN EXCESS OF ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE.