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A LIGHTER COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A RESERVOIR FOR COMBUSTIBLE VAPORIZABLE LIQUID, A BURNER ON SAID RESERVOIR, A VALVE ON SAID RESERVOIR AUTOMATICALLY OPERABLE TO AN OPEN POSITION TO PROVIDE VAPORIZED LIQUID TO SAID BURNER AND OPERABLE TO A CLOSED POSITION, A CASING FOR SAID RESERVOIR HAVING AN OPENING FOR EXPOSING SAID BURNER TO THE ATMOSPHERE, LIGHTER ACTUATING MEANS COMPRISING A COVER ON SAID CASING OPERABLE TO A CLOSED POSITION COVERING SAID OPENING AND CONFINING SAID RESERVOIR, BURNER AND VALVE INTERIORLY OF SAID CASING AND OPERABLE TO AN OPEN POSITION TO UNCOVER SAID OPENING AND EXPOSE SAID BURNER TO THE ATMOSPHERE, SAID COVER COMPRISING MEANS FOR CLOSING SAID VALVE WHEN THE COVER IS IN A CLOSED POSITION ONLY, A SUBSTANTIALLY DRUM-SHAPED BEARING BLOCK PORTION ON SAID CASING FOR PIVOTALLY MOUNTING SAID COVER COMPRISING TWO SPACED END WALLS AND AN ARCUATE INTERMEDIATE WALL SECTOR JOINING SAID END WALLS, SAID COVER COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY DRUM-SHAPED PORTION HAVING SPACED END WALLS BOTH DISPOSED OUTWARDLY OF THE FIRST-MENTIONED END WALLS AND AN INTERMEDIATE ARCUATE WALL SECTOR JOINING THE COVER PORTION END WALLS, A SHAFT ROTATABLY JOURNALLED ON THE TWO FIRST-MENTIONED WALLS ROTATABLY MOUNTING THE COVER DRUMSHAPED PORTION TWO END WALLS ON SAID BEARING BLOCK PORTION, AN IGNITION DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY IGNITING VAPORIZED LIQUID AT SAID BURNER COMPRISING A FLINT WHEEL MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT FOR ROTATION INTERMEDIATE THE FIRST-MENTIONED END WALLS ROTATABLY OPERATED UNDER CONTROL OF THE COVER WHEN MOVED TO AN OPEN POSITION AND DISPOSED SPACED FROM SAID BURNER, MEANS DEFINING A PATH OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID BURNER AND IGNITION DEVICE, SAID MEANS FOR CLOSING SAID VALVE COMPRISING A COVER PORTION FIXED TO SAID ARCUATE INTERMEDIATE WALL SECTOR OF SAID COVER DRUM-SHAPED PORTION EXTENDING RADIALLY THEREFROM, SAID INTERMEDIATE WALL SECTOR OF SAID SUBSTANTIALLY DRUMSHAPED COVER PORTION HAVING AN OUTER SURFACE ENGAGEABLE MANUALLY FOR OPERATING THE COVER TO AN OPEN POSITION IN WHICH SAID INTERMEDIATE WALL SECTOR OF THE COVER IS DISPOSED RADIALLY OUTWARDLY OF SAID INTERMEDIATE WALL OF SAID BEARING BLOCK SUBSTANTIALLY IN AT LEAST PARTIAL REGISTRY THEREWITH AND FOR OPERATING THE COVER TO A CLOSED POSITION IN WHICH THE ARCUATE INTERMEDIATE WALL ON THE COVER IS DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY CIRCUMFERENTIALLY OPPOSITE TO SAID ARCUATE INTERMEDIATE WALL SECTOR ON SAID BEARING BLOCK SO THAT SAID TWO ARCUATE WALL SECTORS IN CONJUNCTION WITH SAID END WALLS OF SAID COVER DRUM-SHAPED PORTION FORM A COMPLETELY ENCLOSED SUBSTANTIALLY DRUMSHAPED CONFIGURATION AND SAID COVER PORTION EXTENDING RADIALLY FROM SAID COVER ARCUATE INTERMEDIATE WALL OVERLIES A PORTION OF SAID CASING TO COVER SAID PATH OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID IGNITION DEVICE AND SAID BURNER AND CLOSES SAID OPENING TO DEPRIVE THE BURNER OF ACCESS TO THE ATMOSPHERE AND COMPLETELY CONFINES IT INTERIORLY OF SAID BURNER CASING WHEREBY ALL OPERATING PARTS OF SAID LIGHTER ARE ENCLOSED AND PROTECTED.