Liquid gas fueled lighter

Claim 1

A LIGHTER OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED, COMPRISING A CASING, A FUEL TANK IN SAID CASING, A VALVE ON SAID FUEL TANK OVER THE FRONT END THEREOF, SAID VALVE HAVING A BURNER HAED WHICH LIFTS TO OPEN THE VALVE AND LOWERS TO CLOSE THE VALVE, A LIFTING LEVER PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS ON SAID FUEL TANK AND HAVING ONE END WHICH ENGAGES THE BURNER HEAD, THE OTHER END THEREOF ADAPTED TO BE ACTUATED TO ROCK SAID LIFTING LEVR ABOUT ITS PIVOT TO LIFT SAID HEAD, FLINT TUBE CARRIED ON SAID FUEL TANK ADJACENT THE BURNER HEAD, A FLINT SITUATED IN SAID FLINT TUBE, SPARKING WHEEL MEANS MOUNTED IN SAID CASING, A SPRING IN SAID FLINT TUBE ENGAGING SAID FLINT FOR URGING THEREOF IN ABRASIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SPARKING WHEEL MEANS, A SECOND OPERATOR OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID CASING AND OPERABLE INDEPENDENTLY OF SAID FIRST OPERATOR, SAID SECOND OPERATOR BEING GEARED TO SAID SPARKING WHEEL MEANS TO CAUSE SAID SPARKING WHEEL MEANS TO TURN AGAINST SAID FLINT WHEN SAID SECOND OPERATOR IS OPERATED, SAID VALVE INCLUDING MEANS TO DELIVER A METERED QANTITY OF FUEL SOLELY WHEN SAID FIRST OPERATOR IS OPERATED, SAID VALVE INCLUDING A CUPSHAPED VALVE CASING, A RESILIENT MEMBER DISPOSED IN THE INTERIOR OF SAID CASING AND HAVING A CENTRAL OPENING, A MOVABLE STAND POSITIONED ON TOP OF RESILIENT MEMBER FREELY MOVABLE THEREUPON, SAID MOVABLE STAND HAVING AN UPWARDLY EXTENDING PROJECTION PROVIDED WITH A GAS HOLE IN REGISTRY WITH SAID CENTRAL OPENING, A WICK SUPPORTED AT ONE END IN SAID CENTRAL OPENING PASSING THERETHROUGH INTO SAID GAS HOLE, AN EXTERNALLY THREADED COVER MEMBER SCREWED INTO A COOPERATING SCREW THREAD FORMED IN SAID CASING, SAID COVER MEMBER OVERLYING SAID MOVABLE STAND TO PRESS IT DOWNWARDLY TO COMPRESS SAID RESILIENT MEMBER AND VARY THE DIAMETER OF SAID CENTRAL OPENING, THE DEGREE OF COMPRESSION OF SAID RESILIENT MEMBER BEING ADJUSTABLE BY SCREWING SAID COVER MEMBER UP AND DOWN, SAID COVER MEMBER HAVING A FLANGED OPENING IN THE TOP SURFACE THEREOF, SAID BURNER HEAD INCLUDING A NECK PORTION PASSING THROUGH SAID FLANGED OPENING INTO SAID CASING AND A ENLARGED PART OVERLYING THE UPWARDLY EXTENDING PROJECTION, SAID BURNER HEAD HAVING A GAS PASSAGE EXTENDING THE LENGTH OF SAID NECK PORTION, A PACKING RETAINABLY RECEIVING SAID ENLARGED PART CLOSING SAID GAS PASSAGE THEREAT AND OVERLYING SAID GAS HOLE, SAID BURNER HEAD BEING AXIALLY MOVABLE AND INWARDLY SPRING BIASED TO MAINTAIN SAID PACKING IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID UPWARDLY EXTENDING PROJECTION TO SEAL OFF SAID GAS HOLE FROM SAID GAS PASSAGE, TRANSVERSE PASSAGES IN THE WALL OF SAID NECK PORTION PROVIDING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE INTERIOR OF SAID COVER MEMBER AND SAID GAS PASSAGE, SAID LIFTING LEVER BEING EFFECTIVE TO LIFT SAID BURNER HEAD TO PROVIDE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID GAS HOLE AND THE INTERIOR OF SAID COVER MEMBER THROUGH A PASSAGEWAY FORMED BETWEEN SAID UPWARD EXTENDING PROJECTION AND SAID PACKING, THE OPENING OF SAID PASSAGEWAY PERMITTING THE PASSAGE OF THE METERED QUANTITY OF FUEL DELIVERED WHEN SAID FIRST OPEATOR IS OPERATED, SAID BURNER HEAD BEING FREE OF ANY CONNECTION WITH SAID COVER MEMBER AND MOVABLE INDEPENDENTLY THEREOF, WHEREBY ROTATION OF THE COVER MEMBER IS EFFECTIVE TO VARY SAID CENTRAL OPENING TO CONTROL THE METERED QUANTITY OF FUEL DELIVERED BY SAID WICK INTO SAID GAS HOLE.