Gas-fuelled lighter

Claim 1

A GAS FUELLED LIGHER COMPRISING FIRST AND SECOND STRUCTURAL MEMBERS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TOGETHER TO PERFORM A PREDETERMINED ROTATION MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO ONE ANOTHER, ONE OF SAID STRUCTURAL MEMBERS CONSTITUTING AT LEAST IN PART A HOUSING AND INCLUDING GAS VALVE MEANS, THE OTHER OF SAID STRUCTURAL MEMBERS INCLUDING A FLINT TUBE PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO ONE END THEREOF TO SAID HOUSING AND HAVING AN OPPOSITE REMOTE END, A FRICTION WHEEL ADJACENT SAID OPPOSITE END OF THE TUBE, SAID LIGHTER FURTHER COMPRISING ACTUATING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID VALVE MEANS AND TO SAID MEMBERS TO ACTUATE THE VALVE MEANS IN RESPONSE TO RELATIVE ROTATION BETWEEN SAID MEMBERS, SAID ACTUATING MEANS INCLUDING AN ACTUATING ELEMENT HAVING ONE ARM COUPLED TO SAID VALVE MEANS AND ANOTHER ARM EXTENDING AT AN ANGLE TO THE FIRST SAID ARM AND POSITIONED FOR CONTACTING AND COACTING WITH AT LEAST ONE OF THE STRUCTUAL MEMBERS DURING SAID RELATIVE MOVEMENT TO RESPECTIVELY ACTUATE AND CLOSE THE VALVE MEANS DEPENDENT UPON THE PARTICULAR DIRECTION OF RELATIVE MOVEMENT AND MEANS ROTATABLY SUPPORTING THE FRICTION WHEEL IN RELATION WITH SAID MEMBERS SUCH THAT ROTATION OF THE FRICTION WHEEL IN A PREDETERMINED DIRECTION IS ACCOMPANIED BY ACTUATION OF THE GAS VALVE MEANS, SAID ACTUATING ELEMENT BEING A TOGGLE IN WHICH SAID ONE ARME WHICH HAS A FREE END COACTING WITH SAID GAS VALVE MEANS, SAID FRICTION WHEEL BEING MOUNTED FOR ROTATION ABOUT AN AXIS TO COOPERATE WITH SAID FLINT TUBE, SAID OTHER STRUCTURAL MEMBER COMPRISING A FURTHER MEMBER WHICH SURROUNDS SAID FLINT TUBE AND IS COUPLED TO SAID FLINT TUBE AND IS PIVOTALLY MOVABLE RELATIVE TO SAID PART OF SAID HOUSING CONSTITUTED BY SAID ONE STRUCTURAL MEMBER ABOUT SAID AXIS OF ROTATION, SAID FURTHER MEMBER INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE PRESSURE NOSE ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID TOGGLE TO CAUSE THE LATTER TO ACTUATE SAID VALVE MEANS IN AN OPENING SENSE.