Reducing and closing valve for pyrophoric liquid gas lighters

Claim 1

A PYROPHORIC LIQUID GAS LIGHTER COMPRISING A CASING ADAPTED TO CONTAIN GAS AND HAVING AN UPPER END WALL, SAID END WALL HAVING AN OPENING, AN INSERT FITTED IN SAID OPENING AND EXTENDING INTO THE CASING, CAPILLARY PASSAGE MEANS PROVIDED IN SAID INSERT FOR THE FLOW OF GAS FROM SAID CASING, MEANS FOR VARYING THE CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA OF THE PASSAGE MEANS TO REGULATE THE FLAME OF THE LIGHTER, SAID LAST MEANS INCLUDING AN ACTUATING MEMBER MOUNTED IN SAID INSERT FOR AXIAL VERTICAL MOVEMENT IN SAID INSERT AND HAVING A VERTICAL BORE, A CAPILLARY TUBE SERVING AS A VALVE STEM SLIDEABLY MOUNTED IN THE BORE OF THE ACTUATING MEMBER AND HAVING AN UPPER END EXTENDING ABOVE THE END WALL OF THE CASING, ABUTMENT MEANS ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE TUBE BELOW ITS UPPER END, SAID TUBE HAVING A CLOSED LOWER END FOR CLOSING OFF SAID PASSAGE MEANS, SAID TUBE AND SAID ACTUATING MEMBER HAVING MEANS FOR THE FLOW OF GAS FROM THE PASSAGE MEANS UP THROUGH THE TUBE WHEN THE TUBE IS IN A RAISED POSITION AND THE LOWER END THEREOF UNCOVERS THE PASSAGE MEANS, SPRING MEANS BETWEEN SAID ACTUATING MEMBER AND THE ABUTMENT MEANS FOR URGING THE TUBE TO A RAISED POSITION, AN ACTUATING LEVER FOR THE TUBE HAVING AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION AND OPPOSING END PORTIONS, MEANS FIXING ONE OF THE END PORTIONS TO THE END WALL OF THE CASING, SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION ENGAGING SAID ABUTMENT MEANS, SAID OTHER END PORTION OF THE ACTUATING LEVER BEING FREE, A MOUNT UPSTANDING FROM THE END WALL, A CAM LEVER ECCENTRICALLY PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID MOUNT ON THE END WALL FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT ABOUT AN AXIS TRANSVERSE TO THE END WALL, SAID CAM LEVER HAVING A LOWER CAM EDGE, BELOW ITS PIVOT AXIS, BEARING ON THE FREE END PORTION OF THE ACTUATING LEVER, A COVER HAVING AN EDGE PORTION, SAID COVER BEING PIVOTALLY ATTACHED AT ITS EDGE PORTION TO THE CASING AT THE END WALL FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT ABOUT AN AXIS TRANSVERSE TO THE END WALL FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN OPEN AND CLOSED POSITIONS, SAID EDGE PORTION OF THE COVER ENGAGING SAID CAM LEVER IN THE MOVEMENT OF THE COVER TO A CLOSED POSITION TO CAUSE THE CAM EDGE TO DEPRESS THE ACTUATING LEVER AND MOVE THE TUBE DOWNWARDLY, AGAINST THE ACTION OF THE SPRING MEANS, AND CLOSE OFF THE CAPILLARY PASSAGE MEANS.