Spark ignitor loading and releasing apparatus

Claim 1

IN A PIEZOELECTRIC SPARK IGNITOR HAVING A PIEZOELECTRIC CRYSTAL WHICH IS STRUCK BY A HAMMER TO GENERATE A HIGH VOLTAGE AND TO PRODUCE A SPARK ADAPTED TO IGNITE A GAS BURNER OR THE LIKE, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING: FIRST MEANS RESILIENTLY SUPPORTING THE HAMMER FOR MOVEMENT IN A FIRST DIRECTION, SAID FIRST MEANS BEING CONSTRUCTED SUCH THAT MOVEMENT OF SAID HAMMER IN SAID FIRST DIRECTION STRESSES SAID FIRST MEANS AND STORES ENERGY THEREIN, AN AXLE SPACED FROM THE HAMMER, A MOVABLE LEVER MOUNTED ON SAID AXLE BY MEANS OF AN ELONGATED PIVOT HOLE, SAID PIVOT HOLE BEING ELONGATED IN A DIRECTION GENERALLY NORMAL TO SAID FIRST DIRECTION, SECOND MEANS RESILIENTLY BIASING SAID LEVER IN A DIRECTION TOWARD THE HAMMER TO THUS CAUSE SAID LEVER TO ENGAGE SAID HAMMER SUCH THAT ROTATION OF SAID LEVER ABOUT SAID AXLE MOVES SAID HAMMER IN SAID FIRST DIRECTION TO STORE ENERGY IN SAID FIRST MEANS, AND A FIXED STOP MEMBER LOCATED TO BE ENGAGED BY SAID LEVER AFTER SAID LEVER HAS BEEN ROTATED A GIVEN ANGULAR DISTANCE ABOUT SAID AXLE, SAID GIVEN ANGULAR DISTANCE BEING SUCH AS TO ALIGN SAID ELONGATED PIVOT HOLE AS A PORTION OF AN ARC HAVING ITS CENTER OF ROTATION GENERALLY AT THE POINT OF ENGAGEMENT OF SAID STOP MEMBER AND SAID LEVER SO THAT FURTHER ROTATION OF SAID LEVER IS ABOUT SAID POINT OF ENGAGEMENT AND MOVES SAID LEVER WITH RESPECT TO SAID AXLE ALONG SAID ELONGATED HOLE AND AWAY FROM THE HAMMER TO RELEASE THE HAMMER WITH NO APPRECIABLE ADDITIONAL MOVEMENT THEREOF IN SAID FIRST DIRECTION.