Gas lighter

Claim 1

A GAS FUELED CIGARETTE LIGHTER, COMPRISING: (A) A CASING HAVING A RESERVOIR CONTAINED THEREIN; (B) A BURNER COVER MOUNTED UPON SAID CASING TOGETHER WITH MEANS PERMITTING SAID COVER TO BE PIVOTED, SAID COVER INCLUDING WITHIN THE BOTTOM THEREOF AN INTERNALLY THREADED PORTION; (C) A BURNER VALVE ASSEMBLY MOUNTED UPON SAID CASING TOGETHER WITH PASSAGEWAY MEANS CONNECTING SAID VALVE ASSEMBLY AND SAID RESERVOIR, SAID VALVE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A STATIONARY OUTER VALVE MEMBER IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID RESERVOIR, A FIRST INNER VALVE MEMBER ADJUSTABLY MOUNTED WITHIN SAID OUTER VALVE MEMBER AND CONTAINING A PASSAGEWAY THEREIN, A POROUS ELASTIC MEMBER POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID STATIONARY OUTER VALVE MEMBER AND SAID INNER VALVE MEMBER SUCH THAT FUEL IS TRANSPORTED THROUGH SAID POROUS MEMBER INTO SAID PASSAGEWAY OF SAID FIRST INNER VALVE MEMBER, TOGETHER WITH MEANS FO REGULATING THE PRESSURE EXERTED ON SAID POROUS MEMBER BY SAID FIRST INNER VALVE MEMBER TO CONTROL THE FLOW OF FUEL THERETHROUGH, A SECOND INNER VALVE MEMBER HAVING A PASSAGEWAY THEREIN AND MOUNTED FOR RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT WITHIN SAID FIRST INNER VALVE MEMBER TO OPEN AND CLOSE SAID PASSAGEWAY OF SAID FIRST INNER VALVE MEMBER TOGETHER WITH MEANS NORMALLY RESILIENTLY BIASING SAID SECOND INNER VALVE MEMBER UPWARDLY TO OPEN SAID PASSAGEWAY OF SAID FIRST INNER VALVE MEMBER, SAID SECOND INNER VALVE MEMBER FURTHER INCLUDING AN UPWARDLY EXTENDING NOZZLE PORTION EXTENDING BEYOND SUCH STATIONARY OUTER VALVE MEMBER AND SAID FIRST INNER VALVE MEMBER, TOGETHER WITH MEANS FOR TRANSPORTING FUEL FROM SAID PASSAGEWAY OF SAID FIRST INNER VALVE MEMBER TO SAID PASSAGEWAY OF SECOND INNER VALVE MEMBER; AND (D) A DEPRESSING MEMBER HAVING AN EXTERNALLY THREADED PORTION SCREWED WITHIN SAID INTERNALLY THREADED PORTION OF SAID BURNER COVER AND INCLUDING A LOWER SURFACE ENGAGING SAID NOZZLE PORTION OF SAID SECOND INNER VALVE MEMBER SUCH THAT THE POSITION OF SAID LOWER SURFACE IN RELATION TO THE TOP OF SAID NOZZLE PORTION CAN BE ADJUSTED TO THUS VARY THE FORCE APPLIED TO SAID NOZZLE PORTION BY SAID DEPRESSING MEMBER AS SAID DEPRESSING MEMBER CONTACTS SAME, SAID DEPRESSING MEMBER BEING MADE OF A METAL SOFTER THAN THAT OTHERWISE EMPLOYED IN SAID LIGHTER.