Magnetic ignition system
Abstract
Abstract A MAGNETIC IGNITION SYSTEM FOR LIGHTERS OR THE LIKE WHEREIN A HORSESHOE MAGNET NORMALLY ATTRACTS AN ARMATURE AND THE LATTER IS PIVOTABLE WITH REFERENCE TO THE HORSESHOE MAGNET ABOUT AN AXIS WHICH IS EXTERNALLY ADJACENT TO THE HORSESHOE MAGNET. THE ACTUATING MEANS FOR PIVOTING THE ARMATURE AWAY FROM ABUTMENT WITH THE POLE FACES OF THE HORSESHOE MAGNET COMPRISES A YIELDABLE FORCE TRANSMITTING DEVICE WHICH STORES ENERGY IN RESPONSE TO DIRECT OR INDIRECT APPLICATION OF FORCE AND ULTIMATELY EFFECTS ABRUPT PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF THE ARMATURE TO THUS CAUSE A SUDDEN COLLAPSE OF MAGNETIC FLUX. AN INDUCTION COIL SURROUNDS A PORTION OF THE HORSESHOE MAGNET AND IS IN CIRCUIT WITH ELECTRODES WHICH DEFINE A SPARK GAP ADJACENT TO THE BURNER OF THE LIGHTER.
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- 👤 Hans Schindler
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