Abstract This invention relates to cigar lighters of the removable igniting unit type. According to this invention the core of the knob mounted on the igniting unit is made of a material having the property of piping light. A lamp housing is mounted on the sleeve of the holding device over a side wall opening thereof. An electric lamp in said housing produces light to pass into the interiors of the shell as well as the core of the knob whereby the front of the knob is illuminated clearly in the dark when the igniting unit is in place on the holding device and the interior of the shell is well illuminated when the igniting unit is removed. Therefore, by the provision of the present improved illuminating means, a much increased degree of safety is provided for the driver who travels at high speed at night to obtain a light for his cigarette without slowing down.
In a cigar lighter, a holding device comprising a tubular shell having an igniting unit opening in its front portion; an electric igniting unit having an outer shell being mounted in said tubular shell; means including a tubular sleeve surrounding the shell, for mounting the latter on a panel through an aperture thereof, said sleeve, tubular shell and outer shell having registering side wall openings to admit light from outside the sleeve into the interior of the tubular shell and the outer shell of the igniting unit; a lamp housing being mounted on the sleeve over a side wall opening thereof; an electric lamp in said housing for producing light to pass through said wall openings and into the interiors of the shell and the igniting unit; and a knob being mounted on the igniting unit and having a core of light transparent illuminating material, said knob having at least one opening at the mounted end thereof between said core and the interior of said igniting unit to permit the transmission of the light from the interior of said igniting unit and through said transparent core.
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Dependent Claim
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In a cigar lighter, a holding device comprising a tubular shell having an igniting unit opening in its front portion; an electric igniting unit having an outer shell being mounted in said tubular shell; means including a tubular sleeve surrounding the shell, for mounting the latter on a panel through an aperture thereof, said sleeve, tubular shell and outer shell having registering side wall openings to admit light from outside the sleeve into the interior of the tubular shell and the outer shell of the igniting unit; a lamp housing being mounted on the sleeve over a side wall opening thereof; an electric lamp in said housing for producing light to pass through said wall openings and into the interiors of the shell and the igniting unit; and a knob being mounted on the igniting unit and having a core of light transparent illuminating material, said knob having at least one opening at the mounted end thereof between said core and the interior of said igniting unit to permit the transmission of the light from the interior of said igniting unit and through said transparent core.