US2004202978A1PendingUtilityA1

Lighter nozzle system for producing stylish torch

Priority: Apr 11, 2003Filed: Apr 11, 2003Published: Oct 14, 2004
Est. expiryApr 11, 2023(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Ming King Wong
F23D 14/28F23Q 2/163F23D 14/52
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Abstract

A lighter nozzle system includes a diffusion body having a receiving opening adapted for communicating with a liquefied fuel storage of a lighter, an emitting opening, at least an air inlet provided thereon, wherein the air inlet is positioned adjacent to the receiving opening to define an elongated mixing chamber axially extended between the air inlet to the emitting opening, wherein a flow of air is capable of inletting into the mixing chamber through the air inlet to mix with a fuel releasing through the receiving opening to form a mixture gas at the emitting opening of the diffusion body. A nozzle assembly includes a nozzle head provided at the emitting opening of the diffusion body and a torch diversion arrangement provided at the nozzle head for radially diverging the mixture gas to produce a stylish torch when the mixture gas is ejected and ignited at the nozzle head.

Claims

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What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A lighter nozzle system for a lighter having a liquefied fuel storage, comprising: 
 a diffusion body having a receiving opening adapted for communicating with said liquefied fuel storage, an emitting opening, at least an air inlet provided thereon, wherein the air inlet is positioned adjacent to said receiving opening to define an elongated mixing chamber axially extended between said air inlet to said emitting opening, wherein a flow of air is capable of insetting into said mixing chamber through said air inlet to mix with a fuel releasing through said receiving opening to form a mixture gas at said emitting opening of said diffusion body; and    a nozzle assembly comprising a nozzle head provided at said emitting opening of said diffusion body and a torch diversion arrangement provided at said nozzle head for radially diverging said mixture gas to produce a stylish torch when said mixture gas is ejected and ignited at said nozzle head.    
     
     
         2 . The lighter nozzle system, as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said diffusion body is a tubular throat conduit having a root end forming said receiving opening and an emitting end forming said emitting opening, wherein said emitting end of said diffusion body is formed to have a surrounding wall coaxially surrounding said emitting opening and defining a gas chamber positioned above said emitting opening, wherein said nozzle head of said nozzle assembly is disposed at said gas chamber.  
     
     
         3 . The lighter nozzle system, as recited in  claim 2 , wherein said nozzle head has a base portion disposed within said gas chamber and a head portion extended above said surrounding wall of said diffusion body, said nozzle head further having an elongated nozzle duct extended from said base portion through said head portion to communicate with said gas chamber of said diffusion body and a plurality of guiding teeth radially and evenly extended from an outer circumferential surface of said base portion of said nozzle head to bias against an inner circumferential surface of said surrounding wall of said diffusion body so as to retain said nozzle head at said emitting opening of said diffusion body.  
     
     
         4 . The lighter nozzle system, as recited in  claim 3 , wherein said torch diversion arrangement has a plurality of diverging channels evenly positioned around said nozzle head to communicate with said gas chamber, wherein each of said diverging channels is formed between said inner circumferential surface of said surrounding wall and each outer circumferential surface of said guiding teeth, thereby, when said mixture gas is released to said gas chamber through said emitting opening, said mixture gas is guided to radially diverge at said nozzle head through said diverging channels to form said stylish torch.  
     
     
         5 . The lighter nozzle system, as recited in  claim 4 , wherein said nozzle duct has a diameter smaller than a diameter of said emitting opening of said diffusion body, thereby, a relative small portion of said mixture gas released at said emitting opening is allowed to release to outside through said nozzle duct while a main portion of said mixture gas is forced to eject through said diverging channels in a radial manner with respect to said nozzle head.  
     
     
         6 . The lighter nozzle system, as recited in  claim 2 , wherein said nozzle head has a base portion disposed with said gas chamber and a head portion extended above said surrounding wall of said diffusion body, said nozzle head further having an elongated nozzle duct extended from said base portion towards said head portion to communicate with said gas chamber, a plurality of first nozzle grooves transversely and evenly formed on said head portion of said nozzle head to communicate with said nozzle duct, and a plurality of second nozzle grooves transversely and evenly formed on said head portion at a position above said first nozzle grooves to communicate with said nozzle duct, thereby, said mixture gas released at said gas chamber is allowed to radially eject from said nozzle head through said first and second nozzle grooves to outside through said nozzle duct.  
     
     
         7 . The lighter nozzle system, as recited in  claim 6 , wherein said torch diversion arrangement comprises a diverging guider having a ring shaped coaxially mounted on said head portion of said nozzle head at a position between said first nozzle grooves and said second nozzle grooves, wherein said diverging guider has an upper guiding surface for radially diverging said mixture gas ejected from said second nozzle grooves and a lower guiding surface for radially diverging said mixture gas ejected from said first nozzle grooves.  
     
     
         8 . The lighter nozzle system, as recited in  claim 7 , wherein said diverging guider is constructed to have a concave shape to form an upper concavity surface as said upper guiding surface for guiding said mixture gas ejected from said second nozzle grooves.  
     
     
         9 . The lighter nozzle system, as recited in  claim 6 , wherein each of said first nozzle grooves has a diameter larger than a diameter of each of said second nozzle grooves, thereby, a relative large portion of said mixture gas is released to outside through said first nozzle grooves while a relative small portion of said mixture gas is released to outside through said second nozzle grooves.  
     
     
         10 . The lighter nozzle system, as recited in  claim 8 , wherein each of said first nozzle grooves has a diameter larger than a diameter of each of said second nozzle grooves, thereby, a relative large portion of said mixture gas is released to outside through said first nozzle grooves while a relative small portion of said mixture gas is released to outside through said second nozzle grooves.  
     
     
         11 . The lighter nozzle system, as recited in  claim 6 , wherein each of said first nozzle grooves and each of said second nozzle grooves are perpendicularly extended from said nozzle duct such that each of said first nozzle grooves is parallel to each of said second nozzle grooves.  
     
     
         12 . The lighter nozzle system, as recited in  claim 8 , wherein each of said first nozzle grooves and each of said second nozzle grooves are perpendicularly extended from said nozzle duct such that each of said first nozzle grooves is parallel to each of said second nozzle grooves.  
     
     
         13 . The lighter nozzle system, as recited in  claim 10 , wherein each of said first nozzle grooves and each of said second nozzle grooves are perpendicularly extended from said nozzle duct such that each of said first nozzle grooves is parallel to each of said second nozzle grooves.  
     
     
         14 . The lighter nozzle system, as recited in  claim 6 , wherein each of said second nozzle grooves is inclinedly and upwardly extended from said nozzle duct in such a manner that each of said second nozzle grooves is arranged for guiding said mixture gas to inclinedly and upwardly eject from said nozzle head.  
     
     
         15 . The lighter nozzle system, as recited in  claim 14 , wherein said nozzle duct is upwardly extended through said head portion of said nozzle head, wherein an outlet end of said nozzle duct has a diameter larger than an inlet end of said nozzle duct for forcing said mixing gas released from said gas chamber to be diverged to eject from said nozzle head through said outlet end of said nozzle duct, and said first and second nozzle grooves.  
     
     
         16 . The lighter nozzle system, as recited in  claim 6 , wherein said torch diversion arrangement comprises a diverging guider having a ring shaped coaxially and integrally extended from an outer circumferential surface of said head portion of said nozzle head at a position between said first nozzle grooves and said second nozzle grooves for radially diverging said mixture gas ejected from said first nozzle grooves.  
     
     
         17 . The lighter nozzle system, as recited in  claim 14 , wherein said torch diversion arrangement comprises a diverging guider having a ring shaped coaxially and integrally extended from an outer circumferential surface of said head portion of said nozzle head at a position between said first nozzle grooves and said second nozzle grooves for radially diverging said mixture gas ejected from said first nozzle grooves.  
     
     
         18 . The lighter nozzle system, as recited in  claim 15 , wherein said torch diversion arrangement comprises a diverging guider having a ring shaped coaxially and integrally extended from an outer circumferential surface of said head portion of said nozzle head at a position between said first nozzle grooves and said second nozzle grooves for radially diverging said mixture gas ejected from said first nozzle grooves.  
     
     
         19 . The lighter nozzle system, as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said nozzle head is integrally and upwardly extended from said diffusion body, said nozzle head having a nozzle duct integrally upwardly extended from said emitting end of said diffusion body and a plurality of nozzle grooves transversely and evenly formed on said nozzle head to communicate with said nozzle duct for guiding said mixture gas radially ejected from said nozzle head from said nozzle grooves through said nozzle duct.  
     
     
         20 . The lighter nozzle system, as recited in  claim 19 , wherein said torch diversion arrangement comprises a diverging guider having a ring shaped coaxially mounted on said nozzle head at a position below said nozzle grooves, wherein said diverging guider has an upper guiding surface for radially diverging said mixture gas ejected from said nozzle grooves.  
     
     
         21 . The lighter nozzle system, as recited in  claim 20 , wherein said diverging guider is constructed to have a concave shape to form an upper concavity surface as said upper guiding surface for guiding said mixture gas ejected from said second nozzle grooves.

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