Fuelless Lifelong Cigarette Lighter

Abstract

A fuel-less and battery-less cigarette lighter is a manually powered lighter that operates without the use of fuel. The lighter includes a super capacitor (low voltage, very high capacitance) that is discharged into a resistance. This resistance then becomes hot enough to light a cigarette or cigar upon contact. The super capacitor is charged by means of a mechanical system, such as the user winding or squeezing the lighter and a micro generator. After charging, a switch allows the capacitor to discharge into the resistance.

1 . A fuel-less and a battery-less hand-held cigarette lighter, comprising:
 a housing having a body and plurality of outer faces;   a recess is disposed on one of the outer faces of the housing; the recess partially receiving a handle; the handle is removably attached to the housing exerting an inward force when squeezed thereon;   a gear set fixedly mounted within the housing, juxtaposed with the said handle; the gear set receives and converts the said inward force by the handle into kinetic energy;   a micro generator fixedly mounted within the housing; the micro generator is disposed adjacent to said gear set and connected therewith; the micro generator converts the said kinetic energy into electrical energy;   a circuit board is fixedly mounted within the housing; the circuit board is communicably juxtaposed with the micro generator; the circuit board further processes said electrical energy;   a super-capacitor is fixedly mounted within the housing; the super-capacitor further including low voltage and high capacitance; the super-capacitor further receives said processed electrical energy and stores said electrical energy as electrical charge;   a control switch is fixedly mounted on the body of the housing, partially protruding from the housing; the control switch is connected to the super-capacitor; and   an electrical resistance is partially and fixedly mounted in a recess on the body of the housing; a portion of the resistance exposed outwardly from one of the faces of the housing, the resistance further including at least one heating element; the resistance is further connected to said control switch, whereby, when the control switch is turned on, the super-capacitor discharges the stored electrical charges into the resistance, thereby heating the at least one heating element for lighting a cigarette.   
     
     
         2 . The fuel-less and battery-less cigarette lighter as described in  claim 1 , wherein the maximum operating voltage of the super-capacitor does not exceed ten volts. 
     
     
         3 . The fuel-less and battery-less cigarette lighter as described in  claim 1 , wherein the level of minimum operating capacitance is at least ten Farads. 
     
     
         4 . The fuel-less and battery-less cigarette lighter as described in  claim 1 , wherein the maximum operating voltage of the super-capacitor does not exceed 12 volts. 
     
     
         5 . The fuel-less and battery-less cigarette lighter as described in  claim 1 , wherein the level of minimum operating capacitance is at least five Farads. 
     
     
         6 . The fuel-less and battery-less cigarette lighter as described in  claim 1 , wherein the housing is constructed with a metallic material. 
     
     
         7 . The fuel-less and battery-less cigarette lighter as described in  claim 1 , wherein the housing is constructed with a plastic material. 
     
     
         8 . The fuel-less and battery-less cigarette lighter as described in  claim 1 , wherein the handle is a spring loaded handle removably attached with the housing. 
     
     
         9 . The fuel-less and battery-less cigarette lighter as described in  claim 8 , wherein the inward force is applied to the handle by squeezing the handle against the body of the housing. 
     
     
         10 . The fuel-less and battery-less cigarette lighter as described in  claim 1 , wherein the handle is a winding crank removably attached with the housing. 
     
     
         11 . The fuel-less and battery-less cigarette lighter as described in  claim 10 , wherein the inward force is applied to the handle by winding the crank of the handle.