Cigarette lighter using liquefied combustible gas as fuel

Claim 1

A CIGARETTE LIGHTER COMPRISING A TANK ADAPTED TO RECEIVE COMPRESSED AND LIQUEFIED COMBUSTIBLE GAS, A HOLLOW VALVE CYLINDER IMMOVABLY MOUNTED IN SAID TANK AND HAVING A BOTTOM AND THREADED INTERNALLY, A VALVE MEMBER HAVING AN OUTER THREAD ENGAGING SAID INNER THREAD OF SAID HOLLOW VALVE CYLINDER AND BEING AXIALLY MOVABLE IN SAID HOLLOW VALVE CYLINDER UPON RELATIVE ROTATION BETWEEN SAID HOLLOW VALVE CYLINDER AND SAID VALVE MEMBER, SAID VALVE MEMBER PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID VALVE CYLINDER AND HAVING A FIRST AXIAL DISCHARGE BORE EXTENDING ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF SAID VALVE MEMBER, A RESILIENT MEMBER EMBEDDED IN THE BOTTOM OF SAID VALVE CYLINDER AND HAVING A SECOND AXIAL DISCHARGE BORE ALIGNED WITH SAID FIRST DISCHARGE BORE, SAID BOTTOM OF SAID HOLLOW VALVE CYLINDER HAVING A THIRD AXIAL DISCHARGE BORE ALIGNED WITH SAID SECOND AXIAL DISCHARGE BORE, AN OPERATING RING HAVING A RECESS DEFINING A BOTTOM WALL AND A CYLINDRICAL WALL AND BEING OPEN AT ITS TOP AND HAVING AN OPENING IN ITS BOTTOM TO SURROUND THE OUTER PORTION OF SAID VALVE MEMBER, SAID VALVE MEMBER INCLUDING A WASHER DISPOSED AT ITS UPPER PORTION AND HAVING A FIRST SPLINE AND SAID OPERATING RING HAVING A SECOND SPINE ENGAGING SAID FIRST SPLINE OF SAID VALVE MEMBER, A COIL SPRING DISPOSED IN SAID RECESS BETWEEN SAID BOTTOM WALL OF SAID OPERATING RING AND SAID WASHER AND TENDING TO MOVE SAID OPERATING RING INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID VALVE MEMBER, SAID OPERATING RING BEING FREELY TURNABLE UPON DISENGAGEMENT OF SAID SECOND SPLINE FROM SAID FIRST SPLINE OF SAID VALVE MEMBER, MEANS PREVENTING SAID WASHER FROM BEING PUSHED OFF SAID VALVE MEMBER, AND SAID VALVE MEMBER CONTROLLING THE DISCHARGE FLOW OF SAID LIQUEFIED COMBUSTIBLE GAS BY TURNING SAID OPERATING RING.