Gas valve and burner

Claim 1

IN A CIGAETTE LIGHTER OF THE TYPE USING A HYDROCARBON GAS AS A COMBUSTION FUEL, AN IMPROVED BURNER AND VALVE CONSTRUCTION COMPRISING A CASING, A JET BURNER TUBE EXTENDING FROM SAID CASING AND HAVING AN OPENING THERETHROUGH, SAID OPENING BEING EXPOSED TO ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE, A GAS VALVE STRUCTURE POSITIONED IN SAID CASING BENEATH THE OPENING IN SAID TUBE, A WICK HOLDER HAVING A WICK MOUNTED THEREIN, A RESILIENT SUPPORT MOUNTED IN THE CASING AND BENEATH THE WICK HOLDER, SAID HOLDER BEING SPACED FROM SAID BURNER AND SEATED ON THE RESILIENT SUPPORT, A FUEL DISPENSING PAD COMMUNICATING WITH SAID WICK AND SAID WICK COMMUNICATING WITH A SUPPLY OF LIQUEFIED FUEL MAINTANIED UNDER A PRESSURE GREATER THAN NORMAL ATMOSPHERIEC PRESSURE, SAID PAD POSITIONED BENEATH SAID VALVE STRUCTURE AND IN COMMUNICATION THEREWITH, SAID PAD BEING ABOVE SAID WICK HOLDER WHEREBY SAID PAD IS ADAPTED TO BE COMPRESSED BETWEEN SAID HOLDER AND SAID VALVE STRUCTER, A DEFORMABLE COMPRESSION MEMBER LOCATED WITHIN SAID CASING AND ABOUT SAID WICK HOLER AND CONTACTING THE VALVE STRUCTURE AND THE WICK HOLDER, MEANS FOR DEFORMING SAID MEMBER WHEREBY A FORCE IS EXERTED ON THE WICK HOLDER AND THE VALVE STRUCTURE CAUSING THE WICK HOLDER TO MOVE RELATIVE TO THE VALVE STRUCTURE TO VARY THE COMPRESSION OF THE PAD BETWEEN THE WICK HOLDER AND THE VALVE STRUCTURE AND THEREBY CONTROL THE FLOW OF FUEL IN GASEOUS FORM FROM SAID PAD AND THROUGH SAID VALVE STRUCTURE.