Valve for gas fueled lighter

Claim 1

IN A VALVE DEVICE OF THE CLASS DESCRIBED, A HOUSING, A TUBULAR MEMBER SUPPORTED WITHIN SAID HOUSING AND HAVING A PARTITION ACROSS AN END THEREOF, A RESILIENT GASKET POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID TUBULAR MEMBER AND HOUSING TO PREVENT THE PASSAGE OF FLUID THEREBETWEEN, A PROTUBERANCE ON SAID PARTITION EXTENDING INTO SAID TUBULAR MEMBER, A STEM LOOSELY POSITIONED WITHIN SAID TUBULAR MEMBER AND MOVABLE AXIALLY THEREIN, THE END OF SAID STEM OPPOSED TO SAID PROTUBERANCE BEING CONCAVE, PASSAGE MEANS EXTENDING AXIALLY THROUGH SAID PROTUBERANCE, SUPPORT MEANS POSITIONED NEAR SAID PARTITION OPPOSITE SAID STEM, A WICK POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID SUPPORT MEANS AND SAID PARTITION IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID PASSAGE MEANS, MANUALLY ADJUSTABLE MEANS MOUNTED FOR MOVEMENT RELATIVELY TO SAID HOUSING AND ENGAGING SAID TUBULAR MEMBER FOR CONTROLLING THE DEGREE OF COMPRESSION OF SAID GASKET AND OF SAID WICK, AND RESILIENT PLATE MEANS FREELY POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID PROTUBERANCE AND THE CONCAVE END OF SAID STEM, SAID PLATE MEANS BEING SHAPED NORMALLY TO PERMIT THE FLOW OF GAS THROUGH SAID PASSAGE MEANS AND INTO SAID TUBULAR MEMBER AND BEING CONFORMABLE TO THE CONTOURS OF SAID CONCAVE STEM END AND SAID PROTUBERANCE TO SEAL SAID PASSAGE MEANS UPON AXIAL MOVEMENT OF SAID STEM TOWARDS SAID PARTITION.