Pyrophoric lighter actuating mechanism

Claim 1

A LIGHTER ACTUATING APPARATUS COMPRISING A LIGHTER CASING, A PERPHERALLY SERRATED SPARKING WHEEL MOUNTED FOR ROTATION ON SAID CASING, A DEPRESSIBLE FINGERPIECE MOVEABLE ON SAID LIGHTER CASING BETWEEN A FIRST UNDERPRESSED POSITION AND A SECOND DEPRESSED POSITION, A FRICTION CLUTCH ELEMENT HAVING A FRICTION SURFACE ENGAGEABLE WITH THE PERIPHERALLY SERRATED SURFACE OF SAID SPARKING WHEEL, MEANS MAINTAINING A RESILIENT BIASING FORCE ON SAID FRICTION CLUTCH ELEMENT IN A DIRECTION RADIALLY OUTWARD FROM THE PERIPHERAL SURFACE OF SAID SPARKING WHEEL AND FIRST AND SECOND INTERCONNECTING MEANS COUPLING SAID DEPRESSABLE FINGERPIECE BETWEEN SAID FRICTION CLUTCH ELEMENT AND SAID LIGHTER CASING RESPECTIVELY, SAID FIRST INTERCONNECTING MEANS PERMITTING PIVOTAL MOVEMENT BETWEEN ITS REPECTIVE INTERCONNECTED MEMBERS AND AT LEAST ONE OF SAID INTERCONNECTING MEANS BEING CONSTITUTED TO PERMIT RELATIVE SLIDING MOVEMENT BETWEEN ITS RESPECTIVE INTERCONNECTED MEMBERS IN A DIRECTION GENERALLY TRANAVERSE TO A LINE BETWEEN THE ROTATIONAL AXES OF SAID SPARKING WHEEL AND SAID FRIST INTERCONNECTING MEANS IN SAID FIRST UNDEPRESSED POSITION OF SAID FINGERPIECE.