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Claim 1

IN A GAS-BURNING CIGARETTE LIGHTER OF THE TYPE WHICH INCLUDES A HOLLOW BODY DEFINING A FUEL CHAMBER CONTAINING A SUPPLY OF INFLAMMABLE GAS UNDER PRESSURE AND IN LIQUID FORM, SAID BODY HAVING AN END WALL CONTAINING A DISCHARGE OUTLET WITH SAID OUTLET BEING IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID FUEL CHAMBER, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES: (A) A PAIR OF SPACED WALLS OF RIGID MATERIAL CARRIED BY AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM THE UPPER WALL OF THE LIGHTER BODY ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE DISCHARGE OUTLET; (B) A SHAFT EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID SIDE WALLS AT A POINT ABOVE THE DISCHARGE OUTLET; (C) A CONTROL MEMBER OF RIGID MATERIAL PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT IN THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID UPSTANDING WALLS WITH AN ARCUATE SURFACE THEREOF OPPOSING SAID DISCHARGE OUTLET; (D) SAID CONTROL MEMBER BEING MANUALLY MOVABLE BETWEEN AN OPEN POSITION AND A CLOSED POSITION AND HAVING A BORE EXTENDING THERETHROUGH; (E) SAID BORE HAVING AN END LOCATED IN SAID ARCUATE SURFACE AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE DISCHARGE OUTLET IN THE LIGHTER BODY IN THE OPEN POSITION OF THE CONTROL MEMBER; (F) A SEALING MEMBER OF RESILIENT MATERIAL CARRIED BY THE ARCUATE SURFACE OF THE CONTROL MEMBER AND ENTERING INTO SEALING ENGAGEMENT WITH AN EXTERIOR SURFACE OF THE LIGHTER BODY SURROUNDING THE DISCHARGE OUTLET IN BOTH THE OPEN AND CLOSED POSITIONS OF THE CONTROL MEMBER, (G) SAID SEALING MEMBER HAVING A PASSAGEWAY EXTENDING THERETHROUGH AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE BORE IN THE CONTROL MEMBER AND WITH THE DISCHARGE OUTLET IN THE OPEN POSITION OF THE CONTROL MEMBER; AND (H) AN OPERATING LEVER CONNECTED TO THE CONTROL MEMBER; (I) SAID OPERATING LEVER HAVING A FREE END EXTENDING BEYOND THE SPACED WALLS WHEN THE CONTROL MEMBER IS IN ITS OPEN POSITION.