Cigarette lighter, especially for a mo-tor vehicles

摘要

A cigarette lighter, particularly for mounting on the dashboard of a motor vehicle, having a control knob mounted for sliding movement within a cylindrical casing and acting through a spring upon a control rod extending up to and in engagement with a pivotally mounted contact plate for energizing and deenergizing a hot plate adapted to light a cigarette when it is placed with its end thereagainst. A bimetal tongue is secured adjacent the hot plate and grips one edge of said pivotally mounted contact plate in the operative position thereof to release it when the bimetal tongue gets hot and thereby deenergize the hot plate. The cigarette is held in a removable insert in the control knob. When the insert is removed, the lighter can be used for lighting cigars. The cylindrical casing is surrounded by spring means for attachment of the lighter in a hole in the dashboard.