1,135,160. Electric cigar lighters. CASCO PRODUCTS CORP. 17 Oct., 1967 [1 Nov., 1966], No. 47288/67. Heading F4F. In an electric cigar lighter with an igniting unit 10 removably supported within a holder 12 which has an overload circuit-breaker attached to its bottom wall, the circuit-breaker 32 comprises a movably mounted bridging contact member 48 with a central sleeve portion 50 adapted to fit over a stud 52 on the input terminal 30 thus guiding the member 48 for axial movement, a coil spring 54 of bi-metallic wire having a copper-clad steel core also providing electrical contact between the sleeve 50 and stud 52 and heat-responsive electricallyconducting latching fingers 60, overheating of the heating coil of unit 10 causing the bimetallic fingers 60 to move outward and release the contact member 48 which is moved by the spring 54 to break the circuit by moving a lip 64 out of contact with the fingers 60. The circuit-breaker is reset by means of a reset pin 80 of ceramic material.
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