Ignition tool

Abstract

To provide an ignition tool which does not need an electric power source.SOLUTION: In an ignition tool 1, an ignition rod 11 for igniting an ignition material is housed in a card-like housing 21. Alternatively, in the ignition tool 1 according to an embodiment of the invention, a plane 13 for cutting at least the ignition material and the ignition rod 11 for igniting the ignition material are housed in the card-like housing 21.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an ignition device. [Background technology]

[0002] A card-type lighter has been proposed as a conventional ignition device, which includes a card body made of a synthetic resin material or the like, a flat dry cell embedded in the card body, a heating element such as a heater wired to the dry cell, and a switch for turning the heating element on and off, as described in Patent Document 1. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 63-142571 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] However, because such card-type lighters use dry batteries as a power source for heaters, etc., when used outdoors, it is not possible to realize an environment without a power source, which is the best part of being outdoors. Also, when using this card-type lighter as an emergency ignition device in the event of a power outage, the dry batteries may be dead, making the card-type lighter unusable. Emergency ignition devices for power outages and the like are not used that often, so it is quite possible that the dry batteries will self-discharge when not used for a long period of time, and will run out without you realizing it.

[0005] SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT EMBODIMENT An object of the present invention is to provide an ignition device that does not require a power source. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] In order to achieve the above object, the ignition device of the present invention contains an ignition stick for igniting an ignition material in a card-shaped housing.

[0007] In order to achieve the above object, the ignition device of the present invention contains at least a plane for cutting ignition material and a fire stick for igniting the ignition material in a card-shaped housing.

[0008] Here, the planer can be fixed to the card-shaped housing while penetrating from one side of the card-shaped housing to the other side opposite the one side, and the blade portion of the planer that protrudes partially onto the other side may be capable of cutting the ignition material.

[0009] The ignition tool may further include a saw for cutting the ignition material. Effect of the Invention

[0010] The present invention can provide an ignition device that does not require a power source. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0011] [Figure 1] 1 is a perspective view of one side, i.e., the front side, of an ignition device according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 2] 2 is a perspective view of the other side, i.e., the back side, of the ignition device according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 3] 1 is a perspective view of four stored items of a fire starter according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. [Figure 4] This is a schematic plan view with part of the casing removed so that it is possible to see how the four objects are contained on the surface of the ignition device shown in FIG. [Diagram 5] 1 is a perspective view of a state in which a driving force, which is a contained item of a fire starter according to an embodiment of the present invention, is attached to a housing. FIG. [Figure 6] FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the ignition device shown in FIG. 5, showing a cross-sectional view (right side) taken along line AA of a plan view (left side) of the ignition device with the plane attached to the housing. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0012] In this specification, a rod of metallic magnesium or the like is referred to as an "ignition rod." The surface of the metallic magnesium rod can be scraped with a blade or the like to generate sparks, and thus it is possible to ignite an ignition material or the like. In addition, in this specification, a card-shaped storage container in which a plurality of storage sections are recessed or cut out to be able to store stored items, and a cover or the like is provided on the storage section as necessary, is referred to as a "card-shaped housing." Furthermore, in this specification, materials that burn easily, such as wood, compressed wood chips, paper materials such as tissue paper or cardboard pieces, plant fibers such as hemp, and solid fuels made of solidified wax, are referred to as "ignition materials." Furthermore, "scraping" an ignition material is included in "cutting."

[0013] (Configuration of the ignition device according to the embodiment of the present invention) The configuration of an ignition device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.

[0014] The ignition device 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention contains an ignition stick 11 for igniting an ignition material in a card-shaped housing 21. The card-shaped housing 21 has a function of containing various contained items. Alternatively, the ignition device 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention contains at least a plane 13 for cutting the ignition material and an ignition stick 11 for igniting the ignition material in the card-shaped housing 21. Furthermore, the ignition device 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention further includes a saw for cutting the ignition material in addition to the above-mentioned ignition device 1.

[0015] The first end face 21a of one short side of the resin card-shaped housing 21 houses the ignition stick 11, which is the stored item. In addition, from the second end face 21b of one long side of the card-shaped housing 21 to the first end face 21a and the third end face 21c of the two short sides adjacent to one long side, a saw 12, which is the stored item for cutting ignition materials, etc., is housed. In addition, the third end face 21c of one short side of the card-shaped housing 21 houses a plane 13, which is the stored item. In addition, the first end face 21a of one short side of the card-shaped housing 21 houses a friction generating member 14 that cuts the ignition stick 11, which is the stored item, to generate sparks. This friction generating member 14 is made of iron.

[0016] Here, the ignition stick 11 is housed together with the handle 11a of the ignition stick 11, which has a thickness approximately the same as that of the card-shaped housing 21, the first end face 21a of which is approximately 5 mm thick. The saw 12, the plane 13, and the friction generating member 14 are housed in the first end face 21a, the second end face 21b, and the third end face 21c of the card-shaped housing 21, which is approximately 5 mm thick, and are flat with a thickness of approximately 1 mm.

[0017] The ignition stick 11 and its handle 11a, the saw 12, the plane 13, and the friction generating member 14 are accommodated so as to be inserted into grooves formed in the first end face 21a, the second end face 21b, and the third end face 21c. In the grooves, the saw 12 is arranged so that the outer circumferential surface of the rotating shaft 15 and one of the inner circumferential surfaces of the circular holes 12a, 12a of the saw 12 come into contact with each other. Here, the rotating shaft 15 is fixed to the card-shaped housing 21. Then, one of the inner circumferential surfaces of the circular holes 12a, 12a of the saw 12 can rotate while sliding against the outer circumferential surface of the rotating shaft 15. This allows the saw 12 to be inserted into and removed from the grooves formed in the first end face 21a and the third end face 21c of the two short sides adjacent to the one long side from the second end face 21b of one long side of the card-shaped housing 21. The insertion into and removal from the grooves can be achieved by the user pinching exposed portion 12b with the fingers and moving it in and out.

[0018] In addition, the ignition stick 11 and its handle 11a can be inserted into and removed from the first end face 21a by the user pinching the handle 11a with his / her fingers. The plane 13 can be inserted into and removed from the third end face 21c by the user pinching the exposed part 13a with his / her fingers. The friction generating member 14 can be inserted into and removed from the first end face 21a by the user pinching the exposed part 14a with his / her fingers.

[0019] The direction of removal is the direction of arrow A1 shown in FIG. 1 for the ignition stick 11 and its handle 11a. For the saw 12, the direction is the direction of arrow A2 shown in FIG. 1. Since the saw 12 rotates while the outer circumferential surface of the rotating shaft 15 fixed to the card-shaped housing 21 and one of the inner circumferential surfaces of the circular holes 12a, 12a of the saw 12 are in sliding contact with each other, the rotational motion results in a curved removal direction. For the plane 13, the direction is the direction of arrow A3 shown in FIG. 1. For the friction generating member 14, the direction is the direction of arrow A4 shown in FIG. 1.

[0020] The groove 14b is provided in the friction generating member 14 in order to cut the ignition material to an appropriate length when, for example, plant fibers such as hemp are used as the ignition material. For this reason, the bottom of the groove 14b is a blade 14c. When friction is generated between the ignition stick 11 and the friction generating member 14 to generate sparks, the part of the friction generating member 14 that rubs against the ignition stick 11 is mainly the side surface 14d. The surface of this side surface 14d is uneven, and strong friction is generated by rubbing against the ignition stick 11.

[0021] It is difficult to understand how the ignition stick 11, its handle 11a, the saw 12, the plane 13, and the friction generating member 14 are inserted into the card-shaped housing 21 from only Fig. 1, which is a perspective view of one side of the ignition device 1, and Fig. 2, which is a perspective view of the other side opposite to the one side of the ignition device 1. Therefore, Fig. 3 shows a perspective view of the four stored items, and Fig. 4 shows a view in which part of the card-shaped housing 21 is made transparent or omitted so that it is possible to understand how each of the four stored items is stored on the other side of the ignition device 1 shown in Fig. 2.

[0022] (An example of how to use the ignition device 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention) Next, an example of how to use the ignition device 1 will be described with reference to Figures 1, 2, 5, and 6. The plane 13 can be fixed to the card-shaped housing 21 while penetrating from one side of the card-shaped housing 21 to the other side opposite the one side, and the blade of the plane 13, which protrudes partially onto the other side, cuts or scrapes the ignition material.

[0023] First, the planer 13 shown in Fig. 1 is pinched and removed in the direction of the arrow A3. Then, the planer 13 is passed through the through hole 22 of the card-shaped housing 21. This penetration is from one surface of the card-shaped housing 21 shown in Fig. 1 to the other surface shown in Fig. 2, which is the opposite side to the one surface. Moreover, since the through hole 22 is passed through in an oblique direction, the planer 13 is inclined in an oblique direction as shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

[0024] The angle of this oblique direction is adjusted so that the angle of the blade of cutting section 13b, which is the tip of the plane, comes into contact with the cutting surface of the ignition material at a range of 20° to 45°. Furthermore, from the viewpoint of ease of cutting the ignition material, it is more preferable that this angle is in the range of 30° to 35°.

[0025] 1, 2 and 6, inside the through hole 22, one protrusion (not shown) is fixed at each end of the longitudinal direction of the through hole 22. These two protrusions abut against the shoulder parts 13c and 13d of the planer 13, respectively, and serve as stoppers that prevent the planer 13 from penetrating from one surface to the other surface and hold it in a fixed position. With the two protrusions abutting against the shoulder parts 13c and 13d of the planer 13, respectively, the user can press part of his / her finger against the hole part 13e of the planer 13, which has a hole diameter of about 6 mm, to press the planer 13 in the direction of the protrusion, or press the top part 13f of the planer 13 with the user's finger to press the planer 13 in the direction of the protrusion, thereby fixing the planer 13 to the card-shaped housing 21.

[0026] As shown in FIG. 6, the blade 13b of the plane 13 partially protrudes onto the other surface shown in FIG. 2. This is the same mechanism as that of a typical plane, in which the blade protrudes slightly from the lower end of the plane body, allowing wood and the like to be thinly shaved. In this embodiment, such a mechanism is adopted so that ignition material such as tree branches can be thinly shaved. Some of the shavings of the ignition material pass through the shavings passage 23 shown in FIG. 6 and are carried to the one surface side shown in FIG. 1. Note that the remaining part of the ignition material shavings may not pass through the shavings passage 23 and may accumulate inside the through hole 22.

[0027] Furthermore, the amount of the blade of the planer blade 13b protruding from the other surface of the card-shaped casing 21 is adjusted to 0.3 mm to 2 mm. From the viewpoint of ease of cutting the ignition material, it is more preferable to set this protruding amount to 0.5 mm to 1 mm.

[0028] (Major Effects Obtained by the Present Embodiment) In this embodiment, since the ignition stick 11 is used as the ignition tool 1, it is possible to provide an ignition tool 1 that does not require a power source such as a dry cell. In addition, this ignition stick 11 has the advantage that it can ignite even when there is moisture. For example, as an ignition tool that does not require a power source such as a dry cell, an ignition tool that uses a match or a so-called 100 yen lighter can be considered. However, if a match gets wet with water, it cannot ignite. Also, if the flint part of a 100 yen lighter gets wet, it may not produce sparks and it will not be able to ignite. However, since the ignition stick of the ignition tool 1 scrapes off the ignition stick 11, i.e., a magnesium rod, with the friction generating member 14 or an iron blade, it can produce enough sparks to ignite even with the amount of moisture, for example, about the same as light rain.

[0029] The ignition tool 1 also includes a plane 13. Therefore, by shaving the ignition material with the plane 13, the ignition material can be thinned to a certain thickness, etc., making it easier to light the ignition material.

[0030] In addition, the plane 13 of the ignition tool 1 can be fixed to the card-shaped housing 21 while penetrating from one side of the card-shaped housing 21 to the other side opposite the one side, and the blade portion 13b of the plane 13, which partially protrudes onto the other side, can cut or scrape the ignition material. With this configuration, even if the dimensions of the plane 13 are small, the user of the ignition tool 1 can hold the card-shaped housing 21, which has dimensions larger than the dimensions of the plane 13, and can easily operate the plane 13.

[0031] The ignition tool 1 also has a saw 12 for cutting the ignition material. Therefore, for example, if the ignition material is a tree branch, the branch can be cut from the tree with the saw 12. Also, if an ignition material is used that ignites better when chopped finely with the saw 12 than when cut with a plane 13, such a choice can be made.

[0032] (Other forms) The ignition device 1 of the present embodiment described above is one example of a preferred form of the present invention, but is not limited to this and various modifications are possible within the scope that does not deviate from the gist of the present invention.

[0033] In this embodiment, the ignition tool 1 includes a saw 12 for cutting the ignition material, a plane 13 for scraping the ignition material, and a friction generating member 14. However, the saw 12, plane 13, and friction generating member 14 are not essential and can be omitted. In particular, when paper materials such as tissue paper or pieces of cardboard, plant fibers such as hemp, solid fuels made of solidified wax, etc. are used as the ignition material, there are cases where it is not necessary to cut or scrape the ignition material, and in such cases, it is preferable to omit the saw 12 and plane 13.

[0034] In this embodiment, the plane 13 of the ignition tool 1 can be fixed to the card-shaped housing while penetrating from one side of the card-shaped housing to the other side opposite to the one side, and the blade portion 13b of the plane 13, which partially protrudes onto the other side, can cut the ignition material. However, this configuration is not essential and can be omitted. Also, the plane 13 may be held by the user in his / her hand and used to cut the ignition material without being fixed to the card-shaped housing 21, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

[0035] In this embodiment, the ignition rod 11 of the ignition device 1 generates sparks by scraping the surface of a metallic magnesium rod with a friction-generating member 14 or a rough-surfaced object such as a blade made of iron or stainless steel. However, this metallic magnesium rod may be replaced with a rod of ferrocerium (an alloy of iron and cerium), chalcedony, chert, quartz, jasper, sanukite, obsidian, hornfels, flint, pyrite, marcasite, or the like. These "rods" may be replaced with plate-shaped ones, or with lump-shaped ones, spherical ones, or the like.

[0036] In this embodiment, the ignition material is a tree branch, but instead of the tree branch, any material that burns easily, such as wood, compressed wood chips, paper such as tissue paper or cardboard, plant fibers such as hemp, or solid fuel such as solidified wax, may be used.

[0037] In this embodiment, the friction generating member 14 is provided with the groove 14b, but since the groove 14b is not an essential component, it can be omitted. The material of the member that serves as the friction generating member 14 is not limited to iron, and may be other metal materials such as stainless steel. The material of the friction generating member 14 is preferably a material harder than the ignition rod 11, and may be, for example, ceramic. The shape of the member that serves as the friction generating member 14 may be another shape, such as a knife shape.

[0038] In this embodiment, the handle 11a of the ignition stick 11 and the hole 13e of the plane 13 are not essential components and can be omitted.

[0039] In addition, in this embodiment, in order to fix the planar member 13 to the card-shaped housing 21, the two protrusions are respectively abutted against the shoulder portions 13c, 13d of the planar member 13, and part of the user's finger is pressed against the hole portion 13e of the planar member 13 to press the planar member 13 in the direction of the protrusions, or the user's finger is pressed against the upper portion 13f of the planar member 13 to press the planar member 13 in the direction of the protrusions.

[0040] However, in order to fix the planer 13 to the card-shaped housing 21, the hole size of the through hole 22 may be made substantially the same as or slightly smaller than the size of the penetration part of the planer 13 into the through hole 22. With this configuration, since the card-shaped housing 21 is made of resin, the shape of the through hole 22 can be slightly deformed by pressing the planer 13, and the tightening force on the planer 13 due to the deformation of the hole shape makes it possible to fix the planer 13 to the card-shaped housing 21. [Explanation of symbols]

[0041] 1 Fire starter 11 Firestick 12 Saw 13 Kanna 13b Blade part 21 Card-shaped case

Claims

1. An ignition device, The ignition stick that ignites the ignition material, Housed in a card-shaped case Fire starter.

2. An ignition device, At the very least, a plane to cut fire starters, An ignition stick for igniting the ignition material; Housed in a card-shaped case, Fire starter.

3. The canna is The card-shaped housing can be fixed to the card-shaped housing while penetrating from one side of the card-shaped housing to the other side opposite to the one side, The blade of the plane, which protrudes partially onto the other surface, enables the ignition material to be cut. The ignition device according to claim 2.

4. The ignition device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The ignition tool further has a saw for cutting the ignition material. Fire starter.

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