METODA DAN PERALATAN UNTUK MENGGUNAKAN, MEMBERSIHKAN DAN MERAWAT PEMANTIK SERTA SUMBER-SUMBER PANAS LISTRIK YANG BERMANFAAT PADA SISTEM MEROKOK DAN PERALATAN LAINNYA

• Main Authors: JOHN M. ADAMS, WYNN R. RAYMOND, MOHAMMAD R. HAJALIGOL, CONSTANCE H. MORGAN, WILLIE G. HOUCK, JR, JEFFREY I. SEEMAN, JOHN B. PAINE III, ROBERT L. RIPLEY, GRIER S. FLEISCHHAUER, H. NEAL NUNNALLY, JAY A. FOURNIER, DONALD B. LOSEE, FRANCIS M. SPRINGKEL, MICHAEL L. WATKINS, WILLIAM J. CROWE, JOHN D. NAWORAL
• Format: Patent
• Language: Indonesian
• Published: 10.12.1998
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: CIGARETTES; CIGARS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; MATCH BOXES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES; TOBACCO

Methods and apparatuses for cleaning an electrical lighter are provided. A sleeve, e.g., ceramic or metal, surrounds the heater fixture, and a resistive heating element is in thermal proximity with the sleeve. The resistive heating element is either a dedicated element or the cigarette heating elements. The sleeve serves as a aerosol barrier and condensate accumulator to protect other components. Periodically, e.g., substantially contemporaneously with a battery recharge, the heating element is activated to thermally liberate condensates deposited on the sleeve during smoking and also heats, and thereby cleans, other components. Also, a cleaning element is optionally inserted into the cigarette receptacle of the electrical lighter or placed at the exit thereof to absorb, attract and/or catalytically break down the thermally liberated condensates. The sleeve also directs a desired flow path for drawn air within an electrical lighter toward the cigarette.