Summary:A lighter is a small fire-making device. Mainly used for making fire, smoking, but also for cooking ...
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lighter is a small fire-making device. Mainly used for making fire, smoking, but also for cooking and other making fire. The main components of the lighter are the ignition mechanism and the gas storage box. When the ignition mechanism operates, sparks are emitted to the gas area to ignite the gas. The ignition mechanism is the most active part in the evolution of the lighter, and it is also the part with a more complex structure. According to the characteristics of the ignition mechanism, lighters can be divided into six types: flint steel wheel lighters, piezoelectric ceramic lighters, magnetic induction lighters, battery lighters, solar lighters, and microcomputer lighters. The gases used in lighters are mainly flammable gases. Early use of gasoline. Butane, propane and liquefied petroleum gas are mostly used today. They are pressurized and filled into the air storage tank. Once released into the air, they will absorb heat and vaporize and expand rapidly, and are easily ignited. The most primitive lighters were derived from flint point guns. When the spring-loaded trigger is pulled, the blow creates sparks on the flint, igniting dry leaves.
The originator of modern lighters can be said to be the 16th-century European tinder box and its eponymous CHUCK-MUCKRS lighter box. They both work on the same principle, using a tinder to create a spark that ignites the tinder. The difference is that the lighter iron of the tinder box is tied to one side by a chain, while the lighter iron box is completely integrated. The latter is Chinese. When the world's first pistol came out soon, the first early lighter also appeared, because it was changed from a pistol, called a tinder pistol. This lighter has also long been used as a status symbol and office decoration. It was invented by Alfred Danhill. Modern lighters can be divided into liquid lighters and gas lighters according to the fuel used; according to the ignition method, they can be divided into grinding wheel lighters and electronic lighters.
