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An automobile auxiliary power outlet (also known as car cigarette lighter or auxiliary power outlet [1]) in an automobile was initially designed to power an electrically heated cigarette lighter, [1] but became a de facto standard DC connector to supply electrical power for portable accessories used in or near an automobile directly from the ...
A BIC lighter is a disposable lighter in production by Société Bic since 1973. [1] [2] [3] According to the company, "BIC is the world's largest manufacturer of branded pocket lighters" and has "sold over 30 billion lighters!" (as of February 2024). [4] BIC lighter (top view)
American inventor George G. Blaisdell founded Zippo Manufacturing Company in 1932 and produced the first Zippo lighter in early 1933, being inspired by an Austrian cigarette lighter of similar design made by IMCO. [7] It got its name because Blaisdell liked the sound of the word "zipper," and "zippo" sounded more modern. [8]
Clipper lighters; on the left, the flint system which has been removed from the orange one. Clipper is the brand name of a type of refillable butane lighter, designed by Enric Sardà and owned by Flamagas S.A. [1] since 1959. The lighters are mostly produced in Barcelona, with others manufactured in Chennai and Shanghai. [2]
A lighter is a portable device that uses a flammable fluid and a means of ignition to generate a flame. ... Cigarette lighter brands (9 P) Pages in category "Lighters"
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A lighter is a type of flat-bottomed barge used to transfer goods and passengers to and from moored ships. Lighters were traditionally unpowered and were moved and steered using long oars called "sweeps" and the motive power of water currents.
Lighter fluid or lighter fuel may refer to: Butane, a highly flammable, colourless, easily liquefied gas used in gas-type lighters and butane torches; Naphtha, a volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixture used in wick-type lighters and burners; Charcoal lighter fluid, an aliphatic petroleum solvent used in lighting charcoal in a barbecue grill