Re: Pull out cigar lighter (1928)
Posted by HH56 On 2022/8/20 10:44:07
Is there a patent number on the housing? I believe Packard as did most other mfgs used a similar pull out lighter. I have found what appears to be a patent with drawings for a typical 1928 element part but not for the housing and reel part. If there are some numbers and a patent could be found for the reel section perhaps the inner parts and what makes the electrical connection to the wire could be figured out.
There are postings on other forums about similar lighters and how they operate. The description for one of them mentions the lighter will not turn on until the reel has unspooled a certain length of cable and does not turn off until all the cable is reeled back in. If this is the case with the Packard unit, logically there must be a brush or two inside for the 6v and ground contact to the reel and wire and probably some sort of screw arrangement that pushes or pulls the reel into contact with one of the brushes to make the on/off connection.
Using the element drawing as a reference, If there is no power to either the center or to the element end that folds back over some metal at the other electrical connection then the problem would most likely be at the reel mechanism but if there is power at the pullout section then a burned out or disconnected element would be most likely. One of the connections would have 6v and the other would be grounded but no idea whether the center or the end point would be at 6v
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There are postings on other forums about similar lighters and how they operate. The description for one of them mentions the lighter will not turn on until the reel has unspooled a certain length of cable and does not turn off until all the cable is reeled back in. If this is the case with the Packard unit, logically there must be a brush or two inside for the 6v and ground contact to the reel and wire and probably some sort of screw arrangement that pushes or pulls the reel into contact with one of the brushes to make the on/off connection.
Using the element drawing as a reference, If there is no power to either the center or to the element end that folds back over some metal at the other electrical connection then the problem would most likely be at the reel mechanism but if there is power at the pullout section then a burned out or disconnected element would be most likely. One of the connections would have 6v and the other would be grounded but no idea whether the center or the end point would be at 6v
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element.jpg (278.00 KB)
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