Vintage Cigarette Lighters

Lighters

TCW (Treibacher Chemische Werke)

Austria

Ever (From TCW)

Ever Squeeze Type Lighter

c. 1930s

Gloric Lighter

c. 1955 This is a petrol lighter with a liquid fuel tank (no cotton or wadding - just lighter fluid) and a 'carburetor system' instead of a standard wick. The carburetor is surrounded by a fiberglass wick for the flame. This part (metallic center and fiberglass wick) moves back down into the body of the lighter when the lighter is closed rather than remaining in a stationary position as with a normal wick. Over many years I have used a lot of lighters. This is far and away the best lighter I have ever used! It lights every time and the lighter fluid lasts 'forever' in it.
LJL-0A0

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Ready (From TCW)

Ready Squeeze Type Lighter

c. 1935 These have an unusual filling method in that the top of the tank - where the wick is - is pulled out for filling (see pictures). This does make it very easy to change the wick, when necessary!

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Regens (From TCW)

The Regens pocket lighter was patented by Alois Kaufmann who was from Vienna, Austria.

Regens Squeeze Type Lighter

Patent number search indicates a patent filed March 30, 1931 and issued February 7, 1933 in the USA. This patent was also filed on February 28, 1931 in Austria.

One ad touting the versatility of this lighter suggests lighting the lighter and then pulling out the tank (as Illustrated in the additional photos) for lighting a campfire. Most of these squeeze type lighters have similar, removable tanks.

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Taifun (From TCW)

1940s

Team (From TCW)

Team Squeeze Lighter

c. 1920-1930

Taber Bushnell & Co.

Flare Tube Lighter

c. early 1950s probably as it has a steel case and that was a time of brass shortages. "1000 Lights Between Refills" according to packaging.
DIL-0A0

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Taifun - SEE: TRW

Tarlton

Tarlton Push Button Automatic Lighter

The push button on the back activates a lever causing the lighter to open and concurrently the flint wheel to rotate on the flint and cause a spark, igniting the wick; releasing the button closes the snuffer.
HMK-00G

Taylor Manufacturing Corp.

59 12th Avenue, Newark, NJ

Taylor-Made Aluminum Block Lighter

late 1940s

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Team - SEE: TCW

Tee-Vee

California, USA

Tee-Vee Aluminum Block Lighter

c. early 1950s
ABL-0AD

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Teeco - SEE: Penguin

Thoro-Lite

Thoro-Lite Pipe Lighter

Aluminum construction. c. 1949
KWK-0AH

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Tigges

San Francisco, CA

Tigges Snapmatic Lighter

Late 1940s - early 1950s Made in San Francisco, California by Tigges and only produced for a couple of years. Tigges is a jewelery store that is still located on Geary Street in San Francisco. Eberhard Tigges was the Stores Founder, namesake & inventor of these great lighters.

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Tommy

England

Tommy Windproof Wheel Lighter

c. mid-1930s These closely resemble the Karl Wieden (KW) wheel lighters. They have a wind screen and liquid fuel tank.

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Topper - SEE: Continental Co.

Tops - SEE: Dimmer Mfg.

Torchcraft

Japan

Torchcraft "His Majesty" Table Lighter

There is an interesting automatic lighting mechanism on this heavy metal lighter - pushing the lever on the back raises the diamond shaped peak of the crown and causes the flint wheel to strike the flint and a spark lights the wick.
GBL-0AE

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Tornado

Tornado Windshield Lighter

c. 1910s These were some of the early lighters imported by <MEB> along with Imco. The <MEB> brand appears on some.
HUK-0AA

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Transfo

Made in France by D'Alton Co.

Transfo Fuelless Lighter

This lighter operates by polling out a handle on the side and turning it. The turning grinds a flint wheel against a flint producing a constant and hot stream of sparks, generating enough heat to light a cigarette. The additional pictures show the mechanism as well as the sparks produced. c. 1950
HVK-0EE

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Triumph

Germany

Triumph Lighter

Nice semi-automatic lighter with a mechanism that reminds of KW as well as a liquid fuel tank.
HSL-0BH

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Turner & Seymour Mfg.

Torrington, CT

Shoot-A-Lite Safety Gas Lighter

c. 1960This 'lighter' shoots sparks in order to facilitate lighting gas appliances so it is not necessary to do so with a match. Actually, shoots quite a little fireworks show - see 'Another View'.
JdK-00C

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Twix

Twix Lighter

JBK-0AB

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