Scripto Vu-Lighter, 1950
Manufacturer: Scripto Inc.
Name: Scripto Vu-Lighter
Type: gasoline lighter
Material: Plastic, brass
Year: 1950
Country: United States
Approximate cost: $ 20-70
Lighter Scripto was one of the first plastic lighters, and it allows you to visually estimate the amount of gasoline remaining in it. Its mechanism has been equipped with a system pumping fuel to the wick, for this is a special button on the side of the lighter, and the wick itself was constantly immersed in the fuel chamber. Such a mechanism virtually eliminates evaporation of gasoline, as in conventional lighters where the wick was inserted directly into the fuel tank. Scripto - absolute champion of integrity among petrol lighters: even today you can find items that have 50-60 years remained gasoline in the fuel chamber.
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14.03.2010 
Tags: Wind-proof, plastic Categories: 1950, Scripto, USA
23 comments (-ev)
A curious fact - this design was stale neillyuzorno non anlogov Soviet designers for the first time in the world. :)
Otlichalast from progenitor in that slices tank inserted slides are not usually subject Leningrad.
This Soviet shone on Zippo Collector'e:
http://s004.radikal.ru/i206/1001/ce/9dabf462bb3d.jpg
http://zippocollector.ru/forum/other-lighter-brands/zippo-28/page-3
2 botas - Thank you, very informative!
so dumb for sho :)
It is a pity that the owner of the "Soviet" Scripts disappeared and photos are no longer spread.
But there is a suspicion that the scripts can not replace the wick.
At least, on a sticker on the case - not a word. A tear out the wick of his once frill strangles :)
When collecting scripts Old pro - somewhere in the internet mentioned that the wick does not change. See the instructions in the paper to the script - so ibee if there is, then shot small.
Here are some scripts, good collection.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/siegmanandsons/sets/72157622468316174/
Mystery wick disclosed. Staffing he really does not change. Written on a single script on a sticker at the back:
«WICKS. Permanent wick requires no service. If lost, contact Scripto »
I am seen in the sale kit. One point lighter, and a lot of spare parts, all sealed. What were all I do not remember, but remember exactly. There was a plastic cup -Lower part. And a middle portion, which is a button paging, there were a lot of different colors. There was something else I do not remember. From this we can conclude that the lighter is completely collapsible. I'll try to make out some of those killed.
http://talks.guns.ru/forummessage/21/453775-2.html - here someone collapse of the Soviet clone scripts - can prigodlitsya infa?
Hartman, Yeah, destroyed so that the body-tight glass paste back to the middle part, IMHO, is unlikely to succeed, too short ledge when connecting:
http://zippocollector.ru/blog/wp-content/forum-images/Scripto_patent_1.jpg
sspas, interesting naborchik. But it seems to me that the case-glass glued to the middle of the once and tightly. Considered this red that is in the photo - at the junction of the transparent plastic is slightly melted probably due to the impact of glue.
Yes, the design is virtually disassembled as well as collapsible, roughly, Chinese disposable lighter. Fracture design. :)
It's funny - all going, going to buy a script, "Schaub Bulo" - but did not find the time ...
Their diversity is :)
http://zippocollector.ru/forum/other-lighter-brands/zippo-28/page-8/#p6401
The one with the coin - it's expensive for the script went.
It turned out all interessno wick.
http://www.auctiva.com/hostedimages/showimage.aspx?gid=124228&ppid=1122&image=358278182&images=358278182,358278206&formats=0,0&format=0
http://www.auctiva.com/hostedimages/showimage.aspx?gid=124228&ppid=1122&image=358278206&images=358278182,358278206&formats=0,0&format=0 Этонабор Scripts for the repair, the wick with a sly Tools for replacement (recall Tampax), three flint and screw the tank.
http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-SCRIPTO-VU-LIGHTER-REPAIR-KIT_W0QQitemZ360246305980QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item53e05a64bc
But the price tags on the scripts I like that I can not digest dosihpor - it is very expensive for such a structure made of plastic. The reptilian asphyxia guaranteed in my case. :)
The film "Anxiety Sunday" (1983. USSR Director: Rudolf Fruntov)
Summary: A woman throws Skripto VU-lighter, lighter lopaetsya, gasoline and follows the entire movie people extinguish the burning tanker.
Hartman, a set of wonderful :) This is a pity, and even used for its intended purpose in the repair of scripts, too good for collection.
Another mystery (replacement wick) fewer scripts.
Stas13, serious woman throws a script? Film remember - there is a woman. I would have to reconsider.
Soviet "script" was mentioned in the Russian press in 1997, the year.
http://zippocollector.ru/archives/2072
"... In the 70 years the domestic industry has created a macabre parody of the" Zippo ". The tank of gasoline is made of transparent plastic, and in the fuel splashed slide overlooking some scoop the sights. Before a spark, I had a long press on the special button to irrigate the gasoline stunted body of the wick ... "
I found this picture in a book set, which wrote above. This is seen in the market.
http://vintagelighters.ru/wp-content/uploads/alkivia/users/sspas15.jpg
Oh Well you e-my :) Salesman Sample Kit is always interesting, and only such skriptovskogo I've never seen!
It is interesting here that - got myself Scripto VU ... made in France. It turns out - made of the same in France, where licenses Scripto. On the look and feel - from the US does not differ in principle.
where to buy Russian creaking or her a copy of the slide Peter?
yura-kirillov: on eBay or hammer
But almost bought it ... Well, these carburetors and disposable wicks.
* But both want ..! :( And not with bricks and with a magic flower: (((*
Normally they know, there is a very low melting plastic - heated thin blade is very easy to separate the transparent container, and then just priplavit it back. And you can change the gum, the main tell. The hardest gently remove the top metal cover (wick inserted through a narrow opening in cotton wool, cotton wool if pre-stretch a little thin screwdriver - to replace the wick also not be a problem)
dedulinu Soviet moloosti for broke here restores. in general, there is little barbaric but vsezhzhe deyskvenny method if your hands grow from the right place it can advise on and remove the flints akuratno remove part of the tube where it is and then cover in place with a spring and protected from the wind will turn. Further tkruchivaem bolt and voila wick a hundred times a day change
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