Thorens single claw, 1914
Title: Thorens single claw
Type: Semi-automatic lighter gasoline
Year: 1920
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 50-200
The patent for the lighter Thorens was received back in 1914, but the lighter was produced around 1920. This is one of the first models of automatic lighters with a lid on the spring: when you press the lid is opened and at the same time carving a spark ignites the wick. The wheel is rotated while the cover is opened with a hook, which in earlier models Thorens was only one side of the wheel, hence the name «single claw». The earliest models had a plug for filling side at the end of the lighter, and later became lighter refueled through a screw hole in the bottom.
Similar lighters:
- Thorens single claw, 1920
- Thorens slim, 1920
- Thorens Teleflam, 1920
- Thorens Sports, 1935
- Thorens Vedette, 1948
23.11.2009 Tags: semi-Categories: 1910, Thorens, Switzerland
11 comment (-ev)
blinowww - 30.11.2009
perhaps vice versa? The earliest had a screw in the bottom and side later?
kypexin - 30.11.2009
Nope :) First there was a plug in the side :)
blinowww - 30.11.2009
but in general the 14th year! I did not notice, sorry))) thought of the 20th released ...
Palladium-Joker - 05.12.2009
My darling :)))
Yuriy - 08.06.2010
No, my! ))
Golden-Joker - 09.06.2010
My ex, has withdrawn you my beauty :)
abedull - 04.09.2011
I have a very similar lighter Thorens without screw holes in the bottom.
On "Leybe" instead of "cross" is written «EXPORT». At the bottom: «DRP 332696-334028»
Q: What is this little thing?
kypexin - 05.09.2011
Apparently, it is the export version, which indicate the number of German patents.
GSpear - 01.10.2011
Small question: read somewhere that the most distinctive feature of the first models is the one-piece tube side and a button (no screws), also wrote that the first models were produced without the ornament on the body. Is it so? and whether there is still any signs of the models of the first parties (material, labels and so forth.)?
kypexin - 25.10.2011
GSpear, read here is a wonderful community: http://thorens-ru.livejournal.com/
There's a lot of information about Thorens collected
GSpear - 26.10.2011
Oh, thank you very much)))
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