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Zippo lighter culture, use and identification

ZIPPO's story: It sounds strange. This cigarette lighter called ZIPPO should be out of date from any angle, but men still take pains to collect it and are proud to get the Zippo cigarette lighter from their girlfriends.

The legendary story about ZIPPO refers to blocking a bullet to the chest for soldier Anthony in the war and lighting a flame for help when air force pilot Daniel made an emergency landing. All this sounds far away. Yes, ZIPPO lighters can resist floods, cold and strong winds, but how many people in the world really need these functions? For the vast majority of smokers who don't need to go to the battlefield in Afghanistan or once a year, a disposable lighter of 50 cents is enough.

"Simple, firm and practical" is the design principle of Zippo lighter. The patent obtained after four years of appearance has hardly changed so far: the cover and fuselage are hinged, and there is a perforated windshield around the fire core, which is designed for ventilation; 0.27 inch thick chrome-plated copper cover, plus 0. 18 inch thick stainless steel lining; The fire core made of glass fiber ensures the reliability of combustion, and there are flint wheels that can be used 73,000 times ... "We don't need those high-polymer materials and high-tech ignition systems in the space age." However, it also means that you must change flint and kerosene for your ZIPPO regularly.

A boy sitting in a bar in Mu Zi, wearing Labagaya's floral coat, lit a cigarette with a disposable lighter and said, "Having a ZIPPO lighter is like keeping a pet." Therefore, this durable lighter often becomes an ornament. A man with eight ZIPP lighters O usually uses them to light cigarettes, and it may be a disposable lighter, as some people will say? Quot you don't even have time to raise yourself, but you still have a pet? "In the past, young people were addicted to the indescribable crispness when using ZIPPO to ignite, or showed off the skills of using ZIPPO lighters to ignite jeans and extinguish their flames in front of girls, and collected new commemorative styles of ZIPPO. When they are older, all this will become the same memories as youth itself. However, today's young people have begun to laugh at ZIPPO lighters, nostalgia has become old-fashioned, and flirting has become a clown.

In this world, ZIPPO belongs to some people and only to them.

Zippo lighter classification:

Classic chrome badge series Harry boutique player series wild natural pipe series Harry series

Hollywood cars, antique tattoos, pure copper, collection.

Western series constellation series single engraving series famous wine series matte paint series * * * other series.

Japan and Korea series 2002 series 2003 series 2004 series internal employee relief series

Zippo lighters distinguish between true and false:

At present, there are many fake Zippo lighters on the market, and there are many ways to distinguish them. First look at the appearance. There are circular intaglios on the joints of real Zippo lighters. It is really difficult for the two circular marks of the pressing blade on the casing to be exactly the same on the copying machine, which can also be used as a basis for judgment.

1932- 1956 is written in block letters; 1957- 1976 is written in italics; Since 1977, the trademark modeling of flame pattern has been used. In addition, starting from 1957, the base of ZIPPO lighters is engraved with a mark representing the year of manufacture, which is convenient for collectors to identify. Before that, products could only be judged by S number or design type.

There are four marks representing the year of manufacture, namely [] (from 1957), [|] (from 1966- 1973) and [/] (from1974-1983). Each sign is used for 8 years. There are at most eight of these marks, which are engraved on the left and right sides of the ZIPPO trademark (that is, each mark has at most four marks). However, with the method of decreasing year by year, at least 1 remains.

From the appearance, there is a circular concave print on the top and bottom of the joint of a real Zippo lighter, and the two circular marks on the pressing blade on the shell are really difficult to be exactly the same on the copying machine, which can also be used as a basis for judgment. Real Zippo lighters have a year of manufacture on the bottom.

Since 1986, in addition to the year, the month mark has been added. On the right side of the trademark, Roman numerals indicate the year of manufacture (II stands for 86 years, III stands for 87 years, and IV stands for 88 years); The English letters on the left represent the manufacturing month (A stands for 1 month, B stands for February, and C stands for March). Among the above features, fake Zippo lighters are generally absent or incomplete, and the printing is also very rough. Performance, quality and appearance are not comparable to real Zippo.

In addition, we can also compare the actual use of genuine and fake Zippo lighters.

First: weight

Real Zippo lighters are generally lighter than imitations, because fake Zippo lighters are made of steel or iron, not special materials for Zippo lighters;

Some unscrupulous manufacturers have increased the thickness in pursuit of hard shell.

Second: look at flame and heat resistance.

The fake Zippo lighter emits blue smoke when it burns, and the flame is swaying. In less than 4 minutes, the whole body is completely on fire. A real Zippo lighter won't ignite the fuselage until the fuel runs out. This is because the cover of the fake Zippo lighter is too thick and the heat dissipation effect is poor; The oil storage cotton core in the machine is of poor quality and easy to leak oil.

Third: windproof ability

Put the genuine Zippo lighter 40 cm away from the electric fan, and turn the electric fan to the maximum wind power, but the flame of the genuine Zippo lighter can't be extinguished. The fake Zippo lighter was blown out when the electric fan only turned on the minimum wind. This is because the real Zippo lighter has a high windproof wall; The exhaust hole design is scientific and reasonable; The special wick has good oil absorption performance.

Parts and technology of Zippo lighter;

ZIPPO lighter is simple to operate, but its internal structure is quite precise. There are 2 1 kinds of parts used in lighters, and the manufacturing needs to go through 108 procedures. Include: 1. Cotton core eyelet eyelet 2. Cam spring cam spring 3. Cam cam 4. Cam rivet cam rivet 5. Spring plate 6. In box 7. Absorbent cotton ball rayon ball 8. Cotton pad, felt pad 9. Flint 10. Cotton core. Wick 1 1. Flint 12. Flint wheel rivet 13. Inner tube sleeve 14. Pipe pipe 15. Tip of thimble spring 16. Flint springs. Spring 17. Tighten the screw 18. Upper brass cover with copper shell 19. Hinge 20. Hinge pin 2 1. Lower copper shell brass bottom shell

Zippo lighter tip:

How to load oil: Step 1. Pull out the inner container 1. Pull out the inner container Step 3. Pour in real Zippo oil.

How to replace flint: Step 1. Pull out the inner container step 2. Unscrew the screw from step 3. Take out the flint.

How to change the cotton core: Step 1. Take out the cotton with tweezers. Step two. Put a new cotton core through the windbreak. Step three. Wrap the cotton core in an S-shape to make it fully contact with cotton as much as possible.

ZIPPO daily maintenance

1, how to repair the scratches on the surface of black paint-all paint baking machines will have paint shedding, especially black paint cracking.

I suggest using Japanese model paint (MR, super clean) as the base, applying shoe polish, drying, and then spraying.

If the conditions are not met, it can also be simply repaired with a black oily marker.

Many friends have asked about the fuel consumption of cotton oil lighters. The fundamental reason lies in whether oil is wasted and what is appropriate? Let's learn about absorbent cotton balls first. In fact, absorbent cotton balls are like sponges. The fiber of cotton absorbs liquid and can fix the oil in the lighter.

There is actually no standard for how much fuel is suitable. I suggest you refuel more and refuel less. When you find a machine that works well at ordinary times and the ignition is not good, you usually need to refuel.

But when refueling, sometimes too much oil is added, which will only cause waste for a long time. When refueling, the oil sinks on the top of the machine (the machine is upside down, which is the windshield) due to the influence of the gravity of the earth, and the cotton ball can't see the oil wetting. If you see it wet the cotton ball, add more oil, and the cotton ball is saturated with oil, then you can put the fuselage back on the chassis and the bottom of the chassis.

The function of the bottom felt is actually to prevent oil from flowing out of the cotton ball. The cotton felt is relatively dense, which prevents the oil from flowing out of the cotton felt and plays a role in preventing volatilization. Therefore, the problem of volatilization has little to do with the tightness of the fuselage. The example is obvious. Domestic double gun, Star, Hong Kong-made Shengli and other engine oils use more oil than ZIPPO, because of the problem of bottom felt.

If a pack of cigarettes lasts for half a day, two cans of double-grab 133ml electric oil will be used every year, which is less in winter than in summer. It's enough to refuel every five days in summer, but playing games is another matter.

3. When the cotton oil lighter is used for a long time, the flint powder on the steam turbine and the dirt on the hands will sweat.

A thick layer of dirt is formed on the surface of flint, which greatly affects the success rate of ignition.

You can use a toothbrush to remove the dirt layer ~ after cleaning, light it and find it.

The steam wheel feels like it just started. You can try it.