IMCO Triplex
Introduced 1936 (model family)
Wind-protected semi-automatic petrol ignition
Vault / Historic model index
Historical Petrol Lighter Models
Book-derived historical profiles, checked against independent records where possible. These reference pages are not offers to sell or claims that the pictured examples are in stock.
10 cross-referenced model profiles in this first expansion batch. For 215 individually photographed flat advertising lighter entries, use the existing advertising archive.
Photographs are not reproduced here until source rights and specimen identification are verified. Source publication dates and model-specific production dates are carefully distinguished.
Austria
France
Lancel Automatique (petrol)
Late 1920s–1930s documented patent context
Spring-assisted / automatic liquid-fuel ignition
Great Britain
Alfred Dunhill Unique (early petrol version)
1920s; exact initial model date needs primary documentation
Lift-arm / horizontal flint-wheel petrol mechanism
Beney Model 202
Historic Beney production; model-specific dates unconfirmed
Manual pocket lighter
Japan
Sarome (S.G.W. Mfg. Co.) Robin
1951–1955 (manufacturer history)
Automatic liquid-fuel pocket lighter
Sarome (S.G.W. Mfg. Co.) Swallow
1951–1955 (manufacturer history)
Adonis-type automatic liquid-fuel lighter
Switzerland
Thorens Oriflam
Circa 1931 (collector attribution)
Semi-automatic mechanical flint-and-wick petrol lighter
Thorens Original / Single Claw
Original family from 1914; patent granted 1920
Claw-driven friction-wheel, liquid-fuel lighter
United States
Ronson / Art Metal Works Banjo
First marketed 1926; Smithsonian example made 1927
Single-action automatic flint-wheel and wick ignition
Ronson / Art Metal Works Wonderlite
1913 (manufacturer history)
Permanent-match style early liquid-fuel ignition