EN ISO 9994:2019

Lighters - Safety specification (ISO 9994:2018)

This document specifies requirements for lighters to ensure a reasonable degree of safety for normal use or reasonably foreseeable misuse of such lighters by users.
This document applies to all flame-producing products commonly known as cigarette lighters, cigar lighters and pipe lighters.
It does not apply to matches and flame-producing products intended solely for igniting materials other than cigarettes, cigars, and pipes.

Feuerzeuge - Festlegungen für die Sicherheit (ISO 9994:2018)

Dieses Dokument legt Anforderungen für Feuerzeuge im Hinblick auf ein angemessenes Sicherheitsniveau bei bestimmungsgemäßem Gebrauch oder bei vorhersehbarem, beabsichtigtem Missbrauch solcher Feuerzeuge durch Benutzer fest.
Dieses Dokument gilt für alle flammenerzeugenden Produkte, die allgemein als Feuerzeuge für Zigaretten, Zigarren und Pfeifen bekannt sind.
Es gilt nicht für Streichhölzer oder andere flammenproduzierende Produkte, die ausschließlich zum Anzünden von anderen Gegenständen als Zigaretten, Zigarren und Pfeifen gedacht sind.

Briquets - Spécifications de sécurité (ISO 9994:2018)

Le présent document spécifie des exigences relatives aux briquets qui permettent d'assurer aux utilisateurs un niveau de sécurité raisonnable lors de leur usage normal ou anormal mais raisonnablement prévisible.
Le présent document couvre tous les produits de consommation produisant une flamme, communément désignés sous les appellations de briquets pour cigarettes, briquets pour cigares et briquets pour pipes.
Il ne s'applique pas aux allumettes ni aux dispositifs produisant une flamme destinée uniquement à allumer des matériaux autres que des cigarettes, des cigares et des pipes.

Vžigalniki - Varnostna specifikacija (ISO 9994:2018)

Ta dokument določa zahteve za vžigalnike, s katerimi se zagotovi razumna stopnja varnosti za normalno
uporabo ali razumno predvidljivo zlorabo takih vžigalnikov s strani uporabnikov.
Ta dokument velja za vse izdelke, ki proizvajajo plamen in so splošno znani kot vžigalniki za cigarete, cigare in pipe.
Ne uporablja se za vžigalice in izdelke, ki proizvajajo plamen, in so namenjeni izključno za vžig drugih materialov
kot so cigarete, cigare in pipe.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 22-Jan-2019
• Withdrawal Date: 30-Jul-2019
• ICS: 97.180 - Miscellaneous domestic and commercial equipment
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 355 - Project Committee - Lighters
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 355 - Project Committee - Lighters
• Current Stage: 6060 - Definitive text made available (DAV) - Publishing
• Start Date: 23-Jan-2019
• Completion Date: 23-Jan-2019
• Directive: 2001/95/EC - Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 December 2001 on general product safety
• Mandate: M/266 - Standardization mandate to CEN in the field of the safety of consumers and children related to lighters
• Ref Project: SIST EN ISO 9994:2019 - Lighters - Safety specification (ISO 9994:2018)

Relations

• Replaces: EN ISO 9994:2006/A1:2008 - Lighters - Safety specification - Amendment 1: Clarification of structural requirements (ISO 9994:2006/Amd 1:2008)
• Effective Date: 30-Jan-2019
• Replaces: EN ISO 9994:2006 - Lighters - Safety specification (ISO 9994:2005)
• Effective Date: 12-Feb-2014

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-marec-2019
1DGRPHãþD
SIST EN ISO 9994:2006
SIST EN ISO 9994:2006/A1:2008
Vžigalniki - Varnostna specifikacija (ISO 9994:2018)
Lighters - Safety specification (ISO 9994:2018)
Feuerzeuge - Festlegungen für die Sicherheit (ISO 9994:2018)
Briquets - Spécifications de sécurité (ISO 9994:2018)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 9994:2019
ICS:
97.180 Razna oprema za dom in Miscellaneous domestic and
trgovino commercial equipment
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN ISO 9994
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
January 2019
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 97.180 Supersedes EN ISO 9994:2006
English Version
Lighters - Safety specification (ISO 9994:2018)
Briquets - Spécifications de sécurité (ISO 9994:2018) Feuerzeuge - Festlegungen für die Sicherheit (ISO
9994:2018)
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 19 December 2018.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this
European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references
concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN
member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by
translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management
Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
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Turkey and United Kingdom.
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Contents Page
European foreword . 3

European foreword
This document (EN ISO 9994:2019) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 61 "Plastics" in
collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 355 “Lighters” the secretariat of which is held by
AFNOR.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by July 2019, and conflicting national standards shall be
withdrawn at the latest by July 2019.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN ISO 9994:2006.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the
European Free Trade Association.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey and the United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 9994:2018 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 9994:2019 without any modification.

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 9994
Fifth edition
2018-12
Lighters — Safety specifications
Briquets — Spécifications de sécurité
Reference number
ISO 9994:2018(E)
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ISO 9994:2018(E)
Contents  Page
Foreword .v
Introduction .vi
1  Scope . 1
2  Normative references . 1
3  Terms and definitions . 1
4  Functional requirements . 3
4.1 Flame generation . 3
4.2 Flame heights . 3
4.2.1 Non-adjustable lighters . . 4
4.2.2 Adjustable lighters . 4
4.3 Flame-height adjustment . 6
4.4 Resistance to spitting or sputtering and flaring . 7
4.5 Flame extinction . 7
4.6 Volumetric displacement of fuel . 8
4.7 Mass of fuel . 8
5  Structural integrity requirements . 8
5.1 External finish . 8
5.2 Compatibility with fuel . 8
5.3 Resistance to fuel loss . 8
5.4 Resistance to dropping . 9
5.5 Resistance to elevated temperature . 9
5.6 Resistance to internal pressure . 9
5.7 Burning behaviour . 9
5.8 Resistance to cyclic burning .10
5.9 Resistance to continuous burning .10
6  Test methods .11
6.1 Test specimens and test sequencing .11
6.1.1 Test specimens.11
6.1.2 Test sequencing.11
6.2 Flame height measurement .11
6.2.1 Apparatus .11
6.2.2 Procedure .11
6.3 Spitting, sputtering and flaring tests .11
6.3.1 General.11
6.3.2 Procedure .11
6.4 Flame extinction test.12
6.4.1 Apparatus .12
6.4.2 Procedure .12
6.5 Fuel compatibility test .13
6.5.1 General.13
6.5.2 Apparatus .13
6.5.3 Procedure .13
6.6 Refilling test .15
6.6.1 General.15
6.6.2 Apparatus .15
6.6.3 Procedure .15
6.7 Volumetric fuel-displacement test .16
6.7.1 General.
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