At the same time they were marketing children's sparking toys which used the same flint material. The Banjo lighter was a huge success for Ronson and under Louis Aronson's direction they continued to experiment and recieve patents for lighter mechanisms, body designs and they received many patents for improvements to their lighters. Ronson recieved the first patent for an automatic lighter, meaning press and it lights & release and it goes out, this lighter was named the Banjo. The wand that struck against the flint material in striker models was soon replaced by a flint wheel which was capable of shooting a shower of sparks onto a fixed position wick. Not long after, Ronson applied for many different patents for lighters, some of which featured a newly designed automatic mechanism on a lighter later named the Banjo, after it's distinctive shape. Striker because a steel wand is struck on a strip of flint producing sparks. The wonderliter style, and others that followed, are collectively called Strikeor Striker lighters. It was a simple device which utilized the newly developed flint. Ronson began production of a pocket lighter in 1913 which they named Wonderliter and a wonder it must have been in it's day. He marketed his invention as Original Auermetall and many of his discoveries are still utilized today. Carl Auer von Welsbach's safe flint material, which when struck with steel would produce sparks capable of igniting a wick, marked the birth of modern lighters. In the early 1910's, as America began to transform into an increasingly urbanized society, smoking became a popular leisure-time activity. (Tobacco producers promoted this idea through very effective advertising) Smoking was considered to be sophisticated, a sign of accomplishment and heightened social status. Aronson, et al, in 1897 and was incorporated in 1898, in Newark, N.J.Īttitudes towards smoking were much different long ago. Ronson has a long and illustrious history of producing high quality cigar and cigarette lighters as well as stylish smoking accessories and Art items for home, office and commercial use. This site pays tribute to the amazing history of lighters, smoking accessories and artistic metal wares produced by The Art Metal Works which was also known as Art Metal Works, Inc., Ronson Art Metal Works, Inc., The Ronson Corporation, and hereafter referred to as Ronson.
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