Patent ID: 6640802
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: F23N,F24B,F24C,Y10T

Abstract:
An actuation device for a gas distribution valve connected to a burner provided with a control thermocouple for the flame presence, said valve comprising:a gas inlet duct; two or more gas delivery ducts; at least one gas interception plug controlling selectively said inlet duct and said delivery ducts, said plug being controlled through axial movement of a stem belonging to said valve and being mounted on said stem for axial reciprocation therewith; and electrical system cooperating with said thermocouple and said interception plug for the gas inlet duct, wherein said device comprises a flexible wire sliding inside a sheath fixed at one end to said stem of said valve and at the other end to a control lever rotatable relative to a support plane according to discreet positions corresponding to various positions of the interception plug.