Patent ID: 7243647
Filing Date: 2007-07-17
Classification: F24C,G05G,H01H

Abstract:
1. A device for controlling the gas-burner rings of a cooking surface, said device comprising: a gas tap equipped with a control knob; an axially mobile element carried by the gas tap, the mobile element further comprising an annular seat disposed on an external side surface of said mobile element; a catenary element operable to ignite the gas-burner rings, the catenary element comprising a microswitch; and a contrast element carried axially by the mobile element, said contrast element comprising a bushing fitted directly, via snap action, on said mobile element, the bushing further comprising: a mounting sleeve configured to mount the contrast element on said mobile element; a circular flange, any angular portion thereof configured to bear upon said microswitch and actuate said microswitch as a result of an axial motion of the mobile element; a radially internal annular detent configured to lockingly engage the mobile element; a radial slit interrupting the continuity of the flange; and a pair of radially opposed internal circumferential slots disposed in an angular position corresponding to that of said slit the pair of radially opposing internal circumferential slots interrupting the continuity of the detent.