Patent ID: 8912469
Filing Date: 2014-12-16
Classification: F24C

Abstract:
1. A safety device comprising regulator means for regulating the supply of electricity and/or fuel to an appliance, which regulator means by default cuts off the supply of electricity and/or fuel, and user operable control means which, responsive to a first operation of the user operable control means by a user, causes the regulator means to allow the supply of electricity and/or fuel for a predetermined first period of time, wherein the user operable control means is configured to extend the predetermined first period of time for which the regulator means allows electricity and/or fuel to be supplied responsive to the user operating the user operable control means again, wherein the response of the user operable control means to operation by the user also depends on the time of day such that the predetermined first period of time varies depending upon the time of day that the user operable control means is operated.