Patent ID: 6615822
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: F23D

Abstract:
A gas cooking appliance comprising:a support plate is provided with at least one aperture; at least one gas burner is disposed in relation with said aperture and is provided with a gas injector having a bearing surface; a gas supply tube has a side wall and an end portion a part of which is axially screwed to said injector; one of said injector and said tube end portion is engaged though said aperture in said support plate, and said injector and tube end portion extend essentially one on each side of said support plate; said side wall of said tube end portion is annularly folded so as to form a radially protruding annular flange integral with said tube end portion; and said annular flange is clamped in a sealed way against one of a peripheral edge of said aperture and said bearing surface of said injector, whereby, when said injector and said tube end portion are being assembled one on each side of said support plate, a seal is provided between said tube and said injector, and between the top and the underside of said support plate around the edge of said aperture, and whereby simultaneously said injector secured to said tube end portion is mechanically hold in a centered position in said aperture with an outlet orifice of said injector situated in a predetermined axial position above said support plate.