Patent ID: 8539942
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: F24C

Abstract:
1. A stove, including: a burner, a fuel reservoir for storing a fuel gas, a fuel passage communicating between the fuel reservoir and the burner, a stop valve in the fuel passage which is operable to control the supply of fuel gas from the fuel reservoir to the burner, a normally open emergency shut-off valve mounted at the fuel passage, said emergency shut-off valve being operable to close the fuel passage to stop fuel gas flow through said fuel passage when the stove is tipped away from a normal upstanding operating position by a preset amount, wherein the emergency shut-off valve comprises a valve chamber having an inlet for communicating with the fuel reservoir and an outlet for communication with the fuel passage to the burner, a valve seat at the outlet, a valve member movable through the valve chamber between a disengaged open position and an engaged closed position in sealing engagement with the valve seat, and wherein the emergency shut-off valve is engagable with an inlet of the fuel passage and a pin on the stop valve is engagable through the inlet of the fuel passage when the stop valve is in the closed position to disengage the emergency shut-off valve from the inlet to reset the emergency shut-off valve into an open position.