Patent ID: 8051849
Filing Date: 2011-11-08
Classification: A47J,F24C

Abstract:
1. A gas cooking appliance comprising a plurality of spaced-apart taps situated in fixed and non-moveable locations within the gas cooking appliance, each of the taps having a rotatable operating shaft coupled to an associated control knob situated on a pivoting control panel, the pivoting control panel connected to a pivot shaft and pivotal between a first angular position and a second angular position, each of the control knobs coupled to its associated tap by a coupling, each of the couplings comprising a stationary transmission shaft having a first end and a second end, a pivoting transmission shaft having a first end and a second end, and a single universal joint that couples the second end of the pivoting transmission shaft to the first end of the stationary transmission shaft, the first end of the pivoting transmission shaft coupled with the control knob, the second end of the stationary transmission shaft coupled to the rotatable operating shaft of the tap, each of the universal joints situated proximate the pivot shaft.