Patent ID: 6541721
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: F24C,H01H,Y02B

Abstract:
A gas-burner lighter apparatus, comprising an electrical switch, and a maneuvering stem that is free to slide along and turn about its own axis within a cock body of a gas-supply cock to control gas supply, the electrical switch comprising a shell that is configured to be fixed to the cock body, a control rod that is free to slide within the shell, a first contact and a second contact each enclosed within the shell and arranged to close or open an electrical circuit of the gas-burner lighter, wherein the control rod is constrained to the maneuvering stem in such a way as to translate in an integral way with the latter in both directions of sliding of the maneuvering stem without thereby being forced to rotate with the maneuvering stem, the control rod being arranged to set in electrical connection the first and second contacts in correspondence with at least one position of the maneuvering stem, the first and second contacts being otherwise separate from one another.