Patent ID: 7360751

Claim:
A magnet unit for use with thermoelectric flame failure devices on gas-fired appliances, the magnet unit including a solenoid ( 9 ) with a coil ( 20 ), wherein a core ( 8 ) is attached in a recess ( 6 ) on the front side of a base ( 1 ) and a movable anchor ( 16 ) is activated by a recoil spring ( 18 ) that is linked with a valve closing element ( 17 ), and with a protective cap ( 3 ) attached on a shoulder ( 2 ) of the base ( 1 ) within which the anchor ( 16 ) and the solenoid ( 9 ) are located, with a first end ( 23 ) of the coil ( 20 ) of the solenoid ( 9 ) led to a connecting contact ( 24 ) located on the other front side of the base ( 1 ), comprising: the shoulder ( 2 ), on its side facing away from the base ( 1 ), having a raised circumferential annular flange ( 21 ) which is located inside the protective cap ( 3 ), enclosing and protruding over a front surface ( 22 ) of the shoulder ( 2 ) and that a second end ( 27 ) of the coil ( 20 ) is attached on the front surface ( 22 ), the annular flange ( 21 ) extending over the second end ( 27 ) to prevent contact between the second end ( 27 ) and the protective cap ( 3 ).