Patent ID: 6891335

Claim:
An electric gas lighting device ( 1 ) comprising an ignition circuit ( 5 ) for generating sparks at at least one burner ( 3 ) of a cooking range ( 2 ); said ignition circuit ( 5 ) being connected to a supply line ( 10 ) supplying a supply voltage (V s ), and comprising a discharge generating circuit ( 14 ), and enabling means ( 41 ) for alternatively enabling and disabling spark generation in the discharge generating circuit ( 14 ) when connected to and, respectively, disconnected from a reference potential line ( 33 ); said electric gas lighting device also comprising hand-operated switch means ( 7 ) having at least a first terminal ( 71 ) connected to a first terminal ( 43 ) of said enabling means ( 41 ) by a connecting line ( 35 ) defined by a single insulated conductor, and at least a second terminal ( 72 ) connected to said reference potential line ( 33 ); characterized in that a first node ( 16 ) of said discharge generating circuit ( 14 ) is connected to said reference potential line ( 33 ), and a second node ( 15 ) of said discharge generating circuit ( 14 ) is connected to a second terminal ( 44 ) of said enabling means ( 41 ).