Patent ID: 7048538

Claim:
Gas distribution assembly fitted with various taps, adapted for the supply of a gas flow (G) to the top burners of a cook appliance provided with a horizontal cooking plane (CP) and a vertical front wall (FP) comprising: a gas manifold conduit ( 2 ) supported under said horizontal cooking plane (CP) and provided with a gas conducting central part ( 2 a ) connected to a gas feeder nipple ( 3 ); said various taps (C 1 –C 4 ) being of a rotary type, each provided with an outlet conduit ( 8 ) for supplying a gas flow (G) to the respective burner, a drive shaft ( 16 ) for regulating said gas flow (G), and an arched mounting base ( 14 ) having a built-in gas inlet connected directly to the manifold conduit ( 2 ); wherein the manifold conduit ( 2 ) is of a straight configuration and has at least one mounting tubular part ( 2 b ) extended axially from said conducting central part ( 2 a ), and adapted in its shape for the fitting of two rotary taps (C 1 –C 4 ), with their mounting bases ( 14 ) superimposed opposite each other encircling the manifold tubular part ( 2 b ), and attached to it by means of common screws ( 10 ); a supporting means ( 12 ) for the gas distribution assembly ( 1 ) within a housing (H×W) of the cooking appliance, anchored on a horizontal structural base (SB) of the appliance, with a horizontal central axis ( 6 ) of the manifold conduit oriented at right angles to this front wall (FP) of the appliance, and the tap drive shafts ( 16 ) standing out of said cooking plane (CP); wherein, as there are three or four taps (C 1 –C 4 ) mounted on the gas manifold conduit ( 2 ), their drive shafts ( 16 ) occupy a geometric square (D×D) drawn by them on the horizontal cooking plane (CP).