EP3249298B1 - Dispositif de cuisson ayant un robinet de gaz - Google Patents

Dispositif de cuisson ayant un robinet de gaz Download PDF

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EP3249298B1
EP3249298B1 EP17172673.0A EP17172673A EP3249298B1 EP 3249298 B1 EP3249298 B1 EP 3249298B1 EP 17172673 A EP17172673 A EP 17172673A EP 3249298 B1 EP3249298 B1 EP 3249298B1
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Ercan Bagis
Ergin Gönen
Hakan Sengün
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23N—REGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION
    • F23N1/00—Regulating fuel supply
    • F23N1/007—Regulating fuel supply using mechanical means
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24C—DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES ; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F24C3/00—Stoves or ranges for gaseous fuels
    • F24C3/12—Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23N—REGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION
    • F23N2235/00—Valves, nozzles or pumps
    • F23N2235/12—Fuel valves
    • F23N2235/24—Valve details

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  • the present invention relates to cooking devices having at least one gas tap thereon which guides gas according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Gas taps in general comprise a body, a guidance element bedded in the body and providing gas flow with suitable flow rate, a cover covering the body in a manner preventing reaching the guidance element, and a shaft passing through the cover.
  • On the body there is a gas inlet section and at least one gas outlet section.
  • the function of said guidance element is to guide the gas, entering into the tap through the gas inlet section, to the gas outlet section with suitable flow rate.
  • gas having flow rate which is suitable for the burning position in the burners as desired by the user, is guided to the burners.
  • the user adjusts the burning position by means of a control element fixed to the shaft of the tap.
  • This control element is in general a rotary control knob.
  • a device for maneuvering a cock for shutting off and regulating gas supplied to a burning apparatus as well as for actuating an auxiliary member which controls correct operation of the burning apparatus during lighting and/or operating steps.
  • means for transmitting movement that comprise cam surfaces having conjugated and opposed profiles to enable the cock control stem to be selectively driven in rotation or axially translated.
  • a cooking device having a gas tap is also described by DE2943996A .
  • the object of the present invention is to facilitate the required action for gas passage in gas taps only by means of turning the control element by the user by exerting less force.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide usage of gas taps with pop-out rotary control knobs besides rotary control knobs.
  • the present invention is a cooking device having a gas tap comprising a body, a guidance element bedded at an inner section of the body, a second flexible element placed inside said guidance element, a shaft having a shaft extension, said shaft extension engaging to an opening provided on the gas guidance element, in order to transfer the a rotation movement to the guidance element, which is required for gas passage, in an axial direction and in a rotation direction.
  • Said gas tap further comprises a movement transfer element fixed on the shaft and having an extension embodied in an angled manner thereon; and an axially movable rod positioned in a parallel manner with respect to the shaft and having a support protrusion at an angle permitting rotational movement such that the angle of the extension meets the angle of the support protrusion and positioned in a manner corresponding to the extension, wherein an extension upper face of the extension and a protrusion lower face of the support protrusion contact in a manner providing advancing of the shaft in the axial direction and wherein said rod advances in an axial manner as an extension lower face of the extension and a protrusion upper face of the support protrusion contact in a manner providing returning of the movement transfer element to an initial position thereof as the shaft is turned in a rotation reverse direction.
  • the burner is ignited by providing axial movement of the shaft without the need to apply pressure.
  • the shaft is turned in the rotation direction and as it advances in the axial direction, in order to provide the required movement to be transferred to the guidance element for gas passage, a solution is provided which is simple and easy-to-produce and which has similar dimensions to the dimensions of the gas tap and thus, which does not lead to extra space occupation.
  • the shaft is returned to the initial position, in other words, the shaft is returned to the reference position.
  • the faces of the extension and of the support protrusion are radially angled.
  • the corresponding faces of the extension and of the support protrusion contact each other and they easily grab each other.
  • a contact pair of an ignition switch connected to the shaft contact to each other with the shaft advancing in the axial direction during the shaft is turned in the rotation direction.
  • the igniter becomes functional and burning is realized in the burner.
  • the gas tap comprises a first flexible element providing fixation of the rod and connected to the rod in the positions where the extension and the support protrusion do not contact.
  • the gas tap comprises a housing wherein the rod and the first flexible element are positioned and having a stop wall which delimits the axial movement of the rod.
  • a stop face is provided for the ceiling of the rod.
  • a stop wall is provided which returns the support protrusion embodied on the rod to the initial position and which prevents said support protrusion from diverging from the extension and which delimits the movement of the support protrusion.
  • the rod and the first flexible element are positioned inside a cover of the gas tap.
  • the movement transfer element is positioned inside the cover, and they are prevented from occupying excessive space outside of the tap.
  • the housing is embodied on a periphery of the cover.
  • a housing is embodied on the periphery of the cover in order to position the rod and the first flexible element.
  • the movement transfer element is positioned on the section of the shaft remaining inside the cover.
  • the movement transfer element is prevented from occupying excessive transverse space outside of the tap.
  • the housing is embodied on a chassis of the cooking device facing the gas tap.
  • housing embodiment is provided on the chassis of the cooking device.
  • a pop-out control element is fixed to a free end of the shaft.
  • pop-out control knobs are used for the control of a gas tap.
  • said movement transfer element can be positioned at any section on the tap shaft.
  • the extension provided on the movement transfer element can be embodied in the form of an additional extension on the shaft like a shaft tab.
  • said movement transfer element can be produced in a one-piece manner with the tap shaft.
  • said movement transfer element, said rod and said first flexible element can be positioned at the external section of the tap.
  • a housing in case the movement transfer element, the rod and the first flexible element are positioned at the external section of the tap, a housing, where the first flexible element and the rod are positioned, can be embodied at the external section of the tap.
  • a stop wall can be embodied for the rod by using a sheet material.
  • the rod can be produced in a similar manner to different geometrical shapes like rectangular prism, square prism, cylinder having a base and a ceiling.
  • said first and second flexible element can primarily be a spring or a different item with the same function and which can be compressed and tensioned in a similar manner.
  • said rod, said movement transfer element, said shaft and cover can be made of a plastic material or a metal material.
  • the present invention can be used in all gas taps having a gas inlet section and at least one gas outlet section.
  • FIG. 1 and Figure 2 a general and an exploded view of the subject matter gas tap (10) are given.
  • the gas tap (10) in general, there is a body (11), a cover (14) fixed onto the body (11), a shaft (13) passing through the cover (14) and an ignition switch fixed to the shaft (13).
  • a movement transfer element (17), a rod (18) and a first flexible element (19) are positioned.
  • a guidance element (12) having conical form, is bedded.
  • the gas inlet section (15) is connected to a gas line (50) for the input of the gas into the tap body (11).
  • a gas line (50) for the input of the gas into the tap body (11).
  • Figure 3 the perspective view of the guidance element (12) which helps guiding the gas to the gas outlet section (16).
  • an opening (121) and at least one gas guidance hole (122) are embodied.
  • the guidance element (12) rotates and reaches the desired position, the gas is guided from the gas inlet section (15) to the gas outlet section (16) through the guidance holes (12) with the desired flow rate.
  • the guidance element (12) reaches the desired position for gas passage when the tap shaft (13) is turned.
  • a shaft extension (131) engages to the opening (121) provided on the guidance element (12), and the rotation movement is transferred to the guidance element (12). Also a contact pair of the ignition switch contacted to each other during the shaft (13) is turned in a rotation direction (R1) and as the shaft (13) advances in an axial direction (D1).
  • the cover (14) of the gas tap (10) is illustrated in cut form in order for the inner section thereof to be seen.
  • the movement transfer element (17) is embodied on the section of the shaft (13) remaining inside the cover (14).
  • the rod (18) extends along the cover (14) and in a parallel manner with respect to the shaft (13), and the rod (18) is positioned in a manner placing to a housing (141) embodied on a periphery of the cover (14).
  • the housing (141), which at least partially encircles the rod (18) in a manner permitting the axial movement of the rod (18), has a stop wall (142).
  • the first flexible element (19) is positioned between a base (185) of the rod and the body (11). In an embodiment of the invention, this first flexible element (19) is a spring.
  • Figure 5 another perspective view is given where the shaft (13), the movement transfer element (17), the rod (18) and the first flexible element (19) are illustrated.
  • an extension (171) embodied on the movement transfer element (17) and a support protrusion (181) embodied on the rod (18) are positioned in a manner corresponding to each other.
  • the movement transfer element (17) has a cylindrical geometrical shape and there is a channel (174) at the center thereof extending along the movement transfer element (17).
  • the shaft (13) passes through said channel (174), and the movement transfer element (17) at least partially wraps the shaft (13), and it is positioned on the shaft (13) in a manner moving together with the shaft (13).
  • the movement transfer element (17) is placed on the shaft (13) in a cold-fit manner, and it is fixed by means of a connection element (not illustrated in the figure).
  • connection element is a pin.
  • the extension (171) is embodied on the movement transfer element (17).
  • Said extension (171) is embodied in a radially angled manner in order to provide movement transfer on the lateral face section of the movement transfer element (17).
  • the angled extension (171) has an inclined extension upper face (172) and an extension lower face (173).
  • the extension upper face (172) has an inclination in a manner providing said advancing distance of the shaft (13).
  • Figure 7 the frontal view of the rod (18) is given.
  • the rod (18) has a geometric shape which is similar to rectangular prism having a base (185) and a ceiling (184).
  • On the lateral face of said rod (18), radially angled support protrusion (181) is embodied.
  • the support protrusion (181) has an angled protrusion upper face (183) and a protrusion lower face (182).
  • FIG 8 the general perspective view of a gas cooking device (1) is given.
  • Said cooking device (1) can be an oven or a stove used for the cooking process.
  • At least one control element (30) is provided on the control panel provided on the cooking device (1).
  • Said control element (30) is in general a control knob, and it is connected to a free end (132) of the shaft (13) of the subject matter gas tap (10).
  • the gas tap (10) guides the gas, having specific flow rate, for transferring the gas to at least one burner (40), and burning occurs in the burner (40) by means of ignition.
  • the control element (30) which will be fixed to a free end of the shaft (13) of the gas tap (10), will be the pop-out control knob.
  • the operation of the subject matter gas tap (10) is as follows. At a first position in the gas tap (10), in order to provide gas passage and burning in the burner (40), the movement transfer element (17) and the rod (18) overlap as the control element (30), fixed to an end of the shaft (13), is turned in the rotation direction (R1). In this case, the extension upper face (172) contacts the protrusion lower face (182) and grabbing occurs, and a force is applied to the rod (18) in an axial reverse direction (D2). As the shaft (13) rotates and/or advances, the angled faces of the extension (171) and of the support protrusion (181) corresponding to each other contact and catch each other.
  • the shaft (13) advances in the axial direction (D1).
  • an igniter becomes functional with the contact pair of the ignition switch contacts to the each other.
  • an second flexible element that placed inside the guidance element (12) presses and stores energy.
  • a shaft extension (131) provided at another end of the advancing shaft (13), engages to the opening (121) provided on the guidance element (12), the rotation movement is transferred to the guidance element (12).
  • the guidance element (12) arrives at a suitable position according to the rotation angle of the shaft (13), and the gas is guided to the gas outlet section (16) with suitable flow rate.
  • the gas is transferred to the burner (40), and burning is realized in the burner (40) with at least one spark exit from the igniter.
  • the burner (40) is ignited without the need to push the control element (30) forwardly in the axial direction (D1) and without the need to apply pressure.
  • the shaft (13) advances in the axial reverse direction (D2) with effect of the compressed second flexible element, and it returns to the first displacement position.
  • gas passage through the guidance element (12) continues as the rotation position of the shaft (13) remains the same.
  • the movement transfer element (17) and the rod (18) overlap as the shaft (13) is turned in a reverse rotation direction (R2).
  • the extension lower face (173) of the extension (171) begins contacting the protrusion upper face (183) of the support protrusion (181), and it pushes the rod (18) in the axial direction (D1).
  • the first flexible element (19) is compressed by means of said pushing, energy is stored.
  • the rod (18) advances in the axial reverse direction (D2) by means of tensioning the compressed first flexible element (19) and until the ceiling (184) of the rod (18) contacts the stop wall (142).
  • the advance of the rod (18) in the axial reverse direction (D2) is delimited.
  • the shaft extension (131) provided at the end of the tap shaft (13) the turning movement in the rotation reverse direction (R2) is transferred to the guidance element (12).
  • the gas, guided from the gas inlet section (15) to the gas outlet section (16) by means of the guidance element (12) is interrupted.
  • the tap shaft (13) returns to the initial position, in other words, it returns to the reference position where the gas passage is blocked. Thus, the burning in the burner (40) is stopped.
  • the shaft (13), the cover (14), the movement transfer element (17) and the rod (18), provided in the subject matter gas tap can be made of a metal material like aluminum, brass, or they can be made of a plastic material.

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  1. Dispositif de cuisson (1) possédant un robinet de gaz (10) comprenant un corps (11), un élément de guidage (12) logé sur une section intérieure du corps (11), un deuxième élément flexible placé à l'intérieur dudit élément de guidage (12), un arbre (13) possédant un bout d'arbre (131), ledit bout d'arbre (131) s'engageant vers un orifice (121) prévu sur l'élément de guidage (12), afin de transmettre à l'élément de guidage (12) un mouvement de rotation requis pour le passage du gaz, dans un sens axial (D1) et dans un sens de rotation (R1), caractérisé en ce que le robinet de gaz (10) comprend en outre un élément de transmission de mouvement (17) fixé sur l'arbre (13) et possédant une extension (171) matérialisée d'une façon angulaire sur celui-ci et une tige déplaçable de façon axiale (18) positionnée de façon parallèle à l'arbre (13) et possédant une saillie de soutien (181) en un angle autorisant le mouvement de rotation de sorte que l'angle de l'extension (171) rencontre l'angle de la saillie de soutien (181) et positionnée d'une façon correspondant à l'extension (171), dans lequel une face supérieure d'extension (172) de l'extension (171) et une face inférieure de saillie (182) de la saillie de soutien (181) sont en contact de façon à faire progresser l'arbre (13) dans le sens axial (D1) et dans lequel ladite tige (18) progresse de façon axiale lorsqu'une face inférieure d'extension (173) de l'extension (171) et une face supérieure de saillie (183) de la saillie de soutien (181) sont en contact de façon à faire revenir l'élément de transmission de mouvement (17) en sa position initiale lorsque l'arbre (13) est tourné dans un sens opposé à la rotation (R2).
  2. Dispositif de cuisson (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel une paire de contacts d'un interrupteur d'allumage relié à l'arbre (13) entrent en contact l'un avec l'autre avec l'arbre (13) progressant dans le sens axial (D1) pendant la rotation de l'arbre (13) dans le sens de rotation (R1).
  3. Dispositif de cuisson (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le robinet de gaz (10) comprend un premier élément flexible (19) assurant la fixation de la tige (18) et relié à la tige (18) dans les positions dans lesquelles l'extension (171) et la saillie de soutien (181) ne sont pas en contact.
  4. Dispositif de cuisson (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le robinet de gaz (10) comprend un logement (141) dans lequel la tige (18) et le premier élément flexible (19) sont positionnés et ayant une paroi d'arrêt (142) qui délimite le mouvement axial de la tige (18).
  5. Dispositif de cuisson (1) selon la revendication 3 et 4, dans lequel la tige (18) et le premier élément flexible (19) sont positionnés à l'intérieur d'un couvercle (14) du robinet de gaz (10).
  6. Dispositif de cuisson (1) selon la revendication 5, dans lequel le logement (141) est matérialisé sur une périphérie du couvercle (14).
  7. Dispositif de cuisson (1) selon la revendication 5 et 6, dans lequel l'élément de transmission de mouvement (17) est positionné sur la section de l'arbre (13) demeurant à l'intérieur du couvercle (14).
  8. Dispositif de cuisson (1) selon la revendication 4, dans lequel le logement (141) est matérialisé sur un châssis du dispositif de cuisson (1) faisant face au robinet de gaz (10).
  9. Dispositif de cuisson (1) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel un élément de commande extractible (30) est fixé sur une extrémité libre (132) de l'arbre (13).
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