GB509341A - Improvements relating to gas lighting appliances - Google Patents

Abstract

509,341. Igniting gas burners. RADIATION. Ltd., YATES, H. J.. and McNICHOLL, E. J. Feb, 19, 1938, No. 5240. [Class 75 (iii)] A device for igniting the burners t of a gascooker comprises a refractory head b having outlets c for projecting long flames towards the burners and a pilot jet e for igniting the head, the pilot-jet and head being enclosed in a hood f, having apertures g for the passage of the flames from the head, and connected respectively by pipes d, a to a common control tap h. The tap plug i is movable by a finger-piece j between extreme positions determined by abutments k. In one extreme position, the gas supply is cut off from, and in the other, is open to, both the head and pilot-jet, and in the intermediate position, shown in Fig. 2, gas is supplied to the pilot-jet only. The plug is turned from the intermediate position to the second extreme position against the action of a return spring o for igniting the head, and is held in the closed or intermediate position by a spring-loaded or other pivoted catch q cooperating with the ends of a projection r. An additional head, or heads, enclosed in an apertured hood f may be connected with the tap h so as to be ignited by one or more of the flames from the head b and thereby enable a larger number of burners to be ignited.