Device for managing gas appliances, and corresponding systems and methods

A control device for a gas appliance that comprise at least one gas tap having a safety valve that includes an electromagnet to be supplied via a thermoelectric generator, wherein the control device comprises a circuit arrangement that includes:

• a first electrical-connection element and a second electrical-connection element, configured for connection to an electromagnet and to a thermoelectric generator, respectively, of a safety valve of a gas tap;
• a control arrangement, configured at least for modifying a state of an electrical connection between the first electrical-connection element and the second electrical-connection element upon expiry of a time interval;
• a power-supply arrangement, comprising a power-supply circuit configured for supplying the circuit arrangement with low-voltage direct current;
• wherein the control arrangement comprises:
• a switching circuit, electrically connected between the first electrical-connection element and the second electrical-connection element;
• a control circuit, designed at least for counting time and configured for controlling the switching circuit;
• a command circuit, connected in signal communication with the control circuit at least for the purposes of setting the aforesaid time interval;
• wherein the first electrical-connection element, the second electrical-connection element and the switching circuit belong to a first control module, which is configured to be operatively associated to a respective gas tap within a structure of the gas appliance,
• wherein the command circuit comprises a wireless-communication circuit, electrically connected to the control circuit and configured for receiving and/or exchanging signals in a wireless mode with a remote electronic programming device, usable at least for manual setting of the aforesaid time interval, the wireless-communication circuit belonging to a further control module of the circuit arrangement configured to be installed in a position remote from the first control module and outside the structure of the gas appliance.

A control device for a gas appliance that comprise at least one gas tap having a safety valve that includes an electromagnet to be supplied via a thermoelectric generator, wherein the control device comprises a circuit arrangement that includes:

• a first electrical-connection element and a second electrical-connection element, configured for connection to an electromagnet and to a thermoelectric generator, respectively, of a safety valve of a gas tap;
• a control arrangement, configured at least for modifying a state of an electrical connection between the first electrical-connection element and the second electrical-connection element upon expiry of a time interval;
• a power-supply arrangement, comprising a power-supply circuit configured for supplying the circuit arrangement with low-voltage direct current;
• wherein the control arrangement comprises:
• a switching circuit, electrically connected between the first electrical-connection element and the second electrical-connection element;
• a control circuit, designed at least for counting time and configured for controlling the switching circuit;
• a command circuit, connected in signal communication with the control circuit at least for the purposes of setting the aforesaid time interval;
• wherein the first electrical-connection element, the second electrical-connection element and the switching circuit belong to a first control module, which is configured to be operatively associated to a respective gas tap;
• wherein the supply arrangement comprises a supply module
• and wherein at least one of:
• the command circuit or the control circuit belongs to a further control module that is configured for being installed in a position remote from the first control module or from the power-supply module;
• the circuit arrangement further comprises at least one battery adapted to supply one or more from among the switching circuit, the control circuit or the command circuit, the battery belonging to a functional module of the circuit arrangement that is configured to be installed in a position remote from the first control module and outside a structure of the gas appliance.