Switch assembly

A switch assembly for controlling the ignition of gas burners of a cooking appliance having one or more gas valves, comprising:

• at least one first support member, operably couplable to a first gas valve;
• a spring biased ignition switch, operably mountable to the at least one first support member;
• an actuating member, having a longitudinal axis and operably couplable to at least the first gas valve between the at least one first support member and at least a control knob of at least the first gas valve, adapted to move between a first position, actuatingly engaged with the ignition switch, and a second position, actuatingly disengaged from the ignition switch, wherein the actuating member is moved towards the first position by at least the control knob, and back towards the second position by the spring biased ignition switch;
• wherein the actuating member is operably couplable to at least the first gas valve via a cam mechanism adapted to convert a rotationally translational movement of the control knob of at least the first gas valve into a linear movement of the actuating member between the first position and the second position along the longitudinal axis, and wherein the cam mechanism is adapted to operably engage with at least a first one of a plurality of apertures at a predetermined minimum angle of rotation and translation of the control knob.

A switch assembly for controlling the ignition of gas burners of a cooking appliance having one or more gas valves, comprising:

• at least one first support member, operably couplable to a first gas valve;
• a spring biased ignition switch, operably mountable to the at least one first support member;
• an actuating member, having a longitudinal axis and operably couplable to at least the first gas valve between the at least one first support member and at least a control knob of at least the first gas valve, adapted to move between a first position, actuatingly engaged with the ignition switch, and a second position, actuatingly disengaged from the ignition switch, wherein the actuating member is moved towards the first position by at least the control knob, and back towards the second position by the spring biased ignition switch, wherein the cooking appliance has a plurality of serially arranged gas valves, comprising at least one second support member operably couplable to a second gas valve;
• wherein the actuating member is movably coupled to the first and second support member, and wherein each one of the first and second support member is adapted to slidingly retain a respective end portion of the actuating member.