Backpacking stove having tip valve

A tip valve for a cook system having a burner base housing a burner within a shroud configured to combust fuel from an external fuel canister, comprising:

• a fuel canister connector body having a threaded connector configured to threadably connect to the external fuel canister, the fuel canister connector body defining a bore therethrough having a first diameter at a first end of the bore nearest the threaded connector and a second diameter smaller than the first diameter at a second end of the bore opposite the first end;
• an actuator pin fixably positioned proximate the first end of the bore;
• a tip seal positioned proximate the second end of the bore;
• a ball bearing movably positioned between the actuator pin and the tip seal;
• wherein the fuel canister connector body includes an external threaded connector configured to threadably connect to the burner base;
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• wherein the fuel canister connector body includes locator slots at the first end.

A tip valve for a cook system having a burner base housing a burner within a shroud configured to combust fuel from an external fuel canister, comprising:

• a fuel canister connector body having a threaded connector configured to threadably connect to the external fuel canister, the fuel canister connector body defining a bore therethrough having a first diameter at a first end of the bore nearest the threaded connector and a second diameter smaller than the first diameter at a second end of the bore opposite the first end;
• an actuator pin fixably positioned proximate the first end of the bore;
• a tip seal positioned proximate the second end of the bore;
• a ball bearing movably positioned between the actuator pin and the tip seal;
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• wherein the tip seal is positioned to seal against the burner base.

A cook system, comprising:

• a fuel canister;
• a burner base housing a burner within a shroud configured to combust fuel from the fuel canister;
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• a tip valve having a fuel canister connector body having a threaded connector configured to threadably connect to the fuel canister, the fuel canister connector body defining a bore therethrough for allowing fuel to flow from the fuel canister to the burner, the bore having a portion configured to house a ball bearing therein, the portion of the bore having a first diameter at a first end of the portion of the bore nearest the threaded connector and a second diameter smaller than the first diameter at a second end of the portion of the bore opposite the first end, an actuator pin fixably positioned proximate the first end of the portion of the bore, a tip seal positioned proximate the second end of the portion of the bore, and a ball bearing movably positioned between the actuator pin and the tip seal.