Connecting assembly for a gas cooking appliance

A gas cooking appliance comprising:

• a first manifold having a first connection opening and a second connection opening;
• a second manifold having a first connection opening;
• a first flexible tube having at a first end a first connector fixed directly to the first connection opening of the first manifold and configured to fluidly communicate the first flexible tube with an interior of the first manifold, the first connector at the first end of the first flexible tube comprising a deformed stainless steel tube, the first flexible tube being made of stainless steel, the first end of the first flexible tube being attached to the first connector by a first weld;
• a second flexible tube having at a first end a first connector fixed directly to the second connection opening of the first manifold and configured to fluidly communicate the second flexible tube with the interior of the first manifold, the second flexible tube having at a second end a second connector directly fixed to the first connection opening of the second manifold and configured to fluidly communicate the second flexible tube with the interior of the second manifold, the first connector at the first end of the second flexible tube comprising a deformed stainless steel tube, the second connector at the second end of the second flexible tube comprising a deformed stainless steel tube, the second flexible tube being made of stainless steel, the first end of the second flexible tube being attached to the first connector by a second weld, the second end of the second flexible tube being attached to the second connector by a third weld;
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• a third manifold having a first connection opening, and wherein the first flexible tube has second connector at a second end fixed directly to the first connection opening of the third manifold and configured to fluidly communicate the first flexible tube with an interior of the third manifold, the second connector at the second end of the first flexible tube comprising a deformed stainless steel tube, the first flexible tube being made of stainless steel, the second end of the first flexible tube being attached to the second connector by a fourth weld.

A gas cooking appliance comprising:

• a first manifold having a first connection opening and a second connection opening;
• a second manifold having a first connection opening and a second connection opening;
• a third manifold having a first connection opening;
• a first flexible tube having at a first end a first connector fixed directly to the first connection opening of the first manifold and configured to fluidly communicate the first flexible tube with an interior of the first manifold, the first connector at the first end of the first flexible tube comprising a deformed stainless steel tube, the first flexible tube being made of stainless steel, the first end of the first flexible tube being attached to the first connector by a first weld;
• a second flexible tube having at a first end a first connector fixed directly to the second connection opening of the first manifold and configured to fluidly communicate the second flexible tube with the interior of the first manifold, the second flexible tube having at a second end a second connector directly fixed to the first connection opening of the second manifold and configured to fluidly communicate the second flexible tube with the interior of the second manifold, the first connector at the first end of the second flexible tube comprising a deformed stainless steel tube, the second connector at the second end of the second flexible tube comprising a deformed stainless steel tube, the second flexible tube being made of stainless steel, the first end of the second flexible tube being attached to the first connector by a second weld, the second end of the second flexible tube being attached to the second connector by a third weld;
• a third flexible tube having at a first end a first connector fixed directly to the second connection opening of the second manifold and configured to fluidly communicate the third flexible tube with the interior of the second manifold, the third flexible tube having at a second end a second connector directly fixed to the first connection opening of the third manifold and configured to fluidly communicate the third flexible tube with the interior of the third manifold, the first connector at the first end of the third flexible tube comprising a deformed stainless steel tube, the second connector at the second end of the third flexible tube comprising a deformed stainless steel tube, the third flexible tube being made of stainless steel, the first end of the third flexible tube being attached to the first connector by a fourth weld, the second end of the third flexible tube being attached to the second connector by a fifth weld.