Gas valve and gas stove

A gas valve for a gas stove, the gas valve comprising:

• a valve housing having a gas inlet and a single gas outlet, wherein two bores of the valve housing lead to the single gas outlet;
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• a gas regulating unit having a cylindrical outer surface and a plurality of discrete pairs of gas outlet openings passing through the cylindrical outer surface, wherein the gas regulating unit is supported in the valve housing via the cylindrical outer surface and configured to be rotated into a plurality of individual flame positions, wherein each of the individual flame positions is assigned to a corresponding one of the discrete pairs of gas outlet openings, and wherein the gas regulating unit further includes a gas inlet opening passing through the cylindrical outer surface;
• wherein each discrete pair of gas outlet openings includes a first discrete gas outlet opening configured to align with a first one of the two bores and a second discrete gas outlet opening configured to align with a second one of the two bores;
• wherein the first discrete gas outlet openings are arranged in a first row and the second discrete gas outlet openings are arranged in a second row, wherein the first row is disposed farther from the gas inlet than the second row, and wherein the first discrete gas outlet opening of each respective discrete pair has a larger cross-sectional area than the second discrete gas outlet opening of the respective discrete pair;
• wherein the gas inlet is configured to be connected to the single gas outlet when the gas regulating unit assumes a determined one of the individual flame positions via the corresponding one of the discrete pairs of gas outlet openings aligning with the two bores, each of the discrete pairs of gas outlet openings having a different combined cross-sectional area than each other pair, such that the individual flame positions are configured to have different gas flow rates;
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• wherein the gas inlet opening is configured to receive gas from the gas inlet into an interior of the gas regulating unit such that the gas exits the gas regulating unit through the corresponding one of the discrete pairs of gas outlet openings aligned with the two bores.