System for controlling gas supply to a gas burner of a patio heater

Abstract

A patio heater gas control system (10), the system (10) comprising: a timing module (50) to set a predetermined amount of time for gas to be supplied to a gas burner of the patio heater (20); an electromechanical valve (60) to control the flow of gas from a gas tank to the gas burner; an oxygen depletion system (80) to automatically extinguish and shut off the gas burner if the oxygen level falls below a predetermined level; and a tilt switch (40) to automatically extinguish and shut off the gas burner if the patio heater (20) if it is tilted greater than a predetermined angle; wherein when the predetermined amount of time has not expired, a closed and complete electrical circuit causes the electromechanical valve (60) to open and allow gas to flow from the gas tank to the burner, and when the predetermined amount of time has expired, the timing module (50) opens the electrical circuit to cause the electromechanical valve (60) to close and prevent gas flowing from the gas tank to the gas burner.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.