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US 2010/0147283 A1Published application
Remote oven valve actuator
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsWADE A. ATKINSON, CHRISTOPHER A. LARSEN
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Abstract
A gas cooking range includes a housing having an upper half section and a lower half section. A gas control valve is operable to control the flow of gas to a burner. The gas control valve is positioned in the lower half section of a housing of the gas cooking range. A handle extending from the gas control valve to the upper half section of the housing is operable to control the gas control valve.
Claims19
A gas cooking range comprising:
- a lower frame having a number of downwardly extending legs configured to contact a floor,
- a gas burner,
- an upper panel including a control interface operable to control the operation of the gas burner,
- a housing extending from the lower frame to the upper panel, the housing divided into an upper half section and a lower half section by a laterally extending imaginary bisecting line,
- a gas control valve mounted to the lower half section of the housing, the gas control valve being operable to control the flow of gas to the gas burner, and
- a handle assembly having a first end positioned in the upper half section and a second end coupled to the gas control valve, wherein the handle assembly is operable to control the gas control valve.
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A gas cooking range comprising:
- a lower frame having a number of downwardly extending legs configured to contact a floor,
- a housing extending upwardly from the lower frame, the housing divided into an upper half section and a lower half section by a laterally extending imaginary bisecting line,
- an oven secured to the housing,
- a gas burner operable to heat the oven,
- an upper panel secured to the housing, the upper panel including a control interface operable to control the operation of the gas burner,
- a gas control valve mounted to the lower half section of the housing, the gas control valve being operable to control the flow of gas to the gas burner, and
- a handle assembly having a first end positioned in the upper half section and a second end coupled to the gas control valve, wherein the handle assembly is operable to control the gas control valve.
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A gas cooking range comprising:
- a lower frame having a number of downwardly extending legs configured to contact a floor,
- a first oven,
- a second oven,
- a first gas burner operable to heat the first oven,
- a second gas burner operable to heat the second oven,
- an upper panel including a control interface, the control interface being operable to control the first gas burner and the second gas burner,
- a housing extending upwardly from the lower frame to the upper panel, the housing divided into an upper half section and a lower half section by a laterally extending imaginary bisecting line,
- a gas control valve mounted to the lower half section of the housing, the gas control valve being operable to control the flow of gas to the first gas burner and the second gas burner, and
- a handle assembly having a first end positioned in the upper half section and a second end coupled to the gas control valve, the handle being operable to control the gas control valve.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.