Range top hold-down and pilot light flash tube
AssigneeWinnebago Industries, Inc.
InventorWillard E. Kendall
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Abstract
A cooking gas range equipped with an oven door having a vertical window allowing visual inspection of oven and broiler compartments. The top of the range is held on a fixed support with a hold down assembly. Hold down assembly has a tubular member which serves as a flash tube for the pilot light burner and an expandable sleeve releasably mounted on the fixed support.
Claims21
An apparatus for holding a top of a gas range having a pilot light burner comprising:
- a stationary frame located adjacent to the pilot burner, a releasable holding apparatus connecting the top to the frame, said holding apparatus having a passage open above the top and open adjacent to the pilot burner whereby the pilot burner can be lit with a flame from above the top.
An apparatus for holding a top of a range on a stationary member, said top and stationary member having aligned holes comprising:
- a first member having a body extended through said holes and a head extended over a part of the top, a second member moveable relative to the first member, an expandable member extended through said hole in the stationary member associated with the first member and second member, and means for expanding said expandable member into holding engagement with the stationary member and clamping the top between the head and expandable member in response to relative movement between the first member and second member.
An apparatus for holding a first member on a second stationary member, said members having aligned holes comprising:
- first means having a body extended through said holes and a head extended over parts of the first member, second means moveable relative to the first means, expandable means extended through said hole in the stationary member associated with the first means and second means, and third means for expanding said expandable means into holding engagement with the stationary member and clamping the first member between the head and the expandable means in response to relative movement between the first means and second means, said third means including inclined surface means on the second means, and means on the first means engageable with the surface means whereby rotation of the first means will move the second means to expand the expandable means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.