Fuel control system and control device therefor or the like

In a fuel control system for a fuel burning apparatus or the like having a source of fuel adapted to be interconnected by passage defining means to main burner means of said apparatus and a fuel control device disposed in said passage defining means and having poppet valve means that is directly manually operated for opening and closing said passage defining means so as to control the flow of fuel from said source to said main burner means, said control device having a selector means operatively interconnected to said poppet valve means to operate the same, said control device having throttle valve means downstream from said poppet valve means for throttling fuel flow through said passage defining means to said burner means, said selector means also being operatively interconnected to said throttle valve means to operate the same, the improvement wherein said selector means of said control device is provided with a cam means, said poppet valve means of said control device being operatively associated with said cam means of said selector means to be moved from a closed position thereof to an open position thereof as said selector means is moved between an off position thereof and a certain other position thereof in one direction and to be moved from said open position thereof to said closed position thereof as said selector means is moved between said certain other position and said off position thereof in an opposite direction to said one direction, said selector means being further movable in said one direction from said certain other position to a third position and from said third position back to said certain other position in said opposite direction, said selector means operating only said throttle valve means during its movement between said certain other position and said third position.