Fuel control valve construction, parts therefor and methods of making the same

In a fuel control valve construction comprising a housing means having an inlet means adapted to be interconnected to a fuel source and a main outlet means adapted to be interconnected to a main burner means, said housing means having a pilot outlet means adapted to be interconnected to a pilot burner means for said main burner means, said housing means having a pilot valve seat and a main valve seat for interconnecting said inlet means respectively with said pilot outlet means and said main outlet means, said housing means having a movable pilot valve member for opening and closing said pilot valve seat and a movable main valve member for opening and closing said main valve seat, said housing means having a movable lever pivotally mounted to said housing means and carrying said pilot valve member and said main valve member, said housing means having a manually operable actuator means for controlling the operating positions of said lever, the improvement wherein said housing means has biasing means operatively interconnected to said lever to tend to pivot said lever in one direction that opens said valve members away from their respective valve seats, said actuator means having a cam means operatively associated with said lever to tend to control the pivoted position of said lever under the force of said biasing means.