Ignitor assembly for power burner furnace

An ignitor assembly for a gas combusting power furnace having a combustion chamber and a burner plate assembly adjacent said combustion chamber for introducing a mixture of fuel and air into the combustion chamber, the burner plate assembly including a burner plate having a first surface facing the combustion chamber and an opposed, second surface facing away from the combustion chamber and structure defining an aperture extending between the first and second burner plate surfaces, comprising:

• a generally elongated ignitor element;
• a sleeve fixedly received within said aperture for slideably, removably receiving the ignitor element, the sleeve having a first end extending generally beyond the first surface of the burner plate and into said combustion chamber and an opposed second end extending beyond the second surface of the burner plate, said sleeve comprising a generally elongated ignitor element supporting tube for slideably receiving said ignitor element therein;
• an ignitor element retainer operably coupled to said sleeve and selectively, removably retaining the ignitor element within the sleeve;
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• said burner plate assembly including a burner plate mounting base for mounting said burner plate in communication with said combustion chamber, said mounting base including structure spaced apart from said burner plate defining an ignitor element supporting tube receiving aperture, said ignitor element supporting tube being operably carried by said burner plate and said burner plate mounting base through said apertures oriented generally transverse to said burner plate first surface.