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EP 1403585 B1 20060329 - A gas fire

Title (en)

A gas fire

Title (de)

Gasfeuer

Title (fr)

Foyer à gaz

Publication

EP 1403585 B1 20060329 (EN)

Application

EP 03021937 A 20030929

Priority

NL 1021564 A 20020930

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1403585A1] The gas fire (1) has a housing (2) with a combustion chamber and a gas burner unit (7). A gas supply line extends between a gas supply control unit and the burner unit. An exhaust duct (11) coupled to the chamber exhaust combustion gases. The housing is rotated about a vertical axis by balls. The supply line has two gas supply pipe sections enclosing one another along a particular length of overlap.

IPC 8 full level

F24C 3/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

F24C 3/002 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1403585 A1 20040331; EP 1403585 B1 20060329; AT E321980 T1 20060415; DE 60304265 D1 20060518; NL 1021564 C2 20040402

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 03021937 A 20030929; AT 03021937 T 20030929; DE 60304265 T 20030929; NL 1021564 A 20020930