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(11) EP 0 340 032 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
02.05.1991 Bulletin 1991/18

(43) Date of publication A2:
02.11.1989 Bulletin 1989/44

(21) Application number: 89304310.9

(22) Date of filing: 28.04.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4: F24C 3/12, F24C 3/10
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES FR IT

(30) Priority: 28.04.1988 GB 8810145

(71) Applicant: NEW WORLD DOMESTIC APPLIANCES LIMITED
Warrington WA4 1NL, Cheshire (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • Gostelow, Benjamin Frank
    Alltami Nr. Mold Clwyd. (GB)
  • Ryder, Gerard
    Bewsey Warrington Cheshire (GB)
  • Lister, Dorothy
    Orford Warrington Cheshire (GB)

(74) Representative: Lawrence, Brian Richard 
59 Shenfield Place
Shenfield Brentwood Essex CM15 9AH
Shenfield Brentwood Essex CM15 9AH (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Gas cooking appliances


    (57) A cooking appliance, especially in the form of a gas hob, comprises at least one electrical gas flow control valve (13) operable for controlling gas flow to a burner (2) of the appliance, and an ignition arrangement (9) for igniting the burner (2). It is arranged that when the control valve (13) is turned ON it is set to a position which is between its minimum and maximum flow positions, at which position the ignition arrangement (9) operates in order to ignite the burner (2), thereby reducing the time between effecting operation of the control valve (13) and ignition taking place.







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