(19)
(11) EP 1 111 306 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
13.08.2003 Bulletin 2003/33

(43) Date of publication A2:
27.06.2001 Bulletin 2001/26

(21) Application number: 00311464.2

(22) Date of filing: 20.12.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: F23N 1/00, F23N 5/06
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 20.12.1999 GB 9930060

(71) Applicant: Teddington Controls Limited
St Austell, Cornwall PL25 3HS (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • Bointon, Richard Guy
    St Austell, Cornwall PL25 3HS (GB)
  • Bilkey, Christopher
    St Austell, Cornwall PL25 3HS (GB)

(74) Representative: Gallafent, Richard John 
GALLAFENT & CO. 9 Staple Inn
London WCIV 7QH
London WCIV 7QH (GB)

   


(54) Improvements in gas burner valve devices


(57) A gas flow device comprises a body (1,2) having a gas inlet (3) linked to a gas outlet (4) via a passageway housing a flame failure member that is movable between two fixed positions, in the first of which gas flow through the device is restricted or shut off completely and in the second of which it is unrestricted, wherein the device also incorporates in addition to a standard bypass hole (13) allowing sufficient gas flow to establish a pilot light, at least one auxiliary bypass hole (23).






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