New World Domestic Appliances Limited

Ti New World Limited

T. I. Domestic Appliances Limited

Benjamin F Gostelow

William B Hart

Philip Albon

Trevor L Carr

Paul N Gale

Richard C Dibling

Thomas R Buick

An air extractor arrangement is adapted to be flush fitted in a kitchen work-top 4 and which comprises a fixed housing 1 which is coupled to an extractor fan 8, and a pop-out section 10 which is telescopically disposed within the housing 1, a linear bearing in the form of a slide bar assembly 12,13 being provided between the housing 1 and the pop-out section 10 by means of which the pop-out section 10 is supported in the housing 1. Arrangements are described for driving the pop-out section 10 either semi-automatically or fully automatically.

Air extractor arrangements

A gas tap for a gas cooker or hob includes a rotary disc valve (20) which controls the flow of gas from a gas rail (1) to a gas burner of the cooker or hob. To simplify the tap construction and facilitate manufacture, an external surface (2) of the gas rail (1) is used to form part of the tap housing and to provide the seating surface for the disc valve (20).

Flow control assemblies for gaseous fuel

A hob with a spillage tray (2), gas burners (16) and a member (30) secured to an undersurface of the spillage tray, gas taps (12) being accommodated between the member (3) and the spillage tray (2). The member (30) also forms, with the spillage tray (2), a respective fuel supply passage (33, 34, 35) for carrying fuel to each respective burner from the associated tap. The member (30) can be sealed, or sealed and secured, to the spillage tray by an adhesive. The hob may have electric heating units instead of, or in addition to, gas burners.

Cooking hob with spillage tray

A shelf unit (3, FIG. 1) for a refrigerator cabinet includes an air flow passageway (6) connectible to a duct (1) located at the rear of the refrigerator. The flow of air through the passageway (6) is regulated by a flap whose movement is controlled by a thermostat (9) also mounted upon the shelf. The shelf unit, when in position in a refrigerator, enables a user to preset the temperature of the zone in the refrigerator cabinet beneath the unit.

Shelf units for refrigerators

A gas hob comprises a spillage tray (8) apertured to receive gas burner heads (18) supplied with gaseous fuel via passages formed between the spillage tray and a plate (32) secured to the undersurface of the tray by a suitable adhesive. The plate is preferably of an organic material based on hydraulic cement examples of which are described in European Patent Applications Nos. 80.301909.0 (0 021 682) and 81.301228.3 (0 038 126).

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Warrington, United Kingdom

Benjamin F Gostelow