Bsh Home Appliances Corporation

Edward Blalock

John J Freeman

Michael Rutherford

Donnie Smith

Claude Wilson

John Freeman

A home cooking appliance having an electrode chamber for a burner assembly is provided. The home cooking appliance includes a burner rail, maintop surface, burner assembly including a burner electrode, igniter box below the burner rail and maintop surface, and an electrode chamber on the burner rail. The electrode chamber includes a body having a cavity and a first opening at a first end of the body, wherein a portion of the burner electrode is disposed in the cavity, an electrical contact surface in the cavity that engages and electrically connects the electrical contact surface to the portion of the burner electrode, and an electrical connector at a second end of the body, the electrical connector being electrically connected to the electrical contact surface and to the igniter box, thereby electrically connecting the igniter box to the portion of the burner electrode.

Home cooking appliance with an electrode chamber

A manometer quick connect device is provided for pressure testing a gas outlet of a household cooking appliance. The manometer quick connect device include a body having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the body having a hollow cavity extending from the first end to the second end, wherein the first end of the body includes a feature for coupling the manometer quick connect device to a manometer, and a seal at the second end of the body, wherein the seal includes a sealing surface for sealing the hollow cavity of the body to a surface of the gas outlet, the seal including an opening for providing fluid communication between the hollow cavity and an orifice of the gas outlet.

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Jacksboro, TN, United States of America

Edward Blalock