Maytag Corporation

James Baynham

Jimmy C Roden

Jimmy D Burger

Prabhat Kumar Tekriwal

A portable spark tester for a gas cooking appliance includes a housing having a non-conductive base assembly, and a plurality of electrical conductive cables each having a first end adapted to be attached to an ignition wire for a respective gas burner of the appliance, and a second end which is secured within the housing at a position spaced from a central electrode. This spaced relationship defines a spark gap across which an electrical charge can jump. In use, the spark tester provides a technician with the ability to correctly identify certain non-functioning components of a spark ignition system of the gas appliance.

Spark tester for a gas cooking appliance

A gas burner assembly providing a fast and reliable spark ignition of an air/gas mixture includes a support member, mounted in a side wall aperture of the gas burner, through which an end portion of an ignition electrode extends and at least one internal flow passage for directing the mixture directly to a terminal end of the electrode at the side wall of the gas burner. The terminal end of the electrode is substantially recessed relative to the side wall at the aperture. Preferably, a plurality of annularly spaced passages are formed in the support member, with each passage being open to the electrode such that each passage is defined, at least in part, by a section of the electrode.

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Cleveland, TN, United States of America

James Baynham