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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2020
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Dino Chirumbolo, Barasso, IT;
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A switch assembly for controlling the ignition of gas burners of a cooking appliance having one or more gas valves. The switch assembly includes at least one first support member, operably couplable to a first gas valve, a spring biased ignition switch operably mountable to the at least one first support member, and an actuating member, having a longitudinal axis and operably couplable to at least the first gas valve between the at least one first support member and at least a control knob of at least the first gas valve. The actuating member is adapted to move between a first position, actuatingly engaged with the ignition switch, and a second position, actuatingly disengaged from the ignition switch, wherein the actuating member is moved towards the first position by at least the control knob, and back towards the second position by the spring biased ignition switch.