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| 20080236688 | Gas Valve Assembly for a Barbecue - A gas valve assembly for a barbecue is provided. The assembly includes a distributor that has a gas inlet conduit and a diversion conduit connected to the inlet conduit, the diversion conduit having branches through which the inlet gas is distributed, and control valves adapted for their connection to a burner, each control valve having a main body and a connection conduit extending therefrom. The connection conduit of each control valve is partially housed inside a respective branch of the diversion conduit. Retainers that are independent to the connection conduit and the distributor pass through grooves or holes in the respective branches and connection conduits to affix, or to ensure fixation, of the valves to the distributor. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080236689 | Gas Valve Assembly for a Barbecue - A gas valve assembly for a barbecue is provided. The assembly includes a distributor that has a gas inlet conduit and a diversion conduit connected to the inlet conduit, the diversion conduit comprising branches through which a gas is distributed and including at least one branch, an internally threaded first part and a substantially conic frustrum second part, and a control valve adapted for connection to a burner, the control valve comprising a main body and a connection conduit which is fixed to the at least one branch of the diversion conduit, wherein the connection conduit has a cylindrical externally threaded first segment and a substantially conic frustrum second segment. The first segment is threaded in the first part, and the second segment is compressed when it moves along the second part until the control valve is correctly positioned in relation to the distributor thanks to grooves disposed axially on the surface of the second segment. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090159068 | FUEL-FIRED BARBECUE - A barbecue having a manual operating mode and an automatic operating mode. In the manual operating mode a user is required to act affirmatively on the burner or burners of the barbecue in order to light them. In the automatic operating mode, a controller operably controls an igniter and/or a pilot to automatically light the burner or burners without the need for a user to affirmatively act on the burners themselves. | 06-25-2009 |
