US 12,104,801 B2
Gas cooking appliance
Jose Octavio Sanchez Rodriguez, Jalisco (MX); and Maider Sarriegi Galparsoro, Aretxabaleta (ES)
Assigned to COPRECI, S.COOP., Aretxabaleta (ES)
Filed by COPRECI, S.COOP., Aretxabaleta (ES)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/191,140.
Claims priority of application No. 20383087 (EP), filed on Dec. 14, 2020; and application No. 21382065 (EP), filed on Jan. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0186933 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. F24C 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC F24C 3/124 (2013.01) [F24C 3/126 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gas cooking appliance having a control panel and comprising:
a gas regulating valve comprising a valve body and an operating shaft that passes through an opening in the control panel;
a control knob comprising a handle coupled to the operating shaft;
a bracket including a base and first and second arms extending from the base, the base being secured to the valve body, the first and second arms respectively including first and second ends; and
a control panel to which the first and second arms are attached, the control panel having a backside facing the bracket in which are located first and second housings that each has a shape that is complementary to at least a part of the respective first and second ends of the first and second arms of the bracket, the at least part of the first and second ends being fitted in the respective first and second housings;
the bracket including first and second threaded holes respectively located in the first and second ends of the first and second arms, the control panel including first and second fixing holes that extend through the control panel, the control panel being secured to the first and second arms by first and second screws, a threaded portion of each of the first and second screws being respectively threaded into the first and second threaded holes of the first and second arms, the first and second screws respectively including first and second heads that press against a front side of the control panel, a portion of each of the first and second screws respectively passing through the first and second fixing holes;
the control knob being a part of a control knob assembly, the control knob assembly including a bezel fixed to the control panel, the bezel having a front side and a backside, the backside of the bezel facing the front side of the control panel, the bezel having first and second through openings that are respectively arranged in axial alignment with first and second threaded holes of the control panel, the bezel being fixed to the control panel by third and fourth screws, a threaded portion of each of the third and fourth screws being respectively threaded into the first and second threaded holes of the control panel, the third and fourth screws respectively including third and fourth heads that press against the front side of the bezel, a portion of each of the third and fourth screws respectively passing through the first and second through openings of the bezel;
the bezel including first and second passage openings that are respectively axially aligned with the first and second threaded holes of the first and second arms of the bracket, at least a portion of each of the first and second screws being respectively located in the first and second passage openings of the bezel.