Improvements in torches for lighting gas stoves
165,467. Knott, G. F. J. Jan. 29, 1920. Mechanism operated by tilting valve casing; seats.-In a gas torch for lighting stoves of the type in which a ball valve c normally shuts off the gas but, when the torch is brought to its operative position, rolls off its seating and allows a free flow of gas, a thin hair line passage b allows a minute quantity of gas to flow when the ball valve rests on its seating in a block a. The ball valveis kept in position by a cylindrical tube d having a tapered end for carrying the burner tip e. Specifications 19471/90, [Class 51, Furnaces &c.], and 19523/12 are referred to.