Abstract

A control device (1) for the burners of a cooking range including a catenary element for controlling the lighting of the burners and a gas tap (2) provided with a rotary control stem; the catenary is of standard type, and therefore the catenary element is fixable onto the gas tap laterally to the rotary stem and includes a microswitch (7) actuated by the translation of a mobile control rod parallelly to the axis of the rotary stem of the gas tap; the control device further includes an annular washer (25) angularly fastenable in an integral and axially locked manner onto the rotary stem, in a position facing the control rod, the washer being provided on a first face thereof (27) facing in use towards the control rod with circumferential cam means (28) cooperating in use in sliding contact with a free end (26) of the control rod for converting each rotary motion of the washer, upon a rotation of the control stem (10) of the gas tap, into a translation motion of the control rod (12) so as to actuate the microswitch.

IPC Classes  ?

• H01H 3/02 - Operating parts, i.e. for operating driving mechanism by a mechanical force external to the switch

Abstract

A fluid-tight electric connection device including a tubular body formed by electrically insulating material, a first and a second opposite open ends of which delimit therein a first and a second cup-shaped seats, separated by a common bottom wall obtained transversally to, and integrally with, the tubular body and throughly crossed by a plurality of blade contact elements;; and a casing including at least two reciprocally and fluid- tightly coupled half shells and accommodating therein the first end of the tubular body through a first end thereof, f luid-tightly fixable in use to a case of a submerged pump, and throughly crossed by the tubular body, the casing displaying a second end provided with through, fluid-tight inlet means in the casing of at least one electric cable. The bottom wall is entirely coated, bya layer of sealing resin in which the blade elements are embedded and the tubular body is laterally and externally provided with an annular flange abuttingly cooperating against the first end of the casing to be sandwiched in use between the latter and the support to which it is fixable.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 5/63 - Generation or supply of power specially adapted for television receivers

Abstract

A control device (1) for the burners of a cooking range, including a catenary element for controlling the lighting of the burners and a gas tap (2) provided with a rotating, axially mobile control stem, the catenary- element including a micro switch (7), a control rod (11) of which is actuated upon an axial motion of the stem by a washer (12) snappingly carried by the stem in a position immediately over the micro switch; the washer (12) is integrally made of synthetic plastic material and is essentially C-shaped according to a plan view, including a flange portion (15) delimited by an essentially circular peripheral edge (16) and provided with a central through hole (18) and a radial opening (20) which interrupts the continuity thereof from the peripheral edge and to the through hole, the radial opening being flanked on both of its opposite longitudinal sides by respective fins (23) which protrudingly and axially extend from a lower side (25) of the flange portion adapted in use to intercept opposite side flanks of the control rod (11) of the micro switch following a possible relative rotation between the washer (12) and the micro switch (7), the washer (12) idly engaging, by means of said through hole, an annular groove (50) of the stem (10) of the gas tap.

IPC Classes  ?

• F24C 3/10 - Arrangement or mounting of ignition devices
• F23N 1/00 - Regulating fuel supply

Abstract

An electronic gas lighting device including: a cup- shaped casing, formed by an electrically insulating material; a plurality of high-voltage outputs carried by the casing and each including a chimney-like housing carried by the casing and also formed by an electrically insulating material and a first electric contact carried by the chimney-like housing and arranged therein; and a frame element integrally and protrudingly carrying, on a first face thereof intended in use to face towards the casing, a plurality of second contacts, in number equal to the high-voltage outputs present on the casing and adapted to couple with the first contacts within said chimney-like housings, and provided on a second face thereof, opposite to the first, with a plurality of electric wires each connecting a second contact with a spark generating electrode fastenable to a cooking range; snapping fastening means to the casing being peripherally arranged on the outside of the frame element, along at least one side of the same.

IPC Classes  ?

• F23Q 3/00 - Ignition using electrically-produced sparks

Abstract

A gas lighting device (1) including: a body (3) formed by an electrically insulating material and carrying a plurality of high-voltage outputs (4) for the connection to spark generating means; a transformer accommodated in the body and including a primary winding (11) wound about and carried by a ferromagnetic material core (12), a carrying element (14) formed by an electrically insulating material and designed to contain within a tubular drum (38) thereof the primary winding (11), and a secondary winding (15) consisting of a plurality of coils (16) externally carried by the drum (38) of the carrying element (14), electrically insulated from the primary winding (11) and essentially coaxial with the latter; the core (12) is bar-shaped and accommodated inside the carrying element (14) and the drum (38) directly supports also the high-voltage outputs (4), which are integrally obtained on the drum (38) so as to form therewith the carrying element (14) and laterally overhangingly protrude from the drum (38).

IPC Classes  ?

• F23Q 3/00 - Ignition using electrically-produced sparks

Abstract

A gas lighting device having a casing fastenable to an electric household appliance by means of fastening means coupleable with corresponding perforations obtained on a carrying element of the electric household appliance; wherein the fastening means consist of at least one pair of elastically deformable fastening elements protrudingly carried by the casing, perpendicularly to the same, in a position immediately adjacent one to the other so that they are adapted to snappingly couple with only one and the same of said perforations of the carrying element of the electric household appliance.

IPC Classes  ?

• F24C 3/10 - Arrangement or mounting of ignition devices
• F23Q 3/00 - Ignition using electrically-produced sparks

Abstract

A detecting device for detecting the angular position of an electric household appliance rotating member (2), typically the drum of a washing machine, including generating means (3) of a magnetic field arrangeable. in a fixed position with respect to the rotating member, e.g. carried by the frame of the electric household appliance; interaction means (5) with the magnetic field generating means integrally arrangeable in use on the rotating member in a position so as to transit periodically in front of the generating means of a magnetic field and in position adjacent to the same to cause a spatial variation of the magnetic field flux lines between a first and a second field configuration; and means (7) adapted to generate an. electric signal when crossed by the flux lines of the magnetic field; wherein said signal generating means are integral with the magnetxc field generating means and are arranged, with respect to the interaction means, on the same side as the magnetic field generating means, but in a position so as to be crossed by the flux lines only in said second field configuration.

IPC Classes  ?

• D06F 37/30 - Driving arrangements

Abstract

A contact (3) adapted to be used in conjunction with an electric wire prearranged with a tip connection terminal (4), of essentially rigid type, and including reception means (10) of the terminal for at least one prevailing part of the length of the same in a direction of insertion (A), electric interface means (11) between tip and contact, against which the terminal is in use abuttingly withheld, and elastic locking means (12) prearranged between the reception means and the electric interface means so as to press in use with predetermined pressure the terminal against the electric interface means and at the same time cooperate with the terminal forming a first angle with the direction of insertion so as to prevent by seizing the extraction of the terminal from the reception means in the direction of insertion/ wherein the elastic means (12) and the reception means (10) are shaped so as to allow a user to displace the terminal (4), against the bias of the elastic means (12), obliquely with respect to the interface means (11) and to the direction of insertion (A), so as to determine between the elastic means and the terminal a second angle which does not allow the removal of the tip from the reception means along a direction of extraction (B) different from that of insertion (A).

IPC Classes  ?

• H01R 12/55 - Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures characterised by the terminals
• H01R 4/48 - Clamped connectionsSpring connections using a spring, clip or other resilient member

Abstract

A gas igniter device (1) including a first synthetic material casing containing igniter means and electronic control means and a terminal board integrally coupled to the first casing (2) and in turn including cable clamp means (35,37,38); wherein the terminal board {5) consists of a second synthetic box-shaped material casing (10) including: a cup-shaped body (11) provided with a first and a second opposite side opening (12; 14) and an inlet (15) oriented essentially perpendicular to the side openings; and a closing lid (16) of the inlet hingedly restrained onto a first side of the cup-shaped body; a first end (26) of the first casing is provided with a pair of electric power contacts (27) for the igniter means and is snappingly and removably coupled in use to the cup-shaped body (11) within a first side opening (12); the lid snappingly coupling to a second side of the cup-shaped body and being provided with first clamping means (35) for an electric power cable (36) insertable in use through the second side opening (14).

IPC Classes  ?

• F23Q 3/00 - Ignition using electrically-produced sparks

Abstract

An electronic starter device (1) for an electric motor (2) including a first terminal (11) connected in use to a mains voltage source (7) selectively activatable by means of control means (8) to feed respective starter (3) and run (4) windings of the electric motor; switch means (13) arranged in series between the voltage source and the starter winding to selectively feed the starter winding; generating means (25) of a first low voltage potential (V1) directly connected to the feeding terminal; timer means (14) including at least one capacitor (15) and means (16) for selectively charging the capacitor by means of at least one first resistor (20); first driving means (18) for activating the switch means; and second driving means (22) for activating the first driving means, the latter being arranged logically in a cascade with respect to the second driving means, which are activated by means of the timer means (14).

IPC Classes  ?

• H02P 1/42 - Arrangements for starting electric motors or dynamo-electric converters for starting dynamo-electric motors or dynamo-electric converters for starting an individual single-phase induction motor

Abstract

A device (1) including high voltage generating means (4) accommodated in an electrical insulating casing, spark generating means (6) adapted to be arranged near respective burners of a household appliance to be ignited and electrical connection means (7) between the high voltage generating means and the spark generating means; the high voltage generating means include a single secondary winding (10) of a transformer provided with a single high voltage output contact (12) and a single return contact (14), connectable to ground; the spark generating means include for each burner a pair of electrodes (20, 21) reciprocally insulated and arranged side-by-side at a predetermined distance such that to allow in use the generation of sparks between the same; the electrical connection means include a single electrical wire (25) connected to a single output of the high voltage generating means connecting in series together all the existing electrode pairs and divided by the electrodes of each pair of a plurality of segments (30) reciprocally and electrically insulated by means of the electrodes of each electrode pair, to form a chain of electrodes coupled two-by-two.

IPC Classes  ?

• F23Q 3/00 - Ignition using electrically-produced sparks
• F24C 3/10 - Arrangement or mounting of ignition devices

Abstract

A cable-clamping device (1), including a base (2) having a through seat (3) for accommodating electrical cables, for example electrical power cables of a household appliance; and a clamping element (4) progressively insertable in the seat (3) in a transversal direction with respect to the same defined in use by an axis (A) laying on a longitudinal symmetry plane of the clamping element, for clamping in use the cables against a bottom wall (5) of the seat; the clamping element (4) being delimited between a first (6) and a second (7) end by a first (8) and a second (9) lateral flank essentially parallel to the longitudinal symmetry plane and by an upper face (10) essentially perpendicular to the lateral flanks, the first and the second ends being provided with coupling means to the base (2) including snappingretaining means (11) made at the second end (7) and an insertion seat (12) for at least one removable clamping element; wherein the insertion seat (12) is defined by at least one first recess (13) open on the first lateral flank (8), at least one second recess (14) open on the second lateral flank (9) and made immediately adjacent to, and flush with, the first, and by at least one slot (15) made transversally through the first end, in direction essentially perpendicular to the lateral flanks.

IPC Classes  ?

• H01R 13/58 - Means for relieving strain on wire connection, e.g. cord grip
• H01R 43/18 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for manufacturing bases or cases for contact members

Abstract

A decelerating device intended to intercept an end-of-stroke part of a closing path of a mobile member, such as a furniture drawer or door, including: a body fastenable in use to an abutting surface for the mobile member and internally defining a sealed chamber filled in use with a viscous fluid; a pushrod at least in part overhanging from the body and being adapted to cooperate in use with the mobile member, the pushrod being integral with a stem slidingly accommodated in the body against the bias of elastic means between an extracted position of the pushrod and a retracted position; and a piston accommodated in the sealed chamber so as to divide it into two portions hydraulically connected to each other and mechanically connected to the stem; wherein the stem presents a first end integrally connected to the pushrod and a second end opposite to the first, both slidingly accommodated in the body outside the sealed chamber and f luid-tightly towards the sealed chamber itself; the piston is provided with a mobile sealing member to choke the hydraulic communication between the two portions of the sealed chamber only during the stroke of the stem towards the retracted position.

IPC Classes  ?

• E05F 5/08 - Buffers with springs
• E05F 5/10 - Buffers with piston brakes
• F16F 9/20 - Devices with one or more members, e.g. pistons, vanes, moving to and fro in chambers and using throttling effect involving only straight-line movement of the effective parts with a closed cylinder and a piston separating two or more working spaces therein with the piston-rod extending through both ends of the cylinder

Abstract

Device including a casing fastenable to the household appliance, electrical supply means and a lighting circuit carried by the casing, and a spark plug; the lighting circuit being adapted to supply a high voltage alternating current to said spark plug to make it generate a spark adapted to produce the lighting of a flame; wherein the supply means are direct current low voltage generator means which supply in parallel said lighting circuit and a control circuit, the control circuit being electrically connected to the spark plug and to a first terminal of a LED indicator and having a second terminal connected to earth, for selectively producing the turning on or off of the LED indicator in consequence of a passage or interruption of a dispersion current to earth which flows in use to the spark plug when the flame is lit.

IPC Classes  ?

• F23N 5/12 - Systems for controlling combustion using devices responsive to thermal changes or to thermal expansion of a medium using ionisation-sensitive elements, i.e. flame rods
• F23N 5/24 - Preventing development of abnormal or undesired conditions, i.e. safety arrangements