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Show A KITCHEN GAS REGULATOR A patent has just been issued for an apparatus, which lights the gas above when a pot Is set on to heat, and turns off the flame as soon as the pot Is removed. re-moved. A small tube opens In such a position that the emerging gas must flow around it. In the mouth of this tube a tiny pilot-flame burns continually. contin-ually. A special gas cock controls the main flow of gas, and this special cock is so connected by means of levers to the heating surface that the weight of a pot will turn it on. Once turned on, the gas takes light from the pilot-flames. pilot-flames. When the pot is removed off the same automatic lever turns the gas. When the gas range is being used at short intervals the device prevents waste of gas, on the one hand, or the continual trouble of turning turn-ing off and relighting the flame on the other. When the range is idle for long periods the pilot-flame may be turned off. Electrical News, |