Fireplace starting apparatus

Stoves and furnaces – Fireplaces or accessories – Fluid fuel

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431264, 126 25B, 126503, F24C 300

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049497057

ABSTRACT:
In accordance with the invention, a fireplace starting apparatus is provided which includes a control valve for controlling the flow of flammable gas to a fireplace burner, with said control valve being adapted for permanent installation in a structure external of and adjacent to a fireplace. Said apparatus includes a conduit connectable at one end to a fireplace burner within the fireplace and at the other end to the control valve. In one embodiment, the device may be provided with a remotely operable ignition/reignition device including an igniter mountable adjacent the burner within the fire box, an actuator located adjacent to the control valve and means operably connecting the actuator to the igniter. A sensor adjacent to the igniter may detect the absence of a flame and cause the igniter to light the gas flame upon startup and also during operation of the gas flame is extinguished while the gas is still flowing. The device may include provision for both a gas conduit to the burner and electrodes for the igniter and the sensor to pass through one knockout hole in the fireplace.

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