Gas range

Claim 1

IN A GAS COOKING TOP ASSEMBLY, SUPPORT MEANS MOUNTED FOR SLIDING MOVEMENT BETWEEN A FIRST POSITION AND A RELATIVELY EXTENDED SECOND POSITION, A GAS BURNER CARRIED BY SAID SUPPORT MEANS TO MOVE THEREWITH, SAID BURNER HAVING A LONG INTAKE SECTION WHICH EXTENDS IN THE DIRECTION OF SUCH MOVEMENT THEREOF, A FLAME TUBE FOR SAID BURNER ADJACENT AND FIXED RELATIVE THERETO ON THE SUPPORT MEANS, A STATIONARY GAS SUPPLY TUBE SUBSTANTIALLY ALIGNED WITH THE BURNER INTAKE SECTION AND SLIDABLY PASSING THROUGH THE OUTER END OF THE SAME, AND A STATIONARY PILOT LINE, THE SUPPLY TUBE EXTENDING APPRECIABLY INTO THE BURNER INTAKE SECTION AND THE PILOT LINE BEYOND THE FLAME TUBE WHEN THE SUPPORT MEANS IS IN ITS SAID FIRST POSITION, MOVEMENT OF THE SUPPORT MEANS TO ITS SECOND POSITION WITHDRAWING THE BURNER TO LOCATE THE SUPPLY TUBE END ADJACENT THE END OF THE INTAKE SECTION THEREOF AND POSITIONING THE FLAME TUBE AT THE END OF THE PILOT LINE.