Interrelated gas valve and manual igniter control

Claim 1

IN A GAS BURNING APPARATUS, IN COMBINATION, A GAS SUPPLY CONDUIT; A FIRST AND A SECOND BURNER COMMUNICATING WITH SAID CONDUIT, SAID BURNERS BEING SUFFICIENTLY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER SO THAT IGNITION OF ONE BURNER RESULTS IN AUTOMATIC IGNITION OF THE OTHER BURNER; A VALVE PROVIDED IN SAID CONDUIT UPSTREAM OF SAID BURNER, SAID VALVE COMPRISING A HOUSING AND A VALVE MEMBER BEING MOVABLE IN SAID HOUSING BETWEEN A FIRST POSITION, A SECOND POSITION AND A THIRD POSITION IN WHICH SAID VALVE RESPECTIVELY PREVENTS FLOW OF GAS TO BOTH OF SAID BURNERS, PERMITS FLOW OF GAS TO SAID ONE BURNER, AND PERMITS FLOW OF GAS AT LEAST TO SAID OTHER BURNER; AND A CONTROL CIRCUIT INCLUDING A HANDPOWERED HIGH TENSION ELECTROMAGNETIC CURRENT GENERATOR INCLUDING A COIL HAVING A PRIMARY CIRCUIT AND A CIRCUIT BREAKER ARRANGED IN SAID PRIMARY CIRCUIT, ELECTRODE MEANS DEFINING A SPARK GAP ADJACENT TO SAID ONE BURNER, CONDUCTOR MEANS CONNECTING SAID CURRENT GENERATOR WITH SAID ELECTRODE MEANS, SAID SHORT-CIRCUITING MEANS FOR SHORTCIRCUITING SAID CIRCUIT BREAKER AND INCLUDING A NORMALLY CLOSED SWITCH ARRANGED IN PARALLEL WITH SAID CIRCUIT BREAKER, SAID SWITCH COMPRISING A FIRST CONTACT LOCATED IN SAID HOUSING AND SECURED TO AND MOVABLE WITH SAID VALVE MEMBER, AND A SECOND CONTACT ENGAGING SAID FIRST CONTACT IN ALL BUT SAID SECOND POSITION OF THE VALVE MEMBER, SO THAT THE SWITCH IS CLOSED IN SAID FIRST AND THIRD POSITIONS OF SAID VALVE MEMBER AND IS OPEN TO ENABLE IGNITION OF SAID ONE BURNER BY SAID CURRENT GENERATOR ONLY WHEN SAID VALVE MEMBER IS MOVED TO SAID SECOND POSITION AND THE CURRENT GENERATOR GENERATES A CURRENT WHICH SUFFICES TO PRODUCE A SPARK ACROSS SAID GAP.