Camping stove

Claim 2

A camping stove comprising, in combination: a. a pan support; b. a base member having an aperture; c. a burner unit attached to said pan support; d. an air/gas mixture tube; e. a gas jet fitment extending through said base member aperture; f. first co-operating connection means on said air/gas mixture tube and said gas jet fitment clamping said base member between said air/gas mixture tube and gas jet fitment and enabling said mixture tube and said gas jet fitment to be connected together; and g. second co-operating connection means on said air/gas mixture tube and said burner unit enabling said mixture tube and said burner unit to be connected together in alternatively arrangeable conditions of said stove parts in which in an assembled condition, said burner unit and said pan support are mounted by said air/gas mixture tube on said base member for supporting and heating an article to be heated, and, in a demounted condition said pan support and said base member together form a closed casing for containing and protecting from damage said gas jet fitment, said air/gas mixture tube and said burner unit, said first and second co-operating connection means enabling said gas jet fitment, said mixture tube and said burner unit to be interconnected with each other and the casing when the stove is demounted to prevent said gas jet fitment and said mixture tube from being displaceable from within the casing.

Claim 3

A camping stove comprising, in combination: a. a pan support; b. a base member having an aperture; c. a burner unit attached to said pan support; d. an air/gas mixture tube; e. an externally threaded gas jet extending through said base member apertUre; f. an externally threaded portion provided at one end of said air/gas mixture tube and an internally threaded portion provided within the other end of said air/gas mixture tube for connection to said gas jet; and g. a first internally threaded, coaxially disposed aperture provided in one end of said burner unit, which first aperture communicates with the interior of the burner unit, and a second internally threaded, coaxially disposed, blind aperture provided in the other end thereof, the threads of said first and second apertures and the external thread of the mixture tube being the same, the components of the stove being alternatively arrangeable in an assembled condition whereby said mixture tube is screwed into and communicates with said first aperture, said burner unit and said pan support being carried by said mixture tube on said base member for supporting and heating an article to be heated, and in a demounted condition in which the pan support and said base member together form a closed casing for containing and protecting from damage said gas jet, said mixture tube and said burner unit, said mixture tube being screwed into said second, blind aperture and the gas jet being retained by the mixture tube to prevent said mixture tube and said gas jet from being displaceable within the casing.

Claim 4

A camping stove comprising, in combination: a. a pan support; b. a base member having an aperture; c. a burner unit attached to said pan support; d. an air/gas mixture tube; e. an externally threaded gas jet extending through said base member apertUre; f. an externally threaded portion provided at one end of said air/gas mixture tube and an internally threaded portion provided within the other end of said air/gas mixture tube for connection to said gas jet; and g. a first internally threaded, coaxially disposed aperture provided in one end of said burner unit, which first aperture communicates with the interior of the burner unit, and a second internally threaded, coaxially disposed, blind aperture provided in the other end thereof, the threads of said first and second apertures and the external thread of the mixture tube being the same, the components of the stove being alternatively arrangeable in an assembled condition whereby said mixture tube is screwed into and communicates with said first aperture, said burner unit and said pan support being carried by said mixture tube on said base member for supporting and heating an article to be heated, and in a demounted condition in which the pan support and said base member together form a closed casing for containing and protecting from damage said gas jet, said mixture tube and said burner unit, said mixture tube being screwed into said second, blind aperture and the gas jet being retained by the mixture tube to prevent said mixture tube and said gas jet from being displaceable within the casing.

Claim 5

A stove according to claim 2, in which the pan support and the base member are generally bowl shaped and of the same shape and size.

Claim 6

A stove according to claim 3, in which the peripheries of the pan support and base member are castellated, the size and number of the castellations being such that the peripheries of the pan support and base member interfit with each other when they are placed together in the demounted condition of the stove.

Claim 7

A stove according to claim 2, in which the threads of the external and internal threaded portions of the mixture tube are the same.

Claim 8

A stove according to claim 2, including a gas supply fitting which has an external thread thereon which corresponds to the internal threaded portion of the mixture tube, the gas jet being mounted in a gas supply fitting and in which the base member has a central aperture therein, which aperture is a clearance fit on the external thread of the gas supply fitting, whereby in the ready-to-use condition of the stove the gas supply fitting is inserted through the central aperture in the base member and is screwed into the mixture tube and in the demounted condition of the stove the base member is orientated so as to form a closed casing with the pan support and the gas supply fitting inserted through the central aperture in the base member and screwed into the mixture tube so that the casing is closed and the parts are prevented from being displaced in the casing.

Claim 9

A stove according to claim 6, in which the gas supply fitting includes a tubular stem extending radially from the fitting, the stem being shaped to conform closely to the external surface of the base member.

Claim 10

A stove according to claim 6, in which the gas supply fitting includes a tubular stem communicating with the gas jet and a flexible hose connected at one end to the stem.

Claim 11

A stove according to claim 8, in which the stem is of metal and the flexible hose comprises neoprene tubing, there being included a silicone rubber sleeve positioned between the stem and the neoprene tubing.

Claim 12

A stove according to claim 8, which includes a valve for connection to a disposable liquid gas container, and a connector provided on the other end of the flexible hose for connection to the valve.

Claim 13

A stove according to claim 2, in which the gas/air mixture tube has a non-circular cross-section, either or both the pan support and the base member having means engageable with the non-circular cross-section for enabling the gas jet and the mixture tube to be tightened or loosened.

Claim 14

A stove according to claim 11, wherein the non-circular cross-section is a regular hexagon.

Claim 15

A stove accordiNg to claim 2, in which the burner unit is dismantlable from the pan support.