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1. A cooking appliance, comprising:
a gas burner for supplying heat to a food for cooking; a valve for setting a user-selected flow rate of gas to the gas burner; a control for allowing a user of the appliance to adjust said valve to selectively change the user-selected flow rate of gas to the burner, said control positioned in the appliance separately from said valve; and a coupling that connects said valve and said control, said coupling comprising a flexible element coupled to said valve and said control to transmit adjustments of said control by the user to said valve so as to cause said valve to change the user-selected flow rate of gas to said gas burner; wherein said control comprises:
a handle portion;an upper cam configured to push and turn rotation by the user, said upper cam defining a locking tab; said upper cam in mechanical communication with said handle portion;an upper hub defining an opening for the receipt of said upper cam, said upper hub also defining a notch for the receipt of said locking tab;a lower cam configured for selective receipt of said upper cam, said lower cam connected with said flexible element; and a lower hub defining an opening for receipt of said lower cam. |