摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an operating mechanism for a gas stove, capable of simple operation by users such as elderly person or a physically disabled person or the like and simultaneously reducing noise and improving thermal efficiency. SOLUTION: An ignition, thermal power regulation and fire extinguishment are conducted by only rotating knobs 2, 3, and ignition by the rotation is set to an intermediate thermal power positions for cooking appliance burners 11, 12. In this case, it is desired to provide a mark 33 of the ignition position in addition to a display 32 for displaying turning ranges of the knobs 2, 3 on a control panel 17 or the like of the appliance. The knobs 2, 3 each has a sector 22 in the range of 90 to 180 degrees of a central angleαand a plate-like lever part 23, and many protruding strips in the axial direction are provided on a cylindrical surface 24 of the sector 22.
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