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A new gas appliance safety shut-off system for preventing accidents and deaths related to the utilization of gas-fueled appliances by providing a gas-fueled appliance with an integrated valve. The operating handle of the valve is accessible from the front of the appliance housing so that the gas sup

A new gas appliance safety shut-off system for preventing accidents and deaths related to the utilization of gas-fueled appliances by providing a gas-fueled appliance with an integrated valve. The operating handle of the valve is accessible from the front of the appliance housing so that the gas supply to the burning devices on or in the appliance may be turned off quickly and easily. The inventive device includes a hydrocarbon gas-fueled appliance that has a gas supply line located in the external housing of the appliance and at least one burning device. An internal pipe member is fluidly connected to the gas supply line such that all hydrocarbon gas burned by the burning devices of the appliance must pass through the pipe member. A valve is pivotally secured in the lumen of the pipe member to selectively cut off the supply of hydrocarbon gas to all the burning devices of the appliance. An operating handle is secured to the valve to allow manual manipulation of the movement of the valve within the lumen of the pipe member. The operating handle is mounted on the exterior of the housing adjacent to a control panel of the housing on the front of the housing of the appliance such that the hydrocarbon gas supplied to all the burning devices of the appliance may be easily and quickly shut-off by turning the operating handle.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A gas appliance safety shut-off system comprising:a hydrocarbon gas-fueled appliance having an external housing, said housing having a front and a rear, said housing having a gas supply line entering the rear of said housing and at least one burning device therein, said housing havi

[ I claim:] [1.] A gas appliance safety shut-off system comprising:a hydrocarbon gas-fueled appliance having an external housing, said housing having a front and a rear, said housing having a gas supply line entering the rear of said housing and at least one burning device therein, said housing having a control panel accessible from the front thereof for controlling operation of said burning devices by a user of the appliance;an internal pipe member located in said housing and having a lumen, said internal pipe member being fluidly connected to said gas supply line such that all hydrocarbon gas burned by the burning devices of said appliance must pass through said pipe member;a valve pivotally secured in the lumen of the pipe member for selectively closing the lumen of the pipe member to cut off the supply of hydrocarbon gas to all said burning devices of said appliance, said valve being located in the housing of said appliance in a portion of said housing adjacent to said control panel; andan operating handle secured to the valve for allowing manual manipulation of the movement of the valve within the lumen of the pipe member, said operating handle being mounted on the exterior of the housing adjacent to the control panel of said housing on the front of the housing of the appliance such that the hydrocarbon gas supplied to all said burning devices of said appliance may be easily and quickly shut-off by turning said operating handle;the valve having a valve plate pivotally disposed in the lumen, the valve plate including a boule circular rib along the perimeter thereof; andthe valve having a sealing cincture secured to the boule circular rib for releasably sealing against the interior surface of the lumen to thereby preventing passage of gas when said sealing cincture is brought into contact with said lumen.