Distributed vertical flame burner
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsLuis Javier Aguilar, Jonathan Tovar Balderas, Francisco Javier Soria Contreras, Victor Ruelas Fajardo, Victor Gerardo Caloca Galindo, Ana Katia Silva Jiménez
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Abstract
A fuel-burning cooking burner includes a base defining an outer periphery and an inner open area. The burner further includes a cap coupled with the base around the outer periphery thereof and extending over the open area to define a distribution cavity on an interior side of the cap. The cap further defines a convex outer surface extending opposite the distribution cavity and a plurality of outlets extending through the cap from the distribution cavity to the exterior surface. The outlets are distributed over the entire exterior surface.
Claims20
A fuel-burning cooking burner, comprising:
- a base defining an outer periphery and an inner open area;
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- a cap coupled with the base around the outer periphery thereof and extending over the open area to define a distribution cavity on an interior side of the cap, the cap further defining a convex exterior surface extending opposite the distribution cavity and a plurality of outlets extending through the cap from the distribution cavity to the exterior surface, the outlets being distributed over the entire exterior surface by being arranged in a plurality of concentric rings including an innermost ring, an outermost ring and a plurality of intermediate rings, wherein adjacent ones of the outlets in the outermost ring and the plurality of intermediate rings are spaced apart in a tangential direction around the outer periphery by the same distance.
A fuel-burning cooking burner, comprising:
- a base defining an outer periphery, an inner open area, a mixing chamber separated from a portion of the inner open area and in communication therewith adjacent the outer periphery, and an inner wall spaced inward from the outer periphery and including a plurality of ports extending through the inner wall;
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- a cap coupled with the base around the outer periphery thereof and extending over the open area to define a distribution cavity on an interior side of the cap, the cap further defining an exterior surface extending opposite the distribution cavity and a plurality of outlets extending through the cap from the distribution cavity to the exterior surface;
- wherein the inner wall defines a portion of the mixing chamber surrounding the distribution cavity and the mixing chamber is open to the distribution cavity through the plurality of ports.
A cooking appliance, comprising:
- an upper surface;
- a burner disposed along the upper surface, including:
- a base defining an outer periphery and an inner open area;
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- a cap coupled with the base around the outer periphery thereof and extending over the open area to define a distribution cavity on an interior side of the cap, the cap further defining a convex outer surface extending opposite the distribution cavity and a plurality of outlets extending generally perpendicular to the upper surface and through the cap from the distribution cavity to the exterior surface, the outlets being distributed over the entire exterior surface by being arranged in a plurality of concentric rings including an innermost ring, an outermost ring and a plurality of intermediate rings, wherein adjacent ones of the outlets in the outermost ring and the plurality of intermediate rings are spaced apart in a tangential direction around the outer periphery by the same distance;
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- a grate disposed above the burner and supported along a portion of the upper surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.