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US 12,704,259 B2Granted
Burner igniter
AssigneeBoil Boss, L.L.C.
InventorsRobert T. Lapeyre, Robert S. Lapeyre
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Abstract
An igniter for a burner in a cooking system. The igniter comprises a spark unit including two electrodes that define a spark gap, a spark module electrically connected to the electrodes to apply a high-voltage pulse across the electrodes to generate a spark in the spark gap, and a remote sending unit that sends an ignite signal to the spark module to generate a spark in the spark gap to light the burner. A local ignite signal can be initiated from the spark module. The spark module and the remote sending unit can be clamped to a gas hose supplying gas to the burner. The spark unit can be attached to a variety of burners by attachments to position the spark gap in the burner's gas flow. A single-electrode igniter is also described.
Claims24
An igniter comprising:
- a spark module including a receiver and a battery serving as the sole electric power source for the spark module;
- a spark unit including at least one electrode having a distal end, wherein the at least one electrode is electrically connected to the spark module;
- a sending unit remote from the spark module and having a transmitter and an actuator that, when actuated, causes the transmitter to send an ignite signal to the receiver for the spark module to send a high-voltage pulse to the at least one electrode to generate a spark at the distal end;
- wherein the spark module includes an enclosure housing the battery and the receiver;
- wherein the enclosure has a first enclosure portion forming a first channel portion along its length and a second enclosure portion including a clamp and forming a second channel portion along its length and wherein the second enclosure portion is separable from the first enclosure portion to admit a gas hose into the first channel portion and wherein the second enclosure portion is joined to the first enclosure portion with the gas hose received in the second enclosure portion and clamped by the clamp against the first enclosure portion.
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An igniter comprising:
- a spark unit including at least one electrode having a distal end;
- a spark module including:
- a high-voltage pulse generator connected to the at least one electrode;
- a sending unit including an actuator that, when actuated, causes the sending unit to send an ignite signal to the high-voltage pulse generator to send a high-voltage pulse to the at least one electrode to generate a spark at the distal end;
- a battery providing all the electrical power to the spark module over a power line;
- an enclosure housing the high-voltage pulse generator, the sending unit, and the battery;
- wherein the enclosure has a first enclosure portion forming a first channel portion along its length and a second enclosure portion forming a second channel portion along its length and wherein the first and second channel portions form a channel through the enclosure and wherein the second enclosure portion is separable from the first enclosure portion to admit a gas line into the channel and wherein the second enclosure portion is joined to the first enclosure portion to retain the gas line in the channel.
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A cooking system comprising:
- a burner having a gas outlet;
- a gas hose carrying gas to the burner;
- an igniter including:
- a spark unit attached to the burner and including at least one electrode having a distal end at the gas outlet of the burner;
- a spark module including:
- a high-voltage pulse generator electrically connected to the at least one electrode and sending a high-voltage pulse to the at least one electrode to generate a spark that ignites the gas flowing through the outlet;
- a battery providing all the electrical power to the spark module;
- an enclosure housing the high-voltage generator and the battery;
- a bracket fastened to the spark unit and having a hook at one end that hooks over the burner at the gas outlet;
- a set screw through the bracket that tightens the hook against the burner to set the position of the distal end at the gas outlet of the burner.
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A cooking system comprising:
- a burner having a gas outlet;
- a gas hose carrying gas to the burner;
- an igniter including:
- a spark unit attached to the burner and including:
- a single electrode having a distal end at the gas outlet of the burner;
- a first connector;
- a first wire electrically connected at one end to the single electrode;
- a second wire electrically connected at one end to the burner;
- wherein the other ends of the first and second wires are connected to the first connector;
- a spark module including:
- a high-voltage pulse generator electrically connected to the single electrode;
- a battery providing all the electrical power to the spark module;
- an enclosure housing the high-voltage generator and the battery;
- wherein the spark module has a second connector that mates with the first connector;
- and
- wherein the high-voltage pulse generator applies a high-voltage pulse across the first and second wires through the first and second connectors to generate a spark between the distal end of the single electrode and the burner at the gas outlet to ignite the burner.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.