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US 12,710,177 B2Granted
Griddle with temperature controller
AssigneeLoco—Crazy Good Cookers, Inc.
InventorsBlake Levien, Mcdonald Plummer
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Abstract
Implementations claimed and described herein provide system and methods for controlling griddle temperature. In one implementation, a temperature measurement of a region of a griddle top is obtained. The temperature measurement is captured using one or more sensors. A set temperature range is obtained for the region of the griddle top. The temperature measurement is compared to the set temperature range. One or more burners are adjusted based on whether the temperature measurement is within the set temperature range. The temperature of the region of the griddle top is maintained within the set temperature range using the one or more burners.
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A griddle comprising:
- a griddle top;
- a plurality of burners including one or more first burners and one or more second burners, the one or more first burners operable to heat a first region of the griddle top, the one or more second burners operable to heat a second region of the griddle top;
- a plurality of valves operable to control gas flow from one or more gas sources to the plurality of burners, the plurality of valves including one or more first valves and one or more second valves;
- one or more sensors operable to capture a first temperature measurement of the first region of the griddle top and a second temperature measurement of the second region of the griddle top;
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- a controller operable to:
- receive the first temperature measurement of the first region of the griddle top and the second temperature measurement of the second region of the griddle top;
- determine whether the first temperature measurement is within a first set temperature range and whether the second temperature measurement is within a second set temperature range for the second region;
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- maintain a first temperature of the first region of the griddle top within the first set temperature range and a second temperature of the second region within the second set temperature range by adjusting at least one of the one or more first valves or the one or more second valves between an open position and a closed position to control the gas flow supplied to at least one of the one or more first burners based on the first temperature measurement or the one or more second burners based on the second temperature measurement.
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A method comprising:
- obtaining a first temperature measurement of a first region of a griddle top and a second temperature measurement of a second region of the griddle top, the first temperature measurement and the second temperature measurement captured using one or more sensors;
- obtaining a first set temperature range for the first region of the griddle top and a second set temperature range for the second region of the griddle top;
- comparing the first temperature measurement to the first set temperature range and the second temperature measurement to the second set temperature range;
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- adjusting at least one of one or more first valves or one or more second valves between an open position and a closed position to control gas flow supplied to at least one of one or more first burners based on whether the first temperature measurement is within the first set temperature range or one or more second burners based on whether the second temperature measurement is within the second set temperature range, a first temperature of the first region of the griddle top maintained within the first set temperature range using the one or more first burners and a second temperature of the second region of the griddle top maintained within the second set temperature range using the one or more second burners.
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A system comprising:
- a griddle including a griddle top, the griddle top including a plurality of regions, the plurality of regions including a first region and a second region;
- a plurality of burners including one or more first burners and one or more second burners, the one or more first burners operable to heat the first region of the griddle top, the one or more second burners operable to heat the second region of the griddle top;
- a plurality of valves in communication with the plurality of burners, each of the plurality of valves controlling gas flow to a corresponding burner of the plurality of burners, the plurality of valves including one or more first valves associated with the one or more first burners and one or more second valves associated with the one or more second burners;
- one or more sensors operable to capture a first temperature measurement of the first region of the griddle top and a second temperature measurement of the second region of the griddle top;
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- a controller operable to control the plurality of burners by adjusting the plurality of valves between an open position and a closed position to control the gas flow supplied to the plurality of burners, the controller maintaining a first temperature of the first region of the griddle top within a first set temperature range by adjusting the one or more first valves, the controller maintaining a second temperature of the second region within a second set temperature range by adjusting the one or more second valves.
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A system comprising:
- a griddle including a griddle top including a first region and a second region;
- a first burner operable to produce a first flame using gas supplied from one or more gas sources;
- a second burner operable to produce a second flame using the gas supplied from the one or more gas sources;
- a first additional burner operable to produce a third flame using the gas supplied from the one or more gas sources, the first flame and the third flame operable to heat the first region of the griddle top;
- a second additional burner operable to produce a fourth flame using the gas supplied from the one or more gas sources, the second flame and the fourth flame operable to heat the second region of the griddle top;
- an input system operable to obtain a first set temperature for the first region and a second set temperature for the second region;
- a first valve and a first additional valve operable to maintain a first temperature of the first region of the griddle top according to the first set temperature, the first flame of the first burner controlled by moving the first valve between a closed position and an open position according to the first set temperature, the third flame of the first additional burner controlled by moving the first additional valve between the closed position and the open position according to the first set temperature;
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- a second valve and a second additional valve operable to maintain a second temperature of the second region of the griddle top according to the second set temperature, the second flame of the second burner controlled by moving the second valve between the closed position and the open position according to the second set temperature, the fourth flame of the second additional burner controlled by moving the second additional valve between the closed position and the open position according to the second set temperature.
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A method comprising:
- obtaining a first set temperature for a first region of a griddle top;
- obtaining a second set temperature for a second region of the griddle top;
- heating the first region of the griddle top by producing one or more of a first flame at a first burner and a first additional flame at a first additional burner using gas supplied from one or more gas sources;
- heating the second region of the griddle top by producing one or more of a second flame at a second burner and a second additional flame at a second additional burner using the gas supplied from one or more gas sources;
- maintaining a first temperature of the first region of the griddle top according to the first set temperature using a first valve and a first additional valve, the first flame of the first burner controlled by moving the first valve between a closed position and an open position according to the first set temperature, the first additional flame of the first additional burner controlled by moving the first additional valve between the closed position and the open position according to the first set temperature;
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- maintaining a second temperature of the second region of the griddle top according to the second set temperature using a second valve and a second additional valve, the second flame of the second burner controlled by moving the second valve between the closed position and the open position according to the second set temperature, the second additional flame of the second additional burner controlled by moving the second additional valve between the closed position and the open position according to the second set temperature.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.