US 2005/0229918 A1 · Grill safety systems and methods

Abstract

The present invention relates to grill assemblies for generating heat from various sources. In particular, the present invention relates to grill assemblies including various control members to detect unintended heating and terminating such. The present invention also relates to various methods of detecting the unintended heating by the heating elements and stopping such operations. The present invention also relates to various processes for providing various control members and grill assemblies including such control members. Such control members may be incorporated into grill assemblies for generating heat from various sources, e.g., burning gas, flowing electricity, irradiating electromagnetic waves thereby, and so on. In addition, the control members of this invention may be implemented into various stationary and/or portable grills and ovens for cooking food, various fireplaces or burners for heating interior, and the like.

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Dependent claims

A grill assembly with at least one heating element configured to convert input energy into heat comprising:

at least one first sensor configured to be disposed between a source of said input energy and said heating element and to monitor supply of said input energy to said heating element;
at least one second sensor configured to be disposed adjacent to said heating element and to sense intention of an user to generate said heat by said heating element;
and
at least one control member configured to be coupled to said first and second sensors and to initiate a safety protocol upon detecting said supply of said input energy to said heating element and upon detecting absence of said intention of said user to generate said heat by said heating element.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Grill safety systems and methods

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