Apparatus and method for automatically shutting off a burner of a stove or oven
AssigneeCrucs Holdings, LLC
InventorKevin M. Crucs
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Abstract
A safety apparatus for a stove or oven and a method of operation thereof. The safety apparatus facilitates the method of turning on a burner of the stove or oven and automatically counting over a time interval in response to turning on the burner. The method further includes automatically stopping a flow of electrical current or combustible gas to the burner in response to the counting reaching an end of the time interval.
Claims28
A method of automatically shutting off an electric burner of a stove or oven, said method comprising:
- turning on an electric burner;
- automatically counting over a time interval in response to said turning on an electric burner;
- and
- automatically stopping a flow of electrical current to said electric burner in response to said counting reaching an end of said time interval.
A method of automatically shutting off a gas burner of a stove or oven, said method comprising:
- turning on a gas burner;
- automatically counting over a time interval in response to said turning on a gas burner;
- and
- automatically stopping a flow of combustible gas to said gas burner in response to said counting reaching an end of said time interval.
In a stove or oven for providing an electric current to an electric burner, the improvement comprising a safety apparatus comprising:
- means for turning on an electric burner;
- means for automatically counting over a time interval in response to activating said means for turning on said electric burner;
- and
- means for automatically stopping a flow of electrical current to said electric burner in response to said means for automatically counting reaching an end of said time interval.
In a stove or oven for providing gas to a gas burner, the improvement comprising a safety apparatus comprising:
- means for turning on a gas burner;
- means for automatically counting over a time interval in response to activating said means for turning on said gas burner;
- and
- means for automatically stopping a flow of combustible gas to said gas burner in response to said means for automatically counting reaching an end of said time interval.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.