Multi-ring gas burner for an appliance

A cooktop appliance, the cooktop appliance defining a radial direction and a circumferential direction, the cooktop appliance comprising:

• a panel having a top surface for supporting food items for cooking;
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• a multi-ring gas burner mounted to said panel at the top surface of said panel, said multi-ring gas burner configured for heating food items, said multi-ring gas burner comprising
• an inner burner ring;
• an outer burner ring spaced apart from said inner burner ring along the radial direction, said outer burner ring defining an inlet, a fuel chamber, and a plurality of outlets, the inlet configured for directing fuel into the fuel chamber, the outlets spaced apart from one another along the circumferential direction and configured for directing fuel out of the fuel chamber;
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• a regulator mounted to said outer burner ring within the fuel chamber of said outer burner ring, said regulator positioned adjacent the inlet of said outer burner ring, said regulator disposed between the inlet and at least one of the plurality of outlets along the radial direction, said regulator defining at least one slot;
• wherein said regulator and said outer burner ring define a regulating chamber, said regulator configured for directing fuel from the fuel chamber of said outer burner ring through the at least one slot of said regulator into the regulating chamber, the regulating chamber configured for directing fuel out of the regulating chamber through the at least one of the plurality of outlets of said outer burner ring.

A multi-ring gas burner for an appliance, the gas burner defining a radial direction and a circumferential direction, the gas burner comprising:

• an inner burner ring;
• an outer burner ring spaced apart from said inner burner ring along the radial direction, said outer burner ring defining at least two inlets, a fuel chamber, and a plurality of outlets, the inlets spaced apart from one another along the circumferential direction and configured for directing fuel into the fuel chamber, the outlets spaced apart from one another along the circumferential direction and configured for directing fuel out of the fuel chamber;
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• a plurality of regulators mounted to said outer burner ring within the fuel chamber of said outer burner ring, each regulator of said plurality of regulators positioned adjacent a respective one of the inlets of said outer burner ring, each regulator of said plurality of regulators disposed between the respective one of the inlets and at least one of the plurality of outlets along the radial direction, each regulator of said plurality of regulators defining at least one slot;
• wherein each regulator of said plurality of regulators and said outer burner ring define a respective regulating chamber, said regulators configured for directing fuel from the fuel chamber of said outer burner ring through the at least one slot of said regulators into the regulating chambers, the regulating chambers configured for directing fuel out of the regulating chambers through the respective at least one of the plurality of outlets of said outer burner ring.