Automatic safety device and method for a stove
AssigneeInirv Labs, Inc.
InventorsRanjith Babu, Akshita Iyer, Patrick Thomas Bailey, Raeshon McNeil, Jeremy Losaw
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Abstract
Device and method are described for operational control of a knob on a stove or range. In some examples, a safety device, a sensor relay device, and method are described for automatically positioning an operational shaft of a burner to an Off position such that the power supplied to the burner is terminated upon the occurrence of a safety event.
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A device for operational control of a burner, the device comprising:
- a fixed base member;
- a motor member configured to be attached to an operational shaft of the burner;
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- a controller configured to control rotation of the motor member to cause rotation of the operational shaft of the burner in response to a signal caused by a sensor.
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A system for operational control of a burner, the system comprising:
- a safety device module comprising:
- a fixed base member;
- a motor member configured to be attached to an operational shaft of the burner and comprising a motor;
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- a controller configured to control rotation of the motor to cause rotation of the operational shaft of the burner;
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- a sensor/relay module comprising:
- one or more sensors configured to generate one or more monitoring signals;
- a processor, wherein the processor receives the one or more monitoring signals and generates one or more control signals;
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- a communication unit configured to transmit the one or more control signals to the controller, wherein the controller is configured to interpret the control signals to control rotation of the motor to cause rotation of the operational shaft of the burner.
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A method for operational control of a burner, the method comprising:
- receiving a monitoring signal from a sensor;
- determining whether a parameter of the monitoring signal exceeds a predetermined threshold;
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- based on the determination that the parameter exceeds the predetermined threshold, sending a control signal to a controller;
- wherein the controller controls a motor that is connected to an operational shaft of a burner and is configured to cause the motor to turn the operational shaft of the burner in response to the control signal based upon the monitoring signal from the sensor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.