Control system for a cooking appliance having a gas burner
AssigneesBSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
InventorsCharles Hanna, David Sumner, Gary Young
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Abstract
A control system for a cooking appliance having gas burners is configured to control a speed of one or more cooling fans of the appliance based on information sensed about a position and/or motion of a knob associated with one of the gas burners. The information about the knob position and/or motion may be determined by a rotary monitor and/or any other suitable sensor. In some examples, the control system is further configured to control a gas valve coupled to the burner based on the sensed information about the knob.
Claims20
A gas cooktop comprising:
- a gas burner;
- a gas valve controlling a flow of combustible gas to the gas burner;
- a user interface (UI) element coupled to the gas valve and operable to change a position of the gas valve;
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- an electronic controller including processing logic configured to adjust a speed of one or more cooling fans based on a sensed state of the user interface element.
A control system for a gas cooktop, the system comprising:
- a gas burner in communication with a gas valve configured to throttle a supply of combustible gas to the gas burner;
- a user interface element coupled to the gas valve and operable to change a position of the gas valve;
- a sensor configured to sense a state of the user interface element;
- a controller coupled to the sensor and including processing logic configured to adjust a speed of one or more cooling fans based on the state of the user interface element.
A method for operating a gas cooktop, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a controller, information corresponding to a state of a user interface (UI) element, wherein the UI element is configured to control a gas valve coupled to a gas burner of a gas range;
- based on the state of the UI element, adjusting a position of the gas valve;
- based on the state of the UI element, adjusting a speed of one or more cooling fans coupled to the gas range.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.