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US 2022/0178546 A1Published application
Burner cap for a burner assembly
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsALOK C. DESHPANDE, VICTOR H. MANRIQUE, ASHISH MITTAL, BINESH RAJ PILLAI
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Abstract
A burner assembly includes a spreader and a burner cap coupled to the spreader. The burner cap includes a sheet metal base bounded by a peripheral lip and a sheet metal top extending over the sheet metal base to define a gap and having a peripheral rim that wraps about at least a portion of the peripheral lip. The sheet metal base defines at least one port configured to allow air to flow into and out of the gap.
Claims22
A burner cap, comprising:
- a sheet metal base, comprising:
- a peripheral lip that bounds the sheet metal base;
- an inner platform positioned inboard of the peripheral lip;
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- an annular trough positioned between the peripheral lip and the inner platform;
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- a sheet metal top that extends over the sheet metal base to define a gap there-between and having a peripheral rim that wraps about at least a portion of the peripheral lip to couple the sheet metal top to the sheet metal base, wherein the sheet metal base defines at least one port configured to allow air to flow into and out of the gap, and wherein the at least one port includes at least one of a recess defined by the peripheral lip of the sheet metal base and an aperture defined by the annular trough of the sheet metal base.
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A burner assembly, comprising:
- a spreader;
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- a burner cap coupled to the spreader, the burner cap comprising:
- a sheet metal base bounded by a peripheral lip;
- and
- a sheet metal top extending over the sheet metal base to define a gap and having a peripheral rim that wraps about at least a portion of the peripheral lip, wherein the sheet metal base defines at least one port configured to allow air to flow into and out of the gap, and wherein the spreader does not extend through the at least one port into the gap.
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A burner cap, comprising:
- a base bounded by a peripheral lip;
- and
- a top extending over the base to define a gap between the top and the base and having a peripheral rim that wraps about at least a portion of the peripheral lip, wherein the base defines at least one port configured to allow air to flow into and out of the gap, and wherein the at least one port includes at least one recess defined by the peripheral lip of the base.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.