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US 2022/0178547 A1Published application
Gas cooking appliance with active igniter indicator
AssigneeMidea Group Co., Ltd.
InventorsRichard W. Cowan, Felix Conde Zelocuatecatl
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Abstract
A cooking appliance and method generate an audible and/or visual indication to a user while an igniter is activated during ignition of a gas burner to notify the user that the igniter is active.
Claims20
A cooking appliance, comprising:
- a gas burner;
- an igniter disposed adjacent to the gas burner to ignite the gas burner;
- a gas valve configured to regulate gas flow to the gas burner;
- a burner control coupled to the gas valve to vary the gas flow to the gas burner;
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- a control circuit coupled to the igniter and configured to activate the igniter when gas is flowing to the gas burner, and the control circuit further configured to generate an indication to a user while the igniter is activated to notify the user that the igniter is active.
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