Quick-connect burner set for ovens
AssigneeRecot, Inc.
InventorsRichard Arnold Birch, Gary Warren Swingle
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Abstract
A burner set adaptable to standard commercial ovens that allows for the quick change-out of burners. Sockets, threaded on one end and open on the other end, are installed in existing threaded couplings in communication with a burner manifold. Each socket has a burner guide attached to the open end and receives a burner in the open end. The burners are secured to the oven by a burner support with a pivotally attached gate.
Claims18
A burner set for a commercial oven, said commercial oven having a burner manifold with at least one threaded coupling, said burner set comprising:
- at least one socket comprising a threaded end for attaching to a threaded coupling and a receiving end for abutting with a burner;
- at least one burner comprising an open end for abutting into said socket and a closed end;
- a burner support affixed to said oven;
- and
- a gate pivotally attached to the burner support for securing said closed end of said burner.
A burner and socket set for adaptation to a commercial oven, said commercial oven having threaded couplings for attaching burners to a gas manifold, said burner and socket set comprising:
- a socket having a threaded end for securing to a threaded coupling and having a receiving end for abutting with a burner;
- a burner having an open end for abutting in said socket and having a closed end;
- and,
- a burner guide attached to the receiving end of said socket for providing horizontal support to a burner abutted with the socket, wherein said burner guide extends from said socket parallel to said burner and towards the closed end of said burner.
A method for adapting a commercial oven for use with quick-change burners, said commercial oven having a burner support bracket and a plurality of threaded couplings in communication with a gas manifold, said method comprising the steps of:
- a) removing the burner support bracket;
- b) installing a burner support with a pivotally attached gate in place of the burner support bracket;
- and
- c) installing a plurality of quick-change sockets in each threaded coupling, said quick-change sockets comprising:
- a threaded end for insertion into a threaded coupling;
- an open end for receiving a burner;
- and
- a burner guide attached to said open end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.