Multi-ringed burner with spill containment
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorPaul Bryan Cadima
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Abstract
A gas burner assembly is provided for a cooking appliance including a cooktop surface. The gas burner assembly comprises an outer gas burner comprising an outer burner body, the outer gas burner configured to provide an outer cooking flame; and an inner gas burner comprising an inner burner body, the inner gas burner configured to provide an inner cooking flame, wherein secondary air supplied to the inner gas burner flows through one or more openings through the cooktop surface, wherein one or more channels direct spills beneath the outer gas burner onto the cooktop surface.
Claims11
A gas burner assembly for a cooking appliance including a cooktop surface, said gas burner assembly comprising:
- an outer gas burner comprising an outer burner body, said outer gas burner configured to provide an outer cooking flame;
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- an inner gas burner comprising an inner burner body, said inner gas burner configured to provide an inner cooking flame, wherein air supplied to said inner gas burner flows through one or more openings in a base burner assembly through said cooktop surface other than a gas inlet for said inner gas burner, wherein one or more channels comprise a spill path beneath said outer gas burner onto said cooktop surface,
- wherein said base burner assembly and said outer burner body define an annular gap providing a flow path for said air from said one or more openings into said annular gap, and
- wherein said base burner assembly comprises a spill reservoir spaced apart from said inner burner body and shaped such that a first portion of said air flowing into said spill reservoir from said annular gap flows into said gas inlet and a second portion of said air flowing into said spill reservoir from said annular gap provides secondary air for said inner burner body.
A gas cooking appliance comprising:
- a cooktop surface;
- and
- a gas burner assembly comprising:
- an outer gas burner comprising an outer burner body, said outer gas burner configured to provide an outer cooking flame;
- and
- an inner gas burner comprising an inner burner body, said inner gas burner configured to provide an inner cooking flame, wherein air supplied to said inner gas burner flows through one or more openings in a base burner assembly through said cooktop surface other than a gas inlet for said inner gas burner, wherein one or more channels comprise a spill path beneath said outer gas burner onto said cooktop surface,
- wherein said base burner assembly and said outer burner hod define an annular gap providing a flow path for said air from said one or more openings into said annular gap, and
- wherein said base burner assembly comprises a spill reservoir spaced apart from said inner burner body and shaped such that a first portion of said air flowing into said spill reservoir from said annular gap flows into said gas inlet and a second portion of said air flowing into said spill reservoir from said annular gap provides secondary air for said inner burner body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.