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US 8,757,138 B2Granted
Gas cooktop apparatus
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsTimothy Scott Shaffer, Ariel Marie Young
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Abstract
A gas cooktop includes a burner box assembly having a top surface with a plurality of air inlets and gas burners disposed therethrough. A partition is disposed between the top surface and a bottom surface, the partition defining a plurality of segregated air paths that each leading from at least one of the plurality of air inlets to one of the plurality of gas burners.
Claims19
A gas cooktop comprising;
- a burner box assembly comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, and air inlets, wherein the top surface and the bottom surface form a plenum;
- gas burners disposed through openings in the top surface, respectively;
- controls in operative communication with the gas burners, respectively;
- and
- a partition disposed between the top surface and the bottom surface, the partition defining segregated air paths within the plenum, leading from the air inlets to the gas burners, wherein the partition is configured in the shape of a fork with open ends in a direction of air intakes, and the partition is positioned to leave an air pathway between an inner surface of each outer wall of the burner box assembly and the partition, and
- wherein each of the air inlets is configured to receive part of one of the controls and to introduce primary air to the gas burners.
3 more elements
A gas cooktop comprising,:
- a burner box assembly comprising a top surface, and a bottom surface, wherein the top surface and the bottom surface form a plenum;
- gas burners disposed through openings in the top surface, respectively;
- gas controls in operative communication with the gas burners, respectively;
- control clearance orifices through the top surface, each control clearance orifice being configured to receive part of one of the gas controls;
- and
- a partition disposed between the top surface and the bottom surface, the partition defining segregated air paths within the plenum, leading from the control clearance orifices to the gas burners, wherein the partition is configured in the shape of a fork with open ends in a direction of air intakes, and the partition is positioned to leave an air pathway between an inner surface of each outer wall of the burner box assembly and the partition,
- wherein each of the control clearance orifices is configured to introduce primary air to the gas burners, and
- wherein a height of the partition is substantially equal to a distance between the top surface and the bottom surface of the cooktop.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.