Auto adjusting flame spreader for gas operated oven
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsBai Han, Paul Bryan Cadima, James Carter Bach, John Thurl Pottenger
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Abstract
An auto adjusting flame spreader system for a gas burner in a gas operated oven, includes a flame spreader, a flame spreader retaining system configured to movably retain the flame spreader in the gas operated oven in proximity to the gas burner, and a flame spreader positioning system configured to automatically adjust a position of the flame spreader on the retaining system relative to the gas burner responsive to a the temperature of the oven.
Claims21
An auto-adjusting flame spreader system for a gas burner in a gas operated oven, comprising:
- a flame spreader;
- a flame spreader retaining system configured to movably retain the flame spreader in the gas operated oven in proximity to the gas burner;
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- a flame spreader positioning system configured to automatically adjust a position of the flame spreader on the retaining system relative to the gas burner responsive to a temperature of the gas operated oven, the gas operated oven comprising a hot operating state and a cold start operating state, the flame spreader positioning system being configured to position the flame spreader closer to the gas burner in the hot operating state than in the cold start operating state.
A gas-operated oven comprising:
- an oven cavity;
- a gas burner disposed within the oven cavity;
- a flame spreader movably retained within the oven cavity relative to the gas burner;
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- a flame spreader positioning system coupled to the flame spreader and configured to control a position of the flame spreader relative to the gas burner in dependence on a temperature of the gas-operated oven, the gas-operated oven comprising a hot operating state and a cold start operating state, the flame spreader positioning system being configured to position the flame spreader closer to the was burner in the hot operating state than in the cold start operating state.
A method for automatically positioning a flame spreader relative to a gas burner in a gas-operated oven, comprising:
- detecting a temperature of the gas-operated oven;
- determining a desired position of the flame spreader relative to the gas burner in the gas-operated oven in dependence of the detected temperature;
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- moving the flame spreader to the desired position if the flame spreader is not in the desired position, wherein the gas-operated oven has a cold start operating state and a hot operating state, the desired position of the flame spreader being closer to the gas burner in the hot operating state than in the cold start operating state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.