Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Additional primary air access for surface gas burners
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Application No.: US15333465Application Date: 2016-10-25
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Publication No.: US10228128B2Publication Date: 2019-03-12
- Inventor: Tao Geng , Victor H. Manrique , Timothy A. Mayberry
- Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Agency: Price Heneveld LLP
- Main IPC: F23L1/00
- IPC: F23L1/00 ; F23D14/06 ; F24C3/08

Abstract:
A gas burner unit for a cooktop includes a spreader positioned above a top surface of the cooktop to define a gap therebetween and having a plurality of gas outlets. The gas burner unit further includes a venturi in fluid communication with the gas outlets and an orifice holder having a plurality of protrusions defining a plurality of upwardly directed primary air inlets therethrough. The plurality of upwardly directed primary air inlets are in fluid communication with the gap on respective first ends thereof and with the venturi on respective second ends thereof opposite the first ends.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170038061A1 ADDITIONAL PRIMARY AIR ACCESS FOR SURFACE GAS BURNERS Public/Granted day:2017-02-09
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