EP0534301A2 - Gasbrenner zum Kochen von Nahrungsmitteln - Google Patents

Gasbrenner zum Kochen von Nahrungsmitteln Download PDF

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Publication number: EP0534301A2
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: burner; flame; gas; food cooking; passages
Prior art date: 1991-09-26
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

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EP92115822A

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EP0534301B1 (de

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Luciano Antonini

Antonio Quintini

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Whirlpool EMEA SpA

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Merloni Elettrodomestici SpA

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1991-09-26

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1992-09-16

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1993-03-31

1992-09-16 Application filed by Merloni Elettrodomestici SpA filed Critical Merloni Elettrodomestici SpA

1993-03-31 Publication of EP0534301A2 publication Critical patent/EP0534301A2/de

1993-06-16 Publication of EP0534301A3 publication Critical patent/EP0534301A3/en

1997-05-14 Application granted granted Critical

1997-05-14 Publication of EP0534301B1 publication Critical patent/EP0534301B1/de

2012-09-16 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
- F23D—BURNERS
- F23D14/00—Burners for combustion of a gas, e.g. of a gas stored under pressure as a liquid
- F23D14/02—Premix gas burners, i.e. in which gaseous fuel is mixed with combustion air upstream of the combustion zone
- F23D14/04—Premix gas burners, i.e. in which gaseous fuel is mixed with combustion air upstream of the combustion zone induction type, e.g. Bunsen burner
- F23D14/06—Premix gas burners, i.e. in which gaseous fuel is mixed with combustion air upstream of the combustion zone induction type, e.g. Bunsen burner with radial outlets at the burner head
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
- F23D—BURNERS
- F23D2900/00—Special features of, or arrangements for burners using fluid fuels or solid fuels suspended in a carrier gas
- F23D2900/14—Special features of gas burners
- F23D2900/14062—Special features of gas burners for cooking ranges having multiple flame rings

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the present invention refers to a gas burner for food cooking, in particular a double flame-crown burner.
Burners of the described type are conceived so as to present a flame separator element having the shape of a circular ring (tore), from which two series of flames exit: the first being directed towards the external and the second being directed towards the interior of the ring.
burners of the described type allow to obtain a better heat distribution, and are therefore particularly suitable in the case of use of pans of a large diameter.
Double flame-crown burners of the known type have however some problems, in their functioning and in their installation and maintenance; it is for these reasons, for example, that burners with double flame-crown, of common use in kitchens (in the sense of cooking apparatuses), are rarely applied in built-in appliances.
a further disturbing element is the fact of withdrawing the air from a zone in which turbulence can be present, due to the thermal convection effect and, in the cases where it is foreseen, for effect of forced ventilation which assures any eventual electronic components from reaching dangerous temperatures.
the flame of the burner in addition to the primary air requested for the air-gas mixture, the flame of the burner also requires secondary air for the combustion.
Such secondary air is drawn from the environment and reaches the external flame-crown without problems; on the contrary it can reach the internal crown only with extreme difficulty, i.e. when the burner is ignited and the container to be heated is placed above
a possible solution to such a problem is to provide for several openings or vertical channels between the interior of the cooking apparatus and the central zone of the circular ring that realises the flame separator.
the aim of the present invention is that of obviating the abovementioned problems and to indicate a gas burner, in particular with a double flame-crown that is of simple realisation and maintenance, that assures greater installation flexibility and that, by means of a constant and correct drawing of the secondary air for the internal flame-crown, and of the primary air for its mixing with the gas, assures a perfect combustion.
a further aim of the present invention is that of indicating a gas burner for food cooking in which the combustion is not affected by occasional currents of air.
the present invention has for its subject a gas burner for food cooking, of the type comprising a burner body and a flame separator element defining a chamber having an approximately toroidal shape, in particular a burner destined to produce a first flame-crown towards the external of said flame separator element and a second flame-crown towards the interior of said flame separator element, characterised in that the secondary air necessary for the combustion of said internal flame-crown is taken from above the cooking plane and that means for supplying said secondary air from the external of the burner to said internal flame-crown are provided.
reference number 1 indicates the burner subject of the present invention as a whole;
reference number 2 indicates a sump, on which is associated, in a removable way, a burner body, indicated with reference number 3; said body 3, is advantageously realised from two distinctive pieces, coupled between themselves by way of reciprocal references, for simplicity not represented in the drawings.
Said burner body has in its inferior part a central tubular portion 4 and radial centring fins 5, that realise a support plane for the body 3 on the sump 2; said fins 5 delimit radial passages, one of which is indicated with 6, such that the primary air drawn from the exterior can overcome the upper edge of the sump 2, descend in it and then ascend along the central hole of the tubular portion 4.
radial passages one of which is indicated with 6, such that the primary air drawn from the exterior can overcome the upper edge of the sump 2, descend in it and then ascend along the central hole of the tubular portion 4.
such passages 6 allow for the drawing of the air from above the cooking plane, indicated with the letter P.
a circular ring-shaped flame separator element On the superior part of said burner body 3 a circular ring-shaped flame separator element, indicated with 7, is arranged, which in conjunction with said body 3 defines a chamber having an approximately toroidal shape, indicated with 8.
Said flame separator 7 has two series of slots 9a and 9b for the exit of the flames, realised on the external and internal walls of the ring flame separator; through such slots 9a and 9b the external flame-crown and the internal flame-crown are respectively obtained.
reference number 10 the duct for supplying the burner with gas is indicated; reference number 11 indicates the injector or nozzle through which the same gas is introduced to the sump 2; the vertical axis of said injector 11 is substantially the same as the tubular portion 4.
louvers Over the passages 6, in the body 3 of the burner, louvers, indicated with 12, are realised, for allowing the drawing and the passage of the secondary air necessary for the correct combustion of the internal flame-crown; such louvers 12 place the central zone of the flame separator element 7 in communication with the exterior of the burner 1, i.e. with its peripheral zone.
passages 13 With reference number 13 four passages are indicated, obtained in said burner body 3; they extend from the tubular portion 4, and are disposed with a radial symmetry in respect of the axis of the injector, indicated with 14, but they do not necessarily lie on a plane being perpendicular to said axis. Said passages 13, in union with the tubular portion 4, constitute a mixing element apt at inducing a Venturi effect upon the air-gas mixture.
baffles 16 delimit circular portions of said chamber 8, in a number being equivalent to those of the passages having a Venturi effect (in the case illustrated in the figures, visible in particular in figure 1, the burner is provided with four passages 13 and four partition baffles 16).
the functioning of the burner object of the present invention is as follows.
the gas arrives from duct 10 and, through the injector 11, and enters the sump 2.
the primary air necessary for obtaining the air-gas mixture is drawn from above the cooking plane, from a zone which is not subject to disturbing elements and, through the passages 6, it enters the sump 2, following the path indicated by the arrow of the reference number "6".
the mixture then flows to the exterior of said portions, through the slots 9a and 9b, in order to be ignited and produce the two flame-crowns, that are in this way functionally divided in a number being equal to the number of passages 13 provided and do not therefore significantly suffer from occasional currents of air.
the secondary air necessary for the combustion of the external flame-crown is drawn from the environment, in the zone proximate to the slots 9a.
this secondary air is drawn through the louvers 12, realised through the burner body 3; following the path indicated by the arrow of the reference number "12" said secondary air, from the peripheral zone of the burner 1, reaches the central zone of the ring constituting the flame separator element 7.
the drawing zone for the primary and secondary air, external to the burner and to the cabinet of the cooking apparatus, is thus substantially the same; in order to avoid the mixing of the primary air flow with the secondary air flow, besides appropriately choosing the shapes and the sizes of passages 6 and louvers 12, separation shields are advantageously provided, one of which is visible in figure 2 with reference number 17.
the burner object of the present invention has a greatly reduced vertical encumbrance; internal operations (for example the replacement or the regulation of the injector 11) can be carried out in a very easy manner, after having manually removed the flame separator 7 and the burner body 3.
the partition baffles 16 are obtained from the burner body 3, but the same could be obtained directly on the flame separator 7.
a circular wall could be provided, for defining a toroidal chamber within the traditional flame separator, and baffles of the type illustrated in figures 1 and 2; alternatively, still for a single flame crown burner, baffles that radially branch off from the centre of the flame separator to its circumferential wall could be provided for, in a number being equal to the number of passages 13 provided.

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EP92115822A 1991-09-26 1992-09-16 Gasbrenner zum Kochen von Nahrungsmitteln Expired - Lifetime EP0534301B1 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
ITTO910723		1991-09-26
ITTO910723A IT1250838B (it)	1991-09-26	1991-09-26	Bruciatore di gas.

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EP0534301A2 true EP0534301A2 (de)	1993-03-31
EP0534301A3 EP0534301A3 (en)	1993-06-16
EP0534301B1 EP0534301B1 (de)	1997-05-14

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EP92115822A Expired - Lifetime EP0534301B1 (de)	1991-09-26	1992-09-16	Gasbrenner zum Kochen von Nahrungsmitteln

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DE (1)	DE69219711T2 (de)
ES (1)	ES2103859T3 (de)
IT (1)	IT1250838B (de)

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EP0634608A2 (de) *	1993-07-16	1995-01-18	Officine Meccaniche Defendi S.R.L:	Doppelring-Gasbrenner
EP0677705A2 (de) *	1994-04-08	1995-10-18	MERLONI ELETTRODOMESTICI S.p.A.	Gasbrenner mit veränderbarer Lage und Kochplatte mit einem solchen Brenner
EP0797048A1 (de) *	1996-03-19	1997-09-24	SABAF S.p.A.	Gasbrenner für Küchengeräte
WO1999008046A1 (en) *	1997-08-11	1999-02-18	Officine Meccaniche Defendi S.R.L.	Gas burner with several flame sectors
WO1999011975A1 (en) *	1997-08-28	1999-03-11	Aktiebolaget Electrolux	A gas hotplate burner
EP0903538A1 (de)	1997-09-23	1999-03-24	SABAF S.p.A.	Gasbrenner
FR2770620A1 (fr)	1997-11-04	1999-05-07	Sourdillon Sa	Bruleur a gaz pour cuisiniere ou plan de cuisson
ES2147076A1 (es) *	1997-03-14	2000-08-16	Sourdillon Sa	Quemador de gas para cocinas, perfeccionado.
US6322354B1 (en)	2000-07-17	2001-11-27	Wolf Appliance Company, Llc	Stacked dual gas burner
US6325619B2 (en) *	2000-01-28	2001-12-04	Sourdillon	Gas burner with multiple gas rings
EP1503146A1 (de) *	2003-07-31	2005-02-02	Lemdys	Behälter für Gasbrenner mit inneren Flammen, und Kocheinheit mit einem solchen Behälter und mit einem solchen Brenner
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FR2650369A1 (fr) *	1989-07-27	1991-02-01	Merloni Elettrodomestici Spa	Bruleur a gaz pour la cuisson d'aliments
EP0485645A1 (de) *	1990-11-12	1992-05-20	Miralfin S.R.L.	Brenner, insbesondere für Gaskochervorrichtung, mit einer grossen Betriebsflexibilität

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- 1991-09-26 IT ITTO910723A patent/IT1250838B/it active IP Right Grant
1992
- 1992-09-16 ES ES92115822T patent/ES2103859T3/es not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1992-09-16 DE DE69219711T patent/DE69219711T2/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1992-09-16 EP EP92115822A patent/EP0534301B1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime

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FR1335280A (fr) *	1962-09-07	1963-08-16	Fargas S P A	Brûleur perfectionné pour cuisinières à gaz
GB1079532A (en) *	1965-01-27	1967-08-16	Parkinson Cowan Appliances Ltd	Gas burners
FR2507743B1 (fr) *	1981-06-15	1986-05-30	Sabaf Spa	Bruleur pour rechauds et plans de cuisson a gaz en general
JPS6016229A (ja) *	1984-06-05	1985-01-28	Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd	ガスこんろ
FR2650369A1 (fr) *	1989-07-27	1991-02-01	Merloni Elettrodomestici Spa	Bruleur a gaz pour la cuisson d'aliments
GB2233444A (en) *	1989-08-16	1991-01-09	Lee Cheng San	Cooking apparatus
EP0485645A1 (de) *	1990-11-12	1992-05-20	Miralfin S.R.L.	Brenner, insbesondere für Gaskochervorrichtung, mit einer grossen Betriebsflexibilität

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Publication number	Publication date
EP0534301A3 (en)	1993-06-16
ITTO910723A0 (it)	1991-09-26
EP0534301B1 (de)	1997-05-14
IT1250838B (it)	1995-04-21
ES2103859T3 (es)	1997-10-01
DE69219711T2 (de)	1997-11-13
ITTO910723A1 (it)	1993-03-26
DE69219711D1 (de)	1997-06-19

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