UNITARY GAS BURNER

• US 20160201902A1
• Filed: 01/13/2015
• Published: 07/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. DBA GE Appliances (Haier Group Company)
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Cadima, Paul Bryan
• Application Number:
  US14/595,243
• Publication Number:
  US 20160201902A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F23D 14/06 with radial outlets at the burner head
• CPC Class Codes: F23D 2213/00 Burner manufacture specifications
• CPC Class Codes: F23D 2900/14062 for cooking ranges having multiple flame rings
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 3/085 on ranges

Abstract

A gas burner and a gas burner assembly for an appliance are provided. The gas burner assembly includes a unitary gas burner comprising a body portion, a cap portion, and a gas conduit portion. A plurality of burner ports is defined in the sidewall of the body portion of the unitary gas burner. A gas burner is also provided. The gas burner comprises a body portion, a cap portion, and a gas conduit portion that are segments of a single piece forming the gas burner.

Claims

1. A gas burner assembly for a cooktop of an appliance, comprising:

a unitary gas burner comprising

a body portion having a sidewall and extending between a base section and a top section, the body portion having an interior surface defining a fuel chamber;

a cap portion defined at the top section of the sidewall;

a plurality of burner ports defined along the sidewall of the body portion; and

a gas conduit portion defining a gas inlet and a gas outlet, the gas outlet positioned adjacent the fuel chamber of the body portion;

an igniter; and

a gas supply conduit for supplying gas to the unitary gas burner.

2. The gas burner assembly of claim 1, wherein the unitary gas burner is constructed using an additive process.

3. The gas burner assembly of claim 1, wherein the unitary gas burner further comprises an interior support element projecting from the cap portion into the fuel chamber of the body portion.

4. The gas burner assembly of claim 3, wherein the interior support element is conical in shape.

5. The gas burner assembly of claim 1, wherein the plurality of ports are round in shape.

6. The gas burner assembly of claim 1, wherein the interior surface of the body portion is curved.

7. The gas burner assembly of claim 1, wherein the body portion is frustum-shaped.

8. The gas burner assembly of claim 1, wherein the unitary gas burner further comprises an external support portion defined at the base section of the sidewall.

9. The gas burner assembly of claim 1, wherein the cap has a circumference that is greater than the circumference of the sidewall at the top section of the sidewall.

10. The gas burner assembly of claim 1, wherein the gas supply conduit is in fluid communication with the gas conduit portion of the unitary gas burner.

11. A gas burner for a cooktop of an appliance, comprising:

a body portion having a sidewall and extending between a base section and a top section, the body portion having an interior surface defining a fuel chamber;

a cap portion defined at the top section of the sidewall;

a plurality of burner ports defined along the sidewall of the body portion; and

a gas conduit portion defining a gas inlet and a gas outlet, the gas outlet positioned adjacent the fuel chamber of the body portion,

wherein the body portion, cap portion, and gas conduit portion are segments of a single, continuous piece of a material forming the gas burner.

12. The gas burner of claim 11, wherein the gas burner is constructed using an additive process.

13. The gas burner of claim 11, further comprising an interior support element projecting from the cap portion into the fuel chamber of the body portion.

14. The gas burner of claim 13, wherein the interior support element is conical in shape.

15. The gas burner of claim 11, wherein the plurality of ports are round in shape.

16. The gas burner of claim 11, wherein the interior surface of the body portion is curved.

17. The gas burner of claim 11, wherein the body portion is frustum-shaped.

18. The gas burner of claim 11, further comprising an external support portion defined at the base section of the sidewall.

19. The gas burner of claim 11, wherein the cap has a circumference that is greater than the circumference of the sidewall at the top section of the sidewall.