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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
May. 25, 2016
Bsh Home Appliances Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Bsh Hausgeräte Gmbh, Munich, DE;
Ray Briscoe, Havelock, NC (US);
Conor Cross, New Bern, NC (US);
Michael Gerdes, Trent Woods, NC (US);
BSH Home Appliances Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A cooktop has a top sheet; a space below the top sheet; a first passageway through the top sheet; a second passageway through the top sheet; a first gas burner that draws primary combustion air from the space below the top sheet; a first gas control knob that controls an amount of gas that flows to the first gas burner, the first gas control knob protruding through the first passageway; a second gas burner that draws primary combustion air from the space below the top sheet; and a second gas control knob that controls an amount of gas that flows to the second gas burner, the second gas control knob protruding through the second passageway. The first passageway and the second passageway have different airflow rates at a given negative air pressure in the space below the top sheet.