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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2019
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Tao Geng, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Victor H. Manrique, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Timothy A. Mayberry, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A gas burner unit for a cooktop includes a spreader having a first side with a plurality of gas outlets and a second side opposite the first side and defining a portion of a fluid path. The spreader further defines a venturi in fluid communication with the gas outlets and extending away from the second side. The gas burner unit further includes an orifice holder having a protrusion defining an upwardly directed primary air inlet therethrough. The upwardly directed primary air inlet is in fluid communication with the fluid path associated with the spreader on a first end thereof and with the venturi on a second end thereof opposite the first end.