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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1996
Craig A Farnsworth, Chagrin Falls, OH (US);
Jeff J Verlinden, Parma, OH (US);
Keating of Chicago, Inc., Capron, IL (US);
Abstract
A plurality of natural or LP gas-fired burners each having a port construction which produces a substantially even distribution of heat over the cooking surface of a griddle top is disclosed. Each burner includes a longitudinally extending portion having a first and a second series of ports, each series being positioned in a substantially linear orientation and each positioned substantially parallel to one another and to the longitudinal axis of the longitudinally extending portion of the burner. Each series of ports include a first grouping of ports having an orientation with respect to normal so as to produce flames directed toward the front of the griddle top and a second grouping of ports having an orientation with respect to normal so as to produce flames directed toward the rear of the griddle top. A pilot flame or gas ignition device is positioned at the transition point between the first plurality of ports and the second plurality of ports. Each burner is canted slightly downwardly so that the distance between the front of the burner and the front of the griddle top is less than the distance between the rear of the burner and the rear of the griddle top. The orientation of the ports and the downward canting of the burner results in substantially uniform heating of the griddle top and a reduction in the temperature variations over the surface thereof.