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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1999
Filed:
May. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
James R Jaeschke, Waukesha, WI (US);
Gordon B Spellman, Mequon, WI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23N / ; F23Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
431 66 ; 431 67 ; 431254 ; 219497 ;
Abstract
An electronic control circuit (10) for a gas oven including a hot surface igniter (24) which is heated through the application of electrical current to a temperature sufficient to ignite gas supplied through an electrically actuable gas valve (26). The applied current is regulated by a micro-controller (20) which controllably gates on a triac (14) while taking into consideration a sensed current level.