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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2003
Félix Querejeta, Vitoria-Gasteiz, ES;
José J. Anttxia, Aretxabaleta, ES;
Félix Querejeta, Vitoria-Gasteiz, ES;
José J. Anttxia, Aretxabaleta, ES;
Fagor, S. Coop., Mondragon, ES;
Abstract
The apparatus () for the detection of gas combustion in an domestic gas heater or a water heater is designed as an independent installation unit mounted on a shared support bracket (), provided with a thermoelectric generator assembly () for supplying a safety valve () and a main gas valve () of the gas heater, generating two respective lower (Vb) and higher (Vd) voltages therefor. The thermoelectric assembly () heated by a pilot flame () is built up by means of one or two flat Peltier type p-n junction cells (), which are connected to a heat transmission element () licked by the pilot flame () and to a shared heat sink ().