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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2013
Applicant:
Electrolux Home Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Inventor:
Warren Fowler, Springfield, TN (US);
Assignee:
Electrolux Home Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 7/00 (2006.01); F24C 14/02 (2006.01); F24C 15/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 7/0071 (2013.01); F24C 14/02 (2013.01); F24C 15/10 (2013.01); B08B 7/0085 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pyrolytic cleaning top burner system for a stove having a normal cooking mode includes a top burner coupled to a stove, a cover for seating on the stove surface, means for heating a top burner, and an exhaust outlet. The cover covers at least the top burner in a cleaning mode. The heating means heats to a cleaning temperature in a cleaning mode that permits baked on food that is positioned under the cover to be disintegrated with heat. The exhaust outlet exhausts air from under the cover. A method for pyrolytically cleaning a top burner of a stove or cooktop is also disclosed.