Concentric burner and heating cooker

The child burner inlet pipe is equipped with a heat dissipation section using fins to address excessive temperature rise, maintaining efficient combustion by preventing thermal expansion and reducing combustion loss.

JP2025123109APending Publication Date: 2025-08-22RINNAI CORP
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Application Number
JP2024018984
Authority / Receiving Office
JP · JP
Patent Type
Applications
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Filing Date
2024-02-09
Publication Date
2025-08-22

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Technical Problem

Existing parent-child burners suffer from excessive temperature rise in the child burner inlet pipe due to radiant heat from the parent burner, leading to thermal expansion and reduced combustion efficiency over time.

Method used

The child burner inlet pipe is designed with a heat dissipation section on its outer surface, featuring protruding fins to dissipate heat effectively, preventing excessive temperature rise and maintaining combustion efficiency.

Benefits of technology

The heat dissipation through fins suppresses thermal expansion in the child burner inlet pipe, ensuring consistent combustion performance over extended use.

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Abstract

To suppress excessive temperature rise of a slave burner inflow pipe part 45 caused by radiation heat from a master burner body 51 in a concentric burner that comprises the slave burner 4 and a master burner 5 surrounding the slave burner and in which a slave burner body 41 has the slave burner inflow pipe part 45 on a top plate 2 of a heating cooker and a tip of a slave burner nozzle 46 opposing to an opening of an upstream end of the slave burner inflow pipe part 45 is located below the master burner body 51 and on a radial inner side of an outer periphery of the master burner body 51 viewed from the upper side.SOLUTION: Heat radiation parts 47 that radiate heat of a slave burner body 41 to outside are provided on an outer surface of the slave burner body 41. Preferably, the heat radiation parts 47 are provided at least on outer surfaces of a slave burner inflow pipe part 45 and a portion in its vicinity.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
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[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a parent-child burner provided in a cooking appliance and consisting of a child burner and a parent burner surrounding the child burner, and to a cooking appliance equipped with this parent-child burner. [Background technology]

[0002] A known parent-child burner of this type is described in Patent Document 1. In this burner, the child burner includes a child burner body exposed on the top plate of the cooking appliance, and a child burner cap with multiple child burner flame holes formed therein for spraying the mixture in the child burner distribution chamber, which is placed on the child burner body so as to define a child burner distribution chamber between the child burner body and the child burner cap, the child burner body having a child burner inlet pipe portion extending horizontally outward from one location on the periphery on the top plate of the cooking appliance, and the mixture of fuel gas and primary air sprayed from the nozzle hole at the tip of a child burner nozzle provided facing the opening at the upstream end of the child burner inlet pipe portion is supplied to the child burner distribution chamber via the child burner inlet pipe portion. The parent burner also comprises an annular parent burner body that surrounds the child burner body and is exposed on the top plate of the cooking appliance; an annular parent burner cap that is placed on the parent burner body so as to define a parent burner distribution chamber between the parent burner body and the parent burner cap, and that has multiple parent burner flame holes formed therein that spray the mixture in the parent burner distribution chamber; and a parent burner inlet pipe that extends from the parent burner body below the top plate of the cooking appliance, so that the mixture of fuel gas and primary air sprayed from the nozzle hole at the tip of the parent burner nozzle that is provided facing the opening at the upstream end of the parent burner inlet pipe is supplied to the parent burner distribution chamber via the parent burner inlet pipe.

[0003] In a typical parent-child burner, the child burner inlet pipe extends below the cooking appliance top, just like the parent burner inlet pipe. However, if the door of the cabinet with the cooking appliance built in the top is quickly opened when the parent-child burner is at its lowest heat (when only the child burner is burning at low heat), negative pressure will be created inside the cabinet. This negative pressure will act on the opening at the upstream end of the child burner inlet pipe, causing the child burner flame to be drawn into the child burner distribution chamber, potentially resulting in a fire going out.

[0004] In contrast, in the device described in Patent Document 1, the slave burner inlet pipe section is arranged on the top plate of the cooking appliance, so even if negative pressure occurs inside the cabinet, this negative pressure does not act on the opening at the upstream end of the slave burner inlet pipe section, and misfire of the slave burner does not occur. However, when the slave burner inlet pipe section is arranged on the top plate of the cooking appliance, the slave burner nozzle is also arranged on the top plate of the cooking appliance. Furthermore, since it would be unsightly if the slave burner nozzle were to be conspicuous when viewed from above, in the device described in Patent Document 1, the tip of the slave burner nozzle is positioned below the parent burner body and radially inward from the outer periphery of the parent burner body when viewed from above.

[0005] However, this arrangement places the sub-burner inlet pipe close to the main burner body, which has been found to cause the following problem: when the sub-burners are burned for a long time, the temperature of the sub-burner inlet pipe rises excessively due to radiant heat from the main burner body, causing the air-fuel mixture to thermally expand within the sub-burner inlet pipe. This thermal expansion reduces the density of the air-fuel mixture ejected from the sub-burner flame holes, resulting in a significant reduction in the amount of combustion of the sub-burners compared to the initial stage of combustion. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0006] [Patent Document 1] CN212691761U Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0007] In view of the above, an object of the present invention is to provide a parent-child burner that can suppress excessive temperature rise in the inlet pipe of the child burner, and a cooking appliance equipped with this parent-child burner. [Means for solving the problem]

[0008] In order to solve the above problems, the first invention of the present application is a parent-child burner provided in a cooking appliance, which is composed of a child burner and a parent burner surrounding the child burner, the child burner having a child burner body exposed on the top plate of the cooking appliance, and a child burner cap having a plurality of child burner flame holes formed therein for spraying the mixture in the child burner distribution chamber, which is placed on the child burner body so as to define a child burner distribution chamber between the child burner body and the child burner body, the child burner body having a child burner inlet pipe portion extending horizontally outward on the top plate of the cooking appliance from one point on the periphery, and a child burner nozzle provided facing the opening at the upstream end of the child burner inlet pipe portion, and the mixture of fuel gas and primary air sprayed from the nozzle hole at the tip of the child burner nozzle is supplied to the child burner distribution chamber via the child burner inlet pipe portion, and the parent burner is exposed on the top plate of the cooking appliance, The cooking appliance comprises an annular parent burner body surrounding the child burner body, an annular parent burner cap placed on the parent burner body so as to define a parent burner distribution chamber between the parent burner body and the parent burner cap, and having a plurality of parent burner flame holes formed therein for spraying the mixture in the parent burner distribution chamber, and a parent burner inlet pipe extending from the parent burner body below the top plate of the cooking appliance, wherein the mixture of fuel gas and primary air sprayed from the nozzle hole at the tip of the parent burner nozzle provided facing the opening at the upstream end of the parent burner inlet pipe is supplied to the parent burner distribution chamber via the parent burner inlet pipe, and the tip of the child burner nozzle is located below the parent burner body and radially inward from the outer periphery of the parent burner body when viewed from above, and wherein a heat dissipation section is provided on the outer surface of the child burner body for dissipating heat from the child burner body to the outside. A second invention of the present application is a cooking device characterized by including the parent-child burner of the first invention.

[0009] According to this invention (first invention), even if radiant heat from the parent burner body is input to the child burner inlet pipe, the heat is released to the outside from the heat dissipation section provided in the child burner body. Therefore, even if the parent and child burners are burned for a long time, excessive temperature rise in the child burner inlet pipe can be suppressed. As a result, thermal expansion of the air-fuel mixture in the child burner inlet pipe can be suppressed, and a significant decrease in the combustion amount of the child burner compared to the initial stage of combustion can be suppressed.

[0010] In the present invention, it is also desirable to provide a heat dissipation portion on the outer surface of at least the sub-burner inlet pipe portion and its vicinity, which makes it possible to more effectively suppress the temperature rise in the sub-burner inlet pipe portion.

[0011] It is also possible to construct the heat dissipation section by applying a paint with high heat dissipation properties. However, this increases costs and does not provide sufficient durability. Therefore, in the present invention, it is desirable that the heat dissipation section be constructed by fins protruding from the outer surface of the sub-burner body. This reduces costs and improves durability. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0012] [Figure 1] 1 is a perspective view of a main part of a cooking device equipped with a parent-child burner according to an embodiment of the present invention; [Figure 2] FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional side view taken along line II-II in FIG. 1. [Figure 3] FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional plan view taken along line III-III in FIG. 2. [Figure 4] FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the parent-child burner according to the embodiment in an exploded state. [Figure 5] FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of a child burner body of the parent-child burner according to the embodiment, viewed obliquely from below. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0013] 1 and 2 show a cooking appliance equipped with a dual burner A according to an embodiment of the present invention. The cooking appliance has a top plate 2 that covers the top surface of a cooking appliance main body 1. The top plate 2 is composed of a top plate main body 21 and a cover plate 22 that prevents overflowing liquid from seeping in through a burner opening 21a that is opened in the top plate main body 21 and faces the dual burner A. A trivet 3 having a plurality of trivet claws 31 is placed on the top plate 2 so as to surround the burner opening 21a.

[0014] Parent-child burner A is composed of a child burner 4 and a parent burner 5 surrounding the child burner 4. The heating power can be changed widely from the minimum heating power that burns only the child burner 4 at low heat to the maximum heating power that burns both the child burner 4 and the parent burner 5 at high heat. The child burner 4 is equipped with a thermocouple 6 for detecting the flame of the child burner 4, and the parent burner 5 is equipped with an ignition electrode 7 for igniting the parent burner 5.

[0015] The sub burner 4 comprises a sub burner body 41 exposed on the top plate 2 of the cooking appliance, and a sub burner cap 42 placed on the sub burner body 41. Referring also to FIG. 4, the sub burner body 41 has an outer cylinder 411 and an inner cylinder 412 formed as separate members. The sub burner cap 42 has an outer cylinder portion 421 seated on the upper end of the outer cylinder 411 of the sub burner body 41, and an inner cylinder portion 422 fitted into the inner cylinder 412 of the sub burner body 41. An annular sub burner distribution chamber 43 is defined between the sub burner body 41 and the sub burner cap 42. The outer cylinder portion 421 of the sub burner cap 42 has multiple sub burner flame holes 44 formed therein, which spray the air-fuel mixture from the sub burner distribution chamber 43.

[0016] Referring also to Figure 3, the sub burner body 41 has a sub burner inlet pipe 45 that extends horizontally outward from one location on the periphery above the top plate 2 of the cooking appliance. A sub burner nozzle 46 is provided on the top plate 2, facing the opening at the upstream end of the sub burner inlet pipe 45. The sub burner nozzle 46 is attached to a nozzle holder 461 that is fixed to a mounting base 11 fixed to the cooking appliance body 1 and exposed above the top plate 2 through the cover plate 22. Fuel gas is supplied to the sub burner nozzle 46 via a sub burner gas pipe 462 and the nozzle holder 461. A mixture of fuel gas and primary air ejected from a nozzle hole 46a at the tip of the sub burner nozzle 46 is supplied to the sub burner distribution chamber 43 via the sub burner inlet pipe 45.

[0017] The parent burner 5 includes an annular parent burner body 51 that surrounds the child burner body 41 exposed on the top plate 2 of the cooking appliance, and an annular parent burner cap 52 that is placed on the parent burner body 51. Referring also to FIG. 4, the parent burner body 51 has an outer cylindrical portion 512 and an inner cylindrical portion 513 that are erected on the outer and inner peripheries of the annular bottom wall portion 511. The parent burner cap 52 has an outer cylindrical portion 521 that is seated on the upper end of the outer cylindrical portion 512 of the parent burner body 51, and an inner cylindrical portion 522 that fits around the inner cylindrical portion 513 of the parent burner body 51. An annular parent burner distribution chamber 53 is defined between the parent burner body 51 and the parent burner cap 52. The outer cylindrical portion 521 of the parent burner cap 52 has a plurality of parent burner flame holes 54 through which the air-fuel mixture in the parent burner distribution chamber 53 is ejected. Further, on the upper surface of the main burner cap 52, a slit-shaped flame transfer flame hole 54a extending in the radial direction is formed for flame transfer between the sub burner 4 and the main burner 5.

[0018] The parent burner 5 further includes a parent burner inlet pipe 55 extending from the parent burner body 51 below the top plate 2 of the cooking appliance. A mixture of fuel gas and primary air ejected from a nozzle hole (not shown) at the tip of a parent burner nozzle 56 provided facing the opening at the upstream end of the parent burner inlet pipe 55 is supplied to the parent burner distribution chamber 53 via the parent burner inlet pipe 55. The parent burner inlet pipe 55 is composed of a downstream pipe 551 that fits into a port portion 53a that communicates with the parent burner distribution chamber 53 and is provided on the underside of the bottom wall portion 511 of the parent burner body 51 at one circumferential position and extends below the top plate 2, and an upstream pipe 552 that extends horizontally below the top plate 2 and is connected to the lower end of the downstream pipe 551 via a connecting pipe portion 552a. The upstream pipe 552 has a venturi portion 552b located near its upstream end. When fuel gas is injected from the nozzle hole of the parent burner nozzle 56, negative pressure is generated in the venturi section 552b, causing primary air to be sucked in from the upstream end of the upstream pipe 552, i.e., the opening at the upstream end of the parent burner inlet pipe 55.

[0019] However, when the sub burner nozzle 46 is arranged on the top plate 2 of the cooking appliance as in this embodiment, it would be unsightly if the sub burner nozzle 46 stood out when viewed from above. Therefore, the tip of the sub burner nozzle 46 is positioned below the main burner body 51 and radially inward from the outer periphery of the main burner body 51 when viewed from above.

[0020] The sub burner body 41 also has an extension 413 that extends downward below the sub burner distribution chamber 43. Referring also to Figure 3, an internal gap 414 that communicates with the sub burner distribution chamber 43 is provided within a predetermined circumferential range of the extension 413. The circumferential central portion of the internal gap 414 is formed as a narrow portion 4141 whose radial width is narrower than the radial width of the other portions of the internal gap 414, while the other portions of the internal gap 414, i.e., the circumferential side portions, are formed as wide portions 4142 whose radial width is wider. The downstream end of the sub burner inlet pipe portion 45 communicates with the narrow portion 4141 of the internal gap 414, and extends radially outward along a radial line that passes through the circumferential center of this narrow portion 4141. The mixture of fuel gas and primary air injected from the nozzle hole 46a of the sub-burner nozzle 46 flows from the narrow portion 4141 to the wide portion 4142 of the internal gap 414 through the sub-burner inlet pipe section 45, thereby achieving the effect of sucking primary air from the opening at the upstream end of the sub-burner inlet pipe section 45 (an effect similar to the so-called radial venturi effect).

[0021] A seal portion 412a is formed in the portion that becomes the extension 413 of the inner tube 412 of the sub burner body 41, positioned outside the internal gap 414, and contacts the inner circumferential surface of the portion that becomes the extension 413 of the outer tube 411 of the sub burner body 41. The internal flow path of the sub burner inlet pipe portion 45 narrows in diameter toward the downstream side. Note that the sub burner inlet pipe portion 45 can also have a venturi portion near the upstream end, similar to the main burner inlet pipe 55.

[0022] 4 and 5, a base plate portion 416 is integrally formed on the outer cylinder 411 of the sub burner body 41, and is integrated with the bottom wall portion of the sub burner inlet pipe portion 45. The base plate portion 416 projects outward from a circumferential location that matches the sub burner inlet pipe portion 45 at the bottom of the portion that becomes the extension portion 413, and from the opposite location. The nozzle holder 461 side end of the base plate portion 416 is fixed to a nozzle holder 461 that is fixed to the mounting base 11 via legs 461a, thereby ensuring concentricity between the sub burner nozzle 46 and the sub burner inlet pipe portion 45. A downstream pipe 551 of the main burner inlet pipe 55 is integrally formed on the portion of the base plate portion 416 that projects outward from a location opposite the circumferential location that matches the sub burner inlet pipe portion 45.

[0023] A skirt portion 514 extends diagonally downward from the outer periphery of the parent burner body 51 to prevent overflow from flowing around the underside of the bottom wall portion 511 of the parent burner body 51. Furthermore, to prevent overflow from falling into the child burner inlet pipe portion 45, a hood portion 515 extends radially inward from the inner periphery of the circumferential portion of the bottom wall portion 511 of the parent burner body 51 that coincides with the child burner inlet pipe portion 45, covering the child burner inlet pipe portion 45 from above. Furthermore, to prevent overflow that has flowed around the underside of the hood portion 515 from falling into the child burner nozzle 46, a second hood portion 451 extends radially outward from the upstream end of the child burner inlet pipe portion 45 to cover the child burner nozzle 46 from above. Both circumferential side portions 515 a , 451 a of the canopy portions 515 , 451 are bent downward to reach the base plate portion 416 .

[0024] Here, because the slave burner inlet pipe section 45 is located near the parent burner body 51, if the parent and child burners A are burned for a long time, there is a possibility that the temperature of the slave burner inlet pipe section 45 will rise excessively due to radiant heat from the parent burner body 51. If the temperature of the slave burner inlet pipe section 45 rises excessively, the air-fuel mixture will thermally expand within the slave burner inlet pipe section 45, reducing the density of the air-fuel mixture ejected from the slave burner flame holes 44, and the combustion amount of the slave burners 4 will be significantly reduced compared to the initial stage of combustion.

[0025] Therefore, in this embodiment, a heat dissipation portion that dissipates heat from the sub burner body 41 to the outside is provided on the outer surface of the sub burner body 41. Specifically, fins 47 that constitute the heat dissipation portion are protruded from the underside of the sub burner body 41, i.e., the underside of the base plate portion 416, as shown in Fig. 5. More specifically, the underside of the base plate portion 416 is provided with fin #1 47 located on the underside of the sub burner inlet pipe portion 45, fin #2 47 located on the underside of the portion near both circumferential sides of the sub burner inlet pipe portion 45, fin #7 47 extending circumferentially on the underside of the portion circumferentially opposite the sub burner inlet pipe portion 45, and fins #3 to #6 47 between #2 and #7.

[0026] As a result, even if radiant heat from the parent burner body 51 is input to the child burner inlet pipe section 45, the heat is released to the outside from the fins 47 provided on the child burner body 41. Therefore, even if the parent and child burners A are burned for a long time, an excessive temperature rise in the child burner inlet pipe section 45 can be suppressed. As a result, thermal expansion of the air-fuel mixture in the child burner inlet pipe section 45 is suppressed, and a significant decrease in the combustion amount of the child burner 4 compared to the initial stage of combustion can be suppressed. In particular, in this embodiment, the #1 fin 47 located on the outer surface of the child burner inlet pipe section 45 and the #2 fin 47 located on the outer surface of the portion near the child burner inlet pipe section 45 are provided, so that a temperature rise in the child burner inlet pipe section 45 can be effectively suppressed.

[0027] Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the drawings, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, in the above embodiment, the heat dissipation portion is formed by fins 47 protruding from the outer surface of the sub-burner body 41. However, it is also possible to form the heat dissipation portion by applying a highly heat-dissipating paint. However, this increases costs and does not provide sufficient durability. In contrast, forming the heat dissipation portion with fins 47 as in the above embodiment is advantageous because it is low cost and improves durability. Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the heat dissipation portion is provided on the underside of the sub-burner body 41. However, it is also possible to form the heat dissipation portion on an outer surface other than the underside of the sub-burner body 41, such as the inner circumferential surface. [Explanation of symbols]

[0028] A...parent and child burners, 2...top plate, 4...child burner, 41...child burner body, 42...child burner cap, 43...child burner distribution chamber, 44...child burner flame hole, 45...child burner inlet pipe section, 46...child burner nozzle, 46a...nozzle hole, 47...fin (heat dissipation section), 5...parent burner, 51...parent burner body, 52...parent burner cap, 53...parent burner distribution chamber, 54...parent burner flame hole, 55...parent burner inlet pipe, 56...parent burner nozzle.

Claims

1. A parent-child burner provided in a cooking appliance, the parent-child burner including a child burner and a parent burner surrounding the child burner, The sub burner comprises a sub burner body exposed on the top plate of the cooking appliance, and a sub burner cap placed on the sub burner body so as to define a sub burner distribution chamber between the sub burner body and the sub burner cap, and having a plurality of sub burner flame holes formed therein for spraying the mixture in the sub burner distribution chamber; the sub burner body has a sub burner inlet pipe section extending horizontally outward from one peripheral location on the top plate of the cooking appliance, and the mixture of fuel gas and primary air sprayed from the nozzle hole at the tip of the sub burner nozzle provided facing the opening at the upstream end of the sub burner inlet pipe section is supplied to the sub burner distribution chamber via the sub burner inlet pipe section; The parent burner comprises an annular parent burner body that surrounds the child burner body and is exposed on the top plate of the cooking appliance; an annular parent burner cap that is placed on the parent burner body so as to define a parent burner distribution chamber between the parent burner body and the parent burner cap and that has a plurality of parent burner flame holes formed therein for ejecting the mixture in the parent burner distribution chamber; and a parent burner inlet pipe that extends from the parent burner body to below the top plate of the cooking appliance, and the mixture of fuel gas and primary air ejected from the nozzle hole at the tip of the parent burner nozzle that is provided facing the opening at the upstream end of the parent burner inlet pipe is supplied to the parent burner distribution chamber via the parent burner inlet pipe. The tip of the child burner nozzle is located below the parent burner body and radially inward from the outer periphery of the parent burner body when viewed from above, A parent-child burner characterized in that a heat dissipation section for dissipating heat from the child burner body to the outside is provided on the outer surface of the child burner body.

2. 2. The parent-child burner according to claim 1, wherein the heat radiating portion is provided on the outer surface of at least the child burner inlet pipe portion and its vicinity.

3. 3. The parent-child burner according to claim 1, wherein the heat dissipation portion is formed by fins protruding from the outer surface of the child burner body.

4. A cooking device comprising the parent-child burner according to claim 1 or 2.

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