Integrated Pan Support With Venturi Mixing for Cleaner Gas Hobs

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing gas hobs require separate components for the pot support and gas burner, leading to complex designs and difficult cleaning processes, as well as inefficient heat distribution and fuel mixture management.

Innovation Solution

A one-piece pot support with integrated gas outlet openings and a Venturi nozzle-like structure for mixing air and fuel, which serves as both a support surface and a combustion area, eliminating the need for additional burner components and simplifying cleaning.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If separate components are used for pot support and gas burner, then functional clarity is improved, but device complexity and cleaning difficulty increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenumber of componentsVSAvoidcleaning ease
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines the pot support structure and gas burner into a single integrated component. The support structure includes both the support surface for cooking vessels and gas outlet openings that serve as burners, eliminating the need for separate burner components and simplifying cleaning operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The support structure is designed to perform multiple functions simultaneously: it provides mechanical support for cooking vessels, distributes fuel-air mixture through integrated channels, and generates flames at gas outlet openings. This multi-functional design reduces the total number of components while maintaining operational effectiveness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Productivity

If separate burner components are used, then fuel mixture management is simplified, but heat distribution efficiency decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveheating efficiencyVSAvoidcomponent integration
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The gas outlet openings are integrated directly into the support structure, allowing the support surface and燃烧 surface to be unified. This integration enables more efficient heat transfer from the flame to the cooking vessel bottom while maintaining simple fuel mixture management through the Venturi nozzle system.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Ease of manufacture

If additional burner components are added, then combustion control is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemanufacturing stepsVSAvoidcombustion control
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The support structure and gas burner are manufactured as a single integrated component, reducing manufacturing steps by eliminating assembly operations. The integrated design maintains reliable combustion control through the Venturi nozzle mechanism that ensures proper fuel-air mixing at the gas outlet openings.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The single support structure component performs both structural support and combustion functions, simplifying manufacturing while ensuring reliable operation through the integrated Venturi nozzle system that automatically regulates fuel-air mixture.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

This integrated design ensures efficient fuel-air mixture distribution, provides even heating, and simplifies the cleaning process by eliminating separate burner components, while maintaining a high-quality appearance and easy handling.

Implementation Method 1

a pipe section for mixing primary air and fuel gas to form the combustible fuel gas-air mixture

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectVenturi effect: Venturi Effect

Data Source

PatentEP3679301B1Pan support, gas hob and method for producing a pan support
Publication Date: 2023.10.11 BSH HAUSGERATE GMBH
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AI summary

The invention relates to a pan support (2) for a gas range (1), comprising a support structure (10) for a container for a product to be cooked. Said support structure has a contact surface (12) for the container for a product to be cooked and a channel (21) for a combustion gas air mixture, which channel leads to gas outlet openings (19).