Oval Burner Conduit Alignment for Uniform Flame Distribution
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Solution Overview
Problem
Gas burners with unconventional shapes face challenges in achieving uniform gas distribution to the perimeter due to deformation and irregular shapes, leading to uneven flame distribution.
Innovation Solution
A gas burner assembly featuring a gas supply conduit with a radial protrusion that engages a corresponding depression on the burner, preventing rotational movement and ensuring consistent alignment for even gas distribution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If gas burners with unconventional shapes are used, then the burner can accommodate various cooking needs and provide flexibility, but uniform gas distribution to the perimeter becomes difficult to achieve
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by positioning multiple gas supply openings at specific locations around the burner perimeter, with each opening tailored to deliver gas to a particular zone. The socket and protrusion alignment mechanism ensures each gas supply conduit is precisely positioned to maintain uniform gas distribution across different burner shapes, allowing the burner to accommodate various cooking needs while preserving distribution uniformity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If components of the gas burner undergo deformation, then the burner can adapt to installation variations, but this further contributes to uneven distribution of gas to the perimeter
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-configuring the socket on the burner and the protrusion on the gas supply conduit with complementary geometries that ensure precise alignment before gas flow begins. The protrusion fits into the socket in a predetermined orientation, pre-establishing the correct angular relationship between the gas supply conduit and burner, thereby preventing misalignment even when components undergo deformation during installation or use.
3Ease of manufacture
If the gas supply conduit is connected without alignment restriction, then assembly is simpler, but rotational movement causes misalignment and uneven gas distribution
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies asymmetry by designing the socket and protrusion with non-symmetric, complementary geometries. The protrusion has a specific shape that fits into the socket in only one rotational orientation, creating an asymmetric interlocking mechanism. This asymmetric design provides automatic alignment and prevents rotational movement, ensuring precise conduit alignment while maintaining relatively simple assembly through the snap-fit or threaded connection.
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus includes a gas burner assembly which includes a gas burner and a gas supply conduit. The gas burner includes a gas supply opening and a substantially cylindrical socket formed on the exterior of the gas burner around the gas supply opening. The gas supply conduit includes an opening at an end and a substantially tubular adjoining section proximate to the opening. The adjoining section is configured to mate with the socket and includes a substantially radial protrusion. The socket includes a substantially radial depression for receiving the protrusion. As the gas supply conduit is connected with the gas burner to establish fluid communication at the gas supply opening, the protrusion is engaged in the depression thereby aligning the adjoining section in a predetermined manner about the socket and restricting rotational movement of the adjoining section about the socket.