Gas Stove Surface Burner Having A Low Heat Simmer Burner

Abstract

A simmer burner for a residential stove is disclosed. The simmer burner comprises a base plate, a cover plate, and a burner head disposed between the base plate and the cover plate, wherein the burner head and one of the base plate or cover plate defines a simmer burner chamber and the burner head includes in the range of twenty-six to thirty-two spaced simmer burner apertures extending outwardly from the simmer burner chamber through the burner head.

We claim: 
     
         1 . A burner for a residential stove comprising:
 a base plate;   a cover plate;   a burner head disposed between the base plate and the cover plate, wherein:
 the burner head and one of the base plate or cover plate defines a simmer burner chamber; and 
 the burner head includes in the range of twenty-six to thirty-two spaced simmer burner apertures extending outwardly from the simmer burner chamber through the burner head, the simmer burner apertures being of the order of 1.3 mm in diameter. 
   
     
     
         2 . The burner of  claim 1 , wherein the burner head includes twenty-six of the spaced simmer burner apertures. 
     
     
         3 . The burner of  claim 1 , wherein the burner head and the base plate define the simmer burner chamber. 
     
     
         4 . The burner of  claim 3 , wherein the base plate includes a generally horizontal base plate surface and a center of each of the spaced simmer burner apertures is spaced of the order of 1.5 mm above the base plate surface. 
     
     
         5 . The burner of  claim 3 , wherein the burner head and the cover plate define a main burner chamber and the burner head includes a plurality of spaced apertures extending from the main burner chamber outwardly through the burner head. 
     
     
         6 . The burner of  claim 1  including means for controllably providing a gas to the simmer burner chamber. 
     
     
         7 . A burner for a residential stove comprising:
 a base plate;   a cover plate; and   a burner head disposed between the base plate and the cover plate, wherein:
 the burner head and one of the base plate or cover plate defines a simmer burner chamber; and 
 the burner head includes in the range of twenty-six to thirty-two spaced apertures extending from the simmer burner chamber, the apertures having a collective aperture surface area in the range of 35 mm 2  to 43 mm 2 . 
   
     
     
         8 . The burner of  claim 5  wherein the apertures are of substantially equal diameter. 
     
     
         9 . The burner of  claim 5 , wherein the burner head and the base plate define the simmer burner chamber. 
     
     
         10 . The burner of  claim 8 , wherein the burner head and the cover plate define a main burner chamber and the burner head includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced apertures extending from the main burner chamber. 
     
     
         11 . The burner of  claim 5  including means for controllably providing a gas to the simmer burner chamber.