Patent · US Expired

Burner control system with continuous check of hot surface ignitor during run cycle

US5435717A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 30, 1993
Grant dateJul 25, 1995
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Expiry dateApr 30, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF23N2235/14
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A fuel valve and ignitor control system in which pull-in current for a fuel valve operating on rectified alternating current is supplied through a first normally open relay whose coil is connected in series with normally open contacts of a second relay and an intermittently operating hot surface ignitor. Normally closed contacts of the second relay are connected in series with the ignitor and the fuel valve through a holding resistor, whereby actuation of the second relay provides unrectified alternating current to the ignitor and actuates the first relay to provide pull-in current to the fuel valve, and whereby deactivation of the second relay provides holding current to the fuel valve through the ignitor.

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