Title:
SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IGNITION INCLUDING RE-IGNITION OF GAS AND GAS FIRED APPLIANCES USING SAME
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2004042485
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Featured is a gas control device being configured and arranged so as to control operation of a hot surface igniter so it is warmed-up to ignition temperatures of a gas when a call for heat is made and, following ignition, to control operation of the igniter so it is capable of rapidly re-igniting the gas without having to continuously maintain the igniter at or above gas ignition temperatures. More particularly, the gas control device includes circuitry that controls energization of the igniter for ignition of the gas and, after ignition of the gas is determined to have occurred, controls energization of the igniter so that the igniter can be warmed up to ignition temperature conditions within desired re-ignition time periods. Also featured are systems and apparatuses embodying such control devices as well as methods related thereto.
Inventors:
CHODACKI THOMAS A
SOLOFRA KEVIN C
RALSON JAMES M
SOLOFRA KEVIN C
RALSON JAMES M
Application Number:
PCT/US2003/035028
Publication Date:
April 21, 2005
Filing Date:
November 04, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SAINT GOBAIN CERAMICS (US)
International Classes:
F23N1/00; F23Q7/12; (IPC1-7): F23N5/00
Foreign References:
| US5725368A | 1998-03-10 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 1558872A4
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