Patent ID: 9618205
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: F23N,F23Q,F24H

Claim:
1. A gas flow controller for use in a gas fired apparatus including a pilot burner and a main burner, the controller comprising: an actuator; a pilot valve connected to the actuator, the pilot valve moveable from a closed position to an open position by actuation of the actuator to provide selective fluid communication between a gas inlet and a first fluid chamber, the first fluid chamber in fluid communication with a pilot burner outlet; a main burner valve providing selective fluid communication between the first fluid chamber and a main burner outlet; and a flow controller valve connected to the actuator, the flow controller valve moveable from a closed position to an open position by actuation of the actuator to provide selective fluid communication between the gas inlet and a back side of the main burner valve to maintain the main burner valve in a closed position when the pilot valve is in the open position.