Patent ID: 8997731
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: F24C

Abstract:
1. A gas cooking appliance, having at least one gas burner provided on a gas cooking hob and/or a gas oven including a surface on which cookware to be exposed to heat from the gas burner is to be supported, the gas burner comprising a gas divider to establish a desired distribution of a combustible gas across the gas burner, an annular thermal insulator defining an inner width, a ceramic portion enclosing at least a portion of the inner width, a monolith catalyst disposed within the inner width between the gas divider and the ceramic portion, the monolith catalyst extending across an entire extent of the inner width, and at least one generator for generating electric power by conversion of radiation power, wherein the gas burner further comprises an electric ignition system for ignition of gas combustion, and wherein the generator provides electric power for the electric ignition system, and wherein the generator is exposed to electromagnetic radiation from a combustion zone of the gas burner at a location recessed in the gas cooking appliance relative to the surface on which the cookware is to be supported and converts said electromagnetic radiation into electric power.