Patent ID: 6082994
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: F23D

Abstract:
A gas burner for a cooking apparatus comprising a head and a cap laid on the head, the head comprising a base having an aperture for feeding an air/gas mixture and a peripheral skirt, the skirt havingslits substantially perpendicular to the base and extending through the skirt substantially parallel to the base, anda supporting face divided into supporting face portions between each adjacent pair of slits, the supporting face portions havingrespective inner halves and respective outer halves, the outer halves being closer to the aperture than the outer halves anda plurality of protrusions on the supporting face portions extending generally perpendicular to the base, each protrusion having a width measured between the pair of adjacent slits that is smaller than a distance between the pair of adjacent slits, being located substantially equidistant from the pair of adjacent slits, and being located within the inner halves of the supporting face portions, the protrusions contacting and supporting the cap, thereby providing a space between the cap and the head in which a portion of the air/gas mixture is throttled.