Patent ID: 7628609
Filing Date: 2009-12-08
Classification: F23D

Abstract:
1. A burner assembly for a gas powered cooking appliance, comprising: a burner body having a supply aperture through which gas is supplied to the burner, a central region, and a plurality of radiating extensions extending radially outward from the central region and forming a sidewall surrounding the aperture, the radiating extensions including a plurality of sidewall openings through which gas flows; and a burner cap shaped to generally correspond to the burner body arrangement and including at least one overhang having an outer concave surface and positioned at a junction between an adjacent pair of radiating extensions and forming a flame stabilization chamber formed in part by a portion of an exterior wall of the burner body, wherein the at least one overhang overhangs a portion of the sidewall in a central region between the adjacent pair of radiating extensions but does not overhang the sidewall along a straight side of the radiating extensions.