Combustion – Process of combustion or burner operation – Starting or shutdown procedure
Patent
1990-10-01
1992-02-04
Price, Carl D.
Combustion
Process of combustion or burner operation
Starting or shutdown procedure
431 27, 431 69, 431 70, F23N 500
Patent
active
050855735
ABSTRACT:
A hot surface ignition system for a gas furnace or the like, control device therefor and methods of making the same are provided, the system comprising a burner, a settable thermostat, an electrically operable gas valve, a control unit, and an electrically operable hot surface igniter disposed so as to be in the path of gas issuing from the burner that is adapted to be fed the gas from a source thereof through the gas valve when the control unit has been activated by the thermostat to operate the igniter and the gas valve in a certain sequence, the control unit having a lockout unit for deactivating the system should ignition of the gas issuing from the burner not take place by the end of the certain sequence, the control unit having a resetting unit for causing the control unit to be reactivated to be adapted to repeat the certain sequence of the system when the resetting unit is activated, the control unit being adapted to select the certain sequence to have one or more attempts of the control unit to ignite the gas at the burner before the lockout unit can deactivate the system, the resetting unit comprising a manually operated electrical switch that is remote from the thermostat and which must be manually moved to a certain position thereof to activate the resetting unit.
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Price Carl D.
Robertshaw Controls Company
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