(19)
(11) EP 0 809 078 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
08.03.2000 Bulletin 2000/10

(43) Date of publication A2:
26.11.1997 Bulletin 1997/48

(21) Application number: 97103503.5

(22) Date of filing: 04.03.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7F24C 3/12, F24C 3/08
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE DK ES FR GB IT NL

(30) Priority: 22.05.1996 IT PN960031

(71) Applicant: ZANUSSI GRANDI IMPIANTI S.p.A.
I-33170 Pordenone (IT)

(72) Inventors:
  • Moro, Mauro
    33170 Pordenone (IT)
  • Codazzi, Luca
    30172 Mestre (IT)

(74) Representative: Giugni, Valter et al
PROPRIA Protezione Proprietà Industriale S.r.L. Via Mazzini 13
33170 Pordenone
33170 Pordenone (IT)

   


(54) Cooking apparatus with forced-draft burner


(57) Gas-fuelled apparatus for cooking food, in particular gas-heated oven, comprising a combustion chamber, a flue gas outlet conduit and a cooking cavity, blowing means being arranged so as to be directed towards said combustion chamber, said blowing means being capable of circulating, in a substantially open circuit made up by said combustion chamber and said flue gas outlet conduit, a flow of ambient air, wherein, upon turning on the electric installation of the oven, any possible unburnt fuel gas is permanently evacuated from said combustion chamber. In a preferred manner, the chamber housing the burner is provided with at least an opening communicating with the atmosphere, which is adapted to provide a natural evacuation passage for unburnt combustible gases. The first ignition to the burner occurs after a pre-determined time of ventilation, subsequently to the ignition command delivered by an appropriate control arrangement, and the following ignitions occur immediately after said ignition command.







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