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  • Electrically enhanced hot surface igniter
    Patent number: 5951276
    Abstract: An electronic control circuit (10) for a gas oven including a hot surface igniter (24) which is heated through the application of electrical current to a temperature sufficient to ignite gas supplied through an electrically actuable gas valve (26). The applied current is regulated by a micro-controller (20) which controllably gates on a triac (14) while taking into consideration a sensed current level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Inventors: James R. Jaeschke, Gordon B. Spellman