Patents Assigned to Rankin-Delux, Inc.
  • Cooking range with automatic gas burner ignition
    Patent number: 5809990
    Abstract: A cooking range, especially useful in commercial environments, wherein an automatic ignition gas burner is mounted thereon. The range includes an input valve connected to a gas fired burner element. The valve is mechanically operated by a plunger which is selectively engaged by a utensil placed on the cooking range in a preferred embodiment. The plunger may be connected to the valve directly or by a mechanical linkage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: Rankin-Delux, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard R. Jones, Dennis Munemitsu