Burner and cooker including the burner

Abstract

A burner and a cooker including the burner are provided. The burner includes a burner port, an ignition unit configured to ignite a mixture gas in the burner port, a combustion member located between the burner port and the ignition unit, a plurality of combustion compartments defined by portions of the burner port and the combustion member to allow combustion of the mixture gas in the combustion compartments, and at least one distribution member configured to guide a portion of the mixture gas from at least one of the combustion compartment to another of the combustion compartment. The cooker includes a cooking cavity, the burner, mixing tubes for the mixture of gas, and a door closing the cooking cavity.

1 . A burner comprising:
 a burner port;   an ignition unit configured to ignite a mixture gas in the burner port;   a combustion member located between the burner port and the ignition unit;   a plurality of combustion compartments defined by portions of the burner port and the combustion member to allow combustion of the mixture gas in the combustion compartments; and   at least one distribution member configured to guide a portion of the mixture gas from at least one of the combustion compartment to another of the combustion compartment.   
     
     
         2 . The burner according to  claim 1 , wherein a flame generated by igniting the mixture gas in one of the plurality of combustion compartments is propagated to said another of the combustion compartments. 
     
     
         3 . The burner according to  claim 1 , wherein each combustion compartment includes a first portion separated from a second portion of the combustion compartment by the distribution member,
 wherein gas flow holes are formed in the distribution member to allow flows of the mixture gas from the second portions to the first portions of the combustion compartments.   
     
     
         4 . The burner according to  claim 3 , wherein the distribution member reduces cross sectional areas of the second portions of the combustion compartments in a flow direction of the mixture gas in the combustion compartments. 
     
     
         5 . The burner according to  claim 1 , wherein at least one of an upper end, a lower end, and lateral ends of the distribution member is spaced apart from an inner surface of the combustion compartments. 
     
     
         6 . The burner according to  claim 5 , wherein the distribution member includes at least one fixation flange, and
 wherein, when the fixation flange is fixed to the burner port, at least one of the upper end, the lower end, and the lateral ends of the distribution member is spaced apart from the inner surface of the combustion compartments.   
     
     
         7 . The burner according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one distribution member includes a plurality of distribution members such that each of the plurality of distribution members is associated with a corresponding combustion compartment. 
     
     
         8 . A burner comprising:
 a burner port;   an ignition unit configured to ignite a mixture gas in the burner port;   a combustion member located between the burner port and the ignition unit;   a mixing tube connected to the burner port;   a plurality of combustion compartments defined by portions of the burner port and the combustion member to allow combustion of the mixture gas in the combustion compartments, the mixing tube being in communication with at least one combustion compartment of the plurality of combustion compartments; and   at least one distribution member configured to guide a portion of the mixture gas from said at least one combustion compartment to another combustion compartment of the plurality of combustion compartments.   
     
     
         9 . The burner according to  claim 8 , wherein the distribution member interferes with the flow of at least a portion of the mixture gas flowing in said at least one combustion compartment so that the portion of the mixture gas is redirected to said another combustion compartment. 
     
     
         10 . The burner according to  claim 8 , wherein the distribution member includes:
 an interference part configured to guide the portion of the mixture gas flowing in said at least one combustion compartment to said another combustion compartment; and   a gas flow hole formed in the interference part so as to allow another portion of the mixture gas to pass through the gas flow hole and flow in said at least one combustion chamber.   
     
     
         11 . The burner according to  claim 10 , wherein, when the mixture gas is supplied to the combustion flow passages, a flow direction of the mixture gas is changed from vertical to horizontal, and
 wherein the interference part disposed in the combustion flow passages is sloped from a region where the mixture gas has a relatively low flow velocity to a region where the mixture gas has a relatively high flow velocity.   
     
     
         12 . The burner according to  claim 8 , wherein the distribution member includes:
 a compartment part configured to separate a first portion of said at least one combustion compartment from a second portion of said at least one combustion compartment and connect the first portion to said another combustion compartment; and   a communication hole formed in the compartment part so that the first portion communicates with the second portion.   
     
     
         13 . The burner according to  claim 12 , wherein the compartment part reduces cross sectional areas of the first portion of said at least one combustion compartment in a flow direction of the mixture gas in said at least one combustion compartment. 
     
     
         14 . The burner according to  claim 8 , wherein the distribution member includes a fixation part fixed to the burner port so that at least one of an upper end, a lower end, and lateral ends of the distribution member is spaced apart from one of the burner port and the combustion member. 
     
     
         15 . The burner according to  claim 8 , wherein at least one mixing tube includes a plurality of mixing tubes, and
 wherein the at least one distribution member includes a plurality of distribution members such that each of the plurality of distribution members is associated with a corresponding combustion compartment of the plurality of combustion compartments.   
     
     
         16 . A cooker comprising:
 a cavity part defining a cooking chamber configured to receive food;   a burner configured to supply heat to an inside of the cooking chamber for cooking food, the burner including:   a burner port;   an ignition unit configured to ignite a mixture gas in the burner port;   a combustion member located between the burner port and the ignition unit;   a plurality of mixing tubes connected to the burner port;   a plurality of combustion compartments defined by portions of the burner port and the combustion member to allow combustion of the mixture gas in the combustion compartments, each mixing tube being in communication with a different combustion compartment of the plurality of combustion compartments; and   at least one distribution member configured to guide a portion of the mixture gas from at least one combustion compartment to another combustion compartment of the combustion compartments; and   a door configured to selectively close or open the cooking chamber.   
     
     
         17 . The cooker according to  claim 16 , wherein the at least one distribution member redirects some of the mixture gas supplied from one of the mixing tubes to said another combustion compartments. 
     
     
         18 . The cooker according to  claim 16 , wherein at least one distribution member is disposed at an upstream or midstream position in a flow direction of the mixture gas in said at least one combustion compartment. 
     
     
         19 . The cooker according to  claim 16 , wherein, when the at least one distribution member is fixed to the burner port, at least one of a lower end, an upper end, and lateral ends of the at least one distribution member is spaced apart from the burner port and the combustion member such that the mixture gas passes through a gap between the at least one distribution member and one of the burner port and the combustion member prior to flowing continuously in the combustion member. 
     
     
         20 . The cooker according to  claim 16 , wherein the at least one distribution member includes a plurality of distribution members such that each of the plurality of distribution members is associated with a corresponding combustion compartment.