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Abstract

A burner shutoff for a burner, the burner shutoff including a solenoid moveable between an open position permitting fuel supply to the burner and a closed position cutting off fuel supply to the burner. The burner shutoff including a thermocouple in communication with the solenoid, wherein the thermocouple producing a voltage output signal when heated by the burner for maintaining the solenoid in the open position. The burner including a safety timer for selectively generating and communicating a reverse polarity voltage signal to the solenoid such that the voltage signal received by the solenoid is altered sufficiently to move the solenoid to the closed position, thereby shutting off the burner.

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First Claim