Patent ID: 9587826
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: F23D

Claim:
1. A gas burner intended to point downwardly in use, the gas burner comprising a flame strip in the form of a sheet material with a plurality of openings therein to define ports, with the outer side of the flame strip providing a combustion surface in use, the gas burner also comprising a body member with an inlet thereinto for combustion gas, the body member and flame strip together defining a plenum chamber, said body member comprising an outer wall opposite said flame strip, with a space between the flame strip and said outer wall of the body member, the body member and/or flame strip being profiled such that said space varies across the chamber to provide a required flow of combustion gas across the chamber; wherein the body member comprises end and side walls at the perimeter of the body member outer wall, said end and side walls defining respective intersecting planes which also further intersect a plane defined by said outer wall; and wherein the flame strip is profiled such that a generally mid part thereof defines a minimum space from the chamber outer wall, said mid part offset from the periphery of said flame strip, with the space increasing outwardly from said mid part, the mid part of the flame strip being spaced further from said one end wall of the body member than from the opposite end wall of the body member.