Patent ID: 7335016

Claim:
Evaporative burner comprising a combustion chamber housing ( 12 ) and, in the combustion chamber housing ( 12 ), an evaporative medium ( 22 ) for receiving liquid fuel and for delivering fuel vapor into a combustion chamber ( 18 ), said evaporative medium ( 22 ) having a shape matching the shape of a floor region ( 14 ) of said combustion chamber housing ( 12 ) and being arranged parallel to the floor region ( 14 ), further comprising a heating coil arrangement ( 26 ) for heating the evaporative medium ( 22 ) and for igniting an air/fuel-mixture in the combustion chamber ( 18 ), said heating coil arrangement ( 26 ) comprising a heating region ( 28 ) having a heating conductor section ( 32 ) extending between the evaporative medium ( 22 ) and the floor region ( 14 ) of the combustion chamber housing ( 12 ) along and abutting a side ( 30 ) of the evaporative medium ( 22 ) remote from the combustion chamber ( 18 ), said heating coil arrangement ( 26 ) further comprising an ignition region ( 24 ) having a heating conductor section ( 36 ) merging into the heating conductor section ( 33 ) of said heating region ( 28 ) and projecting from the heating region ( 28 ) through an opening in the evaporative medium ( 22 ) and beyond the evaporative medium ( 22 ) into the combustion chamber ( 18 ).