Patent ID: 8919336

Claim:
An improved radiant gas burner unit comprising: a base supporting a substantially flat radiant gas burner plate having openings therethrough, the radiant gas burner plate forming an external surface of the base supporting high temperature radiant gas combustion; one or more mixing tubes partially supported within the base spaced from one another, and having two open ends, with the first open end positioned within the base and the second open end extending through corresponding openings formed through a wall of the base, said openings having a diameter of approximately one inch or less, such that the overall unit height is approximately 2 inches or less; a gas supply having gas outlets positioned along the gas supply at locations aligned with and spaced from the second open ends of the mixing tubes to receive a desired gas supplied by the gas supply which is mixed with air at a predetermined desired ratio as the air/gas mixture enters the mixing tubes and is substantially evenly supplied to and through the openings of the radiant gas burner plate to provide high temperature combustion along the external surface of the base.