Patent ID: 6902708

Claim:
An apparatus comprising at least a first and a second burner nozzle, the burner nozzles including a first injector for injecting a highly-carbon-laden gas, the burner nozzles including at least one second injector for injecting a mixture of a fuel and an oxidant for a pilot flame, the burner nozzles secured in a moveable head assembly, the head assembly comprising a main gas block and an ignition source mounted in a gas plenum which encloses respective tips of the first and second injectors, the highly-carbon-laden gas and the fuel and oxidant mixture adapted to exit through these tips and enter and fill the gas plenum, and one or more deflector jets installed at points substantially between the first and second burner nozzles, the deflector jet adapted to direct a portion of said mixture of fuel gas and oxidant toward the ignition source.