Patent ID: 8365535

Claim:
A fuel nozzle comprising; a burner tube having a central axis and a nozzle tip disposed therein; a flange connected to said burner tube and having a first and a second fluid inlet fluidly connected to a first and a second flow passage, respectively; a stem having at least a first and a second generally axially extending flow channel, each said flow channel circumferentially disposed from each other and fluidly connected to said at least first and second flow passages, respectively; a swirler having at least a first and a second radially extending premix passage, each said premix passage fluidly connected to said at least first and second flow channels, respectively; said flange and said stem each comprising a single component, wherein said stem includes a third generally axially extending flow channel, extending between a third radially extending flow passage and an annular chamber on an inner surface of said stem, said third channel fluidly connected to said third flow passage and said annular chamber wherein at least one of the first, second and third flow channels is only partially circumferentially extending.