Robertshaw Controls Company

Fred Riehl

A burner construction and method of making the same are provided, the burner construction comprising a burner body having a chamber therein and having opposed ends one of which is open to the chamber and the other of which has structure for interconnecting a source of fuel to the chamber, and a removable cap closing the one end of the body, the cap having opposed sides and an annular peripheral edge interconnecting the opposed sides together, the burner construction having ports interconnecting the chamber to the exterior of the burner construction and through which the fuel can issue to burn externally to the burner construction, the cap having an annular groove in one of the opposed sides thereof and inboard of the peripheral edge thereof, the burner body having a projection disposed in the groove to hold the cap on the one end of the burner body in its closing position thereof.

Burner construction and method of making the same

A method of making a jet burner construction having an outlet opening provided with a central opening part and a plurality of spaced apart opening portions interconnected thereto and radiating outwardly therefrom whereby flows of fuel respectively issuing out of the portions and the central part of the outlet opening merge together in a turbulent manner externally to the outlet opening, the burner construction having a flame retainer unit carried by a body unit of the burner construction and extending beyond the outlet opening to prevent flows of induced air from being created between the flows of fuel issuing from the radiating portions, the burner body unit being formed of two generally similar body sections secured in superimposed relation and each having generally one-half of the outlet opening and one-half of the flame retainer unit, each one-half of the flame retainer unit being integral and one-piece with its respective body section.

Method of making a jet burner construction

A jet burner construction, heating apparatus utilizing the jet burner construction and methods of making the same are provided, the jet burner construction having an outlet opening provided with a central opening part and a plurality of spaced apart opening portions interconnected thereto and radiating outwardly therefrom whereby flows of fuel respectively issuing out of the portions and the central part of the outlet opening merge together in a turbulent manner externally to the outlet opening, the burner construction having a flame retainer unit carried by a body unit of the burner construction and extending beyond the outlet opening to prevent flows of induced air from being created between the flows of fuel issuing from the radiating portions, the burner body unit being formed of two generally similar body sections secured in superimposed relation and each having generally one-half of the outlet opening and one-half of the flame retainer unit, each one-half of the flame retainer unit being integral and one-piece with its respective body section.

Jet burner construction and heating apparatus utilizing the jet burner

A burner construction and method of making the same are provided, the burner construction comprising a burner body having a chamber therein and a removable cap closing one end of the burner body, one of the burner body and the cap having an annular surface interrupted by a plurality of radially disposed main grooves that are spaced apart by lands of the annular surface and that define a generally repeating pattern of a set of a certain number of the main grooves and the lands separated from the next adjacent set of the certain number of the main grooves and the lands by one of the lands that is not part of the sets and that has an annular length that is longer than the annular length of any one of the lands of the sets separated thereby, the free end surface of each land that is not part of the sets having a small radially disposed and substantially Y-shaped groove therein that is closed on one end thereof by an annular surface of the other of the burner body and the cap to provide small carry-over flames between the sets of main grooves adjacent that respective land that is not part of the sets.

A jet burner construction, a heating apparatus utilizing the jet burner construction and methods of making the same are provided, the jet burner construction comprising a burner body having a chamber therein and having an inlet leading to the chamber for directing fuel from a fuel source therein and an outlet leading from the chamber and defining an outlet opening through which the fuel is adapted to issue from the chamber to burn externally to the burner body, the burner body having wing-like extensions respectively disposed on opposite sides thereof for respectively interconnecting with adjacent wing-like extensions of adjacent burner constructions, the wing-like extensions each having a side edge and an elongated outlet slot extending along the side edge thereof and interconnecting with the outlet opening and through which fuel is adapted to issue so as to burn external to the wing-like extensions, each slot having a certain height throughout the elongated length thereof, each wing-like extension having a chamber therein that interconnects with the chamber of the body and is adapted to feed fuel from that body chamber to the respective slot thereof along a major portion of the elongated length thereof, each chamber of the wing-like extensions having a height throughout the length thereof that is greater than the certain height of its respective slot.

Jet burner construction, heating apparatus utilizing the jet burner

A jet burner construction, a heating apparatus utilizing the jet burner construction and methods of making the same are provided, the jet burner construction comrpising a burner body having a chamber therein and having an inlet leading to the chamber for directing fuel from a fuel source therein and an outlet leading from the chamber and defining an outlet opening through which the fuel is adapted to issue from the chamber to burn externally to the burner body, the outlet opening having a central opening part and a plurality of spaced apart opening portions interconnected thereto and radiating outwardly therefrom whereby flows of fuel respectively issuing out of the portions and the central part of the outlet opening merge together in a turbulent manner externally of the outlet opening.

Jet burner construction, heating apparatus utilizing the jet, burner

A burner construction and method of making the same are provided, the burner construction comprising a burner body having a chamber therein and having opposed ends one of which is open to the chamber and the other of which has structure for interconnecting a source of fuel to the chamber, and a removable cap closing the one end of the body, the burner construction having ports interconnecting the chamber to the exterior of the burner construction and through which the fuel can issue to burn externally to the burner construction, the burner construction comprising a removable venturi section disposed in the chamber and being removable therefrom through the open end of the body when the cap has been removed therefrom, the venturi section having an upper end temporarily fastened to a shoulder of the body by a fastening structure.

A jet burner construction, a heating apparatus utilizing the jet burner construction and methods of making the same are provided, the jet burner construction comprising a burner body having a chamber therein and having an inlet leading to the chamber for directing fuel from a fuel source therein and an outlet leading from the chamber and defining an outlet opening through which the fuel is adapted to issue from the chamber to burn externally to the burner body, the outlet opening having a central opening part and a plurality of spaced apart opening portions interconnected thereto and radiating outwardly therefrom whereby flows of fuel respectively issuing out of the portions and the central part of the outlet opening merge together in a turbulent manner externally of the outlet opening.

Method of making a set burner constuction

A burner construction, igniter assembly therefor and methods of making the same are provided, the igniter assembly comprising an electrically insulating body member having an intermediate portion provided with a groove therein and having opposed end surfaces one of which is adapted to be disposed adjacent a cap of a burner construction, and an electrically conductive L-shaped electrode carried by the body member and having two legs one of which has a first part thereof disposed in the groove of the body member and has a second part extending out of the intermediate portion for sparking to the cap, the groove of the body member leading from the burner chamber to the second part of the one leg of the electrode between part of the one end surface and the intermediate portion of the body member for feeding fuel from the chamber to the second part of the one leg of the electrode.

Burner construction, igniter assembly therefor and methods of making the

A burner construction, igniter assembly therefor and methods of making the same are provided, the igniter assembly comprising an electrically insulating body member having an intermediate portion and having opposed end surfaces one of which is adapted to be disposed adjacent a cap of a burner construction, and an electrically conductive L-shaped electrode carried by the body member and having two legs one of which extends out of the intermediate portion thereof for sparking to the cap, the body member comprising an electrically insulating cover member secured to the intermediate portion so as to cover part of the one leg of the electrode and to define part of one surface of the body member, the one surface having a groove therein for feeding fuel from a chamber of the burner construction to the one leg of the electrode that is not covered by the cover member.

Burner construction, igniter assembly therefor

A burner construction and method of making the same are provided, the burner construction comprising a burner body having a chamber therein and having opposed ends one of which is open to the chamber and the other of which has structure for interconnecting a source of fuel to the chamber, and a removable cap closing the one end of the body, the burner construction having ports interconnecting the chamber to the exterior of the burner construction and through which the fuel can issue to burn externally to the burner construction, the burner construction comprising a removable venturi section disposed in the chamber and being removable therefrom through the open end of the body when the cap has been removed therefrom.

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Greensburg, PA, United States of America

Fred Riehl