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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1999
Eric M Lannes, Kentwood, MI (US);
Timothy D Scott, Battle Creek, MI (US);
Bradford White Corporation, Ambler, PA (US);
Abstract
A burner is disclosed, comprising: a burner body and a burner lid coupled to the burner body so as to form a plurality of gas ports in a substantially circular and substantially planar arrangement, said gas ports being interposed between the burner body and the burner lid and adapted to have a corresponding array of flames extending from the gas ports during combustion of a fuel gas. The burner also comprises an air shield member co-formed to and extending radially from the burner body or the burner lid; and a plurality of flame partitions, each flame partition being co-formed to the air shield member and extending radially from the air shield member along an axis, the flame partitions being spaced around the air shield member so that each flame partition is in substantial radial alignment with at least one gas port, each flame partition comprising a first tab and a second tab, the first tab and the second tab being connected along the axis and extending radially from the axis such that the first and second tabs are substantially perpendicular, wherein at least one of the tabs extends in a direction that would intersect a plane formed by the substantially planar arrangement of gas ports.