Abstract: A burner for burning a vaporizable liquid fuel comprising a cylindrical combustion chamber, the combustion chamber having an inlet and an outlet, a cylindrical vaporizing chamber, the vaporizing chamber having an inlet and an outlet, a first passage interconnecting the combustion chamber with the vaporizing chamber and serving as a mixing chamber, a second passage interconnecting the combustion chamber toward the combustion chamber outlet with the vaporizing chamber, for carrying hot combustion gases from the combustion chamber into the vaporizing chamber, a vaporizable liquid fuel inlet atomizer positioned along the axis of the vaporizing chamber to direct atomized liquid fuel thereinto, for vaporization therein of the fuel by the hot combustion gases, the atomizer being effected to support vaporization of the fuel before the same touches a wall, an air inlet at the interface of the first passage and the vaporizing chamber outlet, positioned to direct air under pressure through the first passage into the com

Abstract: A recirculating burner for burning a vaporizable liquid fuel comprising a housing, a combustion chamber in the housing, with inlet and outlet, a vaporizing chamber, with inlet and outlet, an air inlet for directing air under pressure into the combustion chamber, a fuel inlet atomizer, adjacent to the vaporizing chamber inlet, for automizing vaporizable liquid fuel and directing the fuel into the vaporizing chamber, a gaseous fuel inlet for feeding gaseous fuel into the combustion chamber, a first passage interconnecting the combustion chamber toward the combustion chamber outlet with the vaporizing chamber inlet, for receiving hot combustion gases from the combustion chamber, a second passage effectively interconnecting the vaporizing chamber outlet with the combustion chamber inlet, the air inlet communicating with the second passage, and a vortex generator at the interface of the fuel inlet atomizer, the first passage, and the vaporizing chamber inlet, the generator being rotatable with respect to the housi

Abstract: A burner for burning a vaporizable liquid fuel, comprising a suction chamber, a combustion chamber, an air inlet to the suction chamber, a vaporizing chamber, a first passage interconnecting the combustion chamber with the vaporizing chamber, a second passage interconnecting the vaporizing chamber with the suction chamber, a liquid fuel inlet atomizer connected to the vaporizing chamber, and a vortex generator at the interface of the fuel inlet atomizer, first passage, and vaporizing chamber, the generator swirling hot combustion gases from the first passage into a vortex, into which vortex the fuel inlet atomizer directs atomized liquid fuel, the first passage, vortex generator, vaporizing chamber, and second passage together defining a recirculation path, the path having sufficient width to maintain blue-flame combustion, whereby the fuel will be vaporized by hot combustion gases as it passes through the vortex generator and the vaporizing chamber, the air inlet creating a suction which draws hot combustion