Abstract: A heating device for use in a fuel burning apparatus for converting liquid fuel into a vapor. The heating device includes a heating element disposed within a cylindrical housing and having an absorbing material disposed is a spiral recessed path around the heating device's cylindrical housing. A receiving tube is coupled to the absorbing material for receiving the liquid fuel and directing it onto the spiral path. The cylindrical housing surrounds the heating element.

Abstract: A fuel burning apparatus which receives liquid fuel and converts it into a fine fume which is then mixed with air and conveyed to a burner where the mixture of the fuel and air is burned. The fuel is supplied from a supply tank and dripped onto a heating element having a spiral path formed around its outside. The drop of fuel are collected by means of a funnel placed near the end of the heating element to catch the drops and direct it onto the spiral path. As the drops of fuel proceed along the spiral path around the heating element, the fuel is converted into fine fumes. The heating elements are positioned in a mixing chamber which includes an air inlet to permit air under low pressure to pass into the mixing chamber and mix with the fumes of the fuel. The mixture then passes out of the mixing chamber into a storage chamber which provides the supply of fuel and air to a burner.