Sulphur atomizer and burner

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR BURNING SULPHUR COMPRISING A CONTAINER FOR A BATH OF MOLTEN SULPHUR, A RISER ABOVE SAID CONTAINER FOR DIRECTING COMBUSTION PRODUCTS AWAY FROM THE SURFACE OF THE BATH, AND A SULPHUR ATOMIZER WITHIN THE CONTAINER AND RISER COMPRISING A SULPHUR DIRECTION COMPRISING A VERTICAL PASSAGE HAVING AN OPEN LOWER END ADAPTED TO BE IMMERSED BELOW THE SURFACE ON THE BATH WITHIN THE CONTAINER AND AN OPEN UPPER END THROUGH WHICH SULPHUR FROM THE BATH IS DIRECTED TOWARD THE HEREINAFTER MENTIONED NOZZLE, SAID DIRECTOR HAVING AN UPWARDLY-FACING HORIZONTAL FACE SURROUNDING THE OPEN UPPER END OF SAID PASSAGE AND ADAPTED TO BE DISPOSED ABOVE THE SURFACE OF SAID BATH AND CONTAINER AND IN SAID RISER, AND AN AIR PRESSURE NOZZLE HAVING A DOWNWARDLY-FACING END FACE JUXTAPOSED TO AND SPACED FROM THE FACE ON THE UPPER END OF THE DIRECTOR AND INCLUDING CHANNELS TERMINATING AT SAID DOWNWARDLY-FACING END FACE AND DIRECTED OUTWARDLY AND TANGENTIALLY TO A CYLINDER HAVING ITS AXIS AT THE AXIS OF SAID DIRECTOR FOR DIRECTING AIR JETS OUTWARDLY TOWARD THE CONTAINER AND RISER BETWEEN SAID FACES TO ESTABLISH A VORTEX ABOVE AND ADJACENT THE UPPER END OF THE DIRECTOR.