Thermoelectric generators

Claim 1

IN A THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR, A PLURALITY OF THERMOELECTRIC PANELS, EACH THERMOELECTRIC PANEL COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF THERMOELECTRIC ELEMENTS CONNECTED IN SERIES BY MEANS OF A PLURALITY OF JUMPERS, SAID JUMPERS BEING LOCATED BETWEEN AND ELECTRICALLY INSULATED FROM A PAIR OF PLATES FORMING AN INTEGRAL SUB-ASSEMBLY, MEANS TO REMOVABLY RETAIN INDIVIDUAL THERMOELECTRIC SUBASSEMBLIES IN SAID GENERATOR, SAID THERMOELECTRIC PANELS BEING ARRANGED TO FORM A COMBUSTION CHAMBER HAVING AN INNER WALL, A BURNER HAVING A HOT GASEOUS EXHAUST, SAID BURNER BEING POSITIONED TO HEAT SAID THERMOELECTRIC PANELS ADJACENT ONE END THEREOF BY DIRECT RADIATION FROM SAID BURNER AND MEANS TO EXHAUST THE HOT GASEOUS EXHAUST OF SAID BURNER IN HEAT EXCHANGE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE THERMOELECTRIC PANELS OF THE GENERATOR, SAID MEANS COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE DUCT ADJACENT TO ONE OF THE THERMOELECTRIC PANELS FORMING THE INNER WALL OF SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER, SAID DUCT BEING OPEN AT ONE END THEREOF WITHIN SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER LYING ADJACENT THE OTHER END OF SAID ONE THERMOELECTRIC PANEL AND FORMING A PATH FOR THE EXHAUST GASES WHEREBY THE SAID GASES ARE PLACED IN CONVECTIVE HEAT EXCHANGE RELATION WITH THE THERMOELECTRIC PANELS AS THE GASES ARE EXHAUSTED FROM SAID GENERATOR TO MAINTAIN A RELATIVELY UNIFORM TEMPERATURE.