Self pressurizing liquid fuel burning apparatus

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SELF-PRESSURIZING LIQUID FUEL BURNING APPARTUS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SUBSTANTIALLY DUPLICATE TANKS FOR LIQUID FUEL RIGIDLY FIXED IN PREDETERMINED RELATIVELY CLOSELY SPACED RELATION AND INTERCOMMUNICATING RESPECTIVELY ADJACENT THE UPPERMOST AND LOWERMOST REGIONS THEREOF TO EQUALIZE THE LEVEL OF THE LIQUID IN SAID TANKS AND THE PRESSURE OF THE VAPOR IN THE UPPERMOST REGIONS OF SAID TANKS ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE LIQUID FUEL THEREIN, A GENERATOR RIGIDLY FIXED IN PREDETERMINED RELATION TO SAID TANKS AND HAVING AN INLET, A BURNER SUPPORTING IN HEAT CON DUCTING RELATION TO SAID GENERATOR AND IN HEAT RADIATING RELATION TO BOTH SAID GENERATOR AND SAID TANKS, MEANS FOR ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE INLET SIDE OF SAID GENERATOR AND THE LIQUID FUEL CONTAINING LOWER MOST REGION OF SAID TANKS, A VALVE IN SAID COMMUNICATION MEANS TO CUT OFF THE FLOW OF LIQUID FUEL TO SAID GENERATOR WHEN THE PRESSURE IN SAID TANK EXCEEDS A PREDETERMINED VALUE, PRESSURE-RESPONSIVE MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH A SAID TANK AND EXPOSED TO THE PRESSURE THEREIN, SAID PRESSURE-RESPONSIVE MEANS BEING OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID VALVE FOR OPERATING SAID VALVE IN RESPONSE TO PRESSURE VARIATIONS IN SAID TANK, AND MEANS FOR MAINTAINING UNINTERRUPTED COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID GENERATOR AND THE SPACE IN SAID TANK ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE LIQUID FUEL THEREIN WHEN SAID BURNER IS OPERATING.