Waste gas disposal flare

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A DRILLING PLATFORM A WASTE GAS DISPOSAL FLARE COMPRISING: A BURNER STACK HAVING AN OUTER AND INNER END, SAID BURNER STACK COMPRISING: A THIN-WALLED TUBULAR MEMBER HAVING FIRST AND SECOND COLLARS AT ITS ENDS; A THIRD COLLAR SUBSTANTIALLY CENTRALLY LOCATED BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND COLLARS; POSTS MOUNTED TRANSVERSELY SAID CENTRALLY LOCATED COLLAR AND HAVING ONE END RIGIDLY ATTACHED THERETO; AND A PLURALITY OF GUY WIRES ATTACHED BETWEEN SAID OUTER COLLARS AND SECURED TO THE MIDPORTION OF SAID BURNER STACK BY SAID TRANSVERSED POSTS; A GAS BURNER ATTACHED TO SAID OUTER END; PIVOTAL SUPPORTING MEANS ATTACHED TO SAID PLATFORM, SAID MEANS HAVING ONE END RECEIVING THE INNER END OF SAID BURNER STACK, SAID PIVOTAL SUPPORTING MEANS AND SAID BURNER STACK DESIGNED TO RECEIVE WASTE GAS AND CONVEY SAID GAS TO SAID BURNER; AND MEANS SECURED TO SAID PLATFORM FOR RIGIDLY SUPPORTING SAID BURNER STACK IN A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL POSITION, SAID LAST-NAMED MEANS COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF RATCHET REELS SECURED TO SAID PLATFORM; A PLURALITY OF GUY WIRES, EACH OF SAID GUY WIRES DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID BURNER STACK AND ONE OF SAID RATCHET REELS WHEREBY THE HORIZONTAL, ANGULAR RELATIONSHIP OF SAID BURNER STACK WITH SAID DRILLING PLATFORM MAY BE VARIED BY ADJUSTING THE LENGTH OF SAID GUY WIRES WITH SAID RACHET REELS.