Flare stack gas burner assembly

Claim 1

IN A FLARE STACK BURNER, AN ELONGATED VERTICALLY DISPOSED TUBE FOR GUIDING A GASEOUS MEDIUM UPWARDLY THEREIN, A BURNER TIP INCLUDING AN ANNULAR FLANGE SUPPORTED ON THE UPPER END OF SAID TUBE, SAID BURNER TIP INCLUDING A GENERALLY HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED WEB EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM SAID FLANGE, SAID WEB HAVING AN UNDULATING SHAPE VIEWED IN SECTION PROVIDING AN ANNULAR CONCAVE RECESS AT THE UPPER FACE THEREOF, SAID WEB AT ITS INNER EXTREMITY DEFINING A CENTRAL OPENING FOR THE ESCAPE OF THE GASEOUS MEDIUM, SAID UNDULATING WEB HAVING A PLURALITY OF ANNULAR ROWS OF KINDLING PORTS THERETHROUGH WITH EXIT ENDS THEREOF WITHIN SAID ANNULAR RECESS DISCHARGING MINOR QUANTITIES OF SAID GASEOUS MEDIUM UPWARDLY AROUND SAID CENTRAL OPENING, INNER ROWS OF SAID KINDLING PORTS CONVERGING TOWARDS EACH OTHER PROVIDING FOR IMPINGEMENT OF THE GASEOUS MEDIUM FLOWING THEREFROM ABOVE THE EXIT ENDS THEREOF WITH THE RESULTANT STREAMS MOVING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE GASEOUS MEDIUM ESCAPING THROUGH SAID CENTRAL OPENING, THE AXES OF AN OUTER ROW OF SAID KINDLING PORTS CONVERGING TOWARDS AN EXTENSION OF THE AXIS OF SAID CENTRAL OPENING, AND SAID FLANGE WHERE IT MERGES WITH THE PERIMETER OF SAID WEB PROVIDING AN ANNULAR LIP DISPOSED AT A GREATER ELEVATION THAN EXIT END OF SAID CENTRAL OPENING AND THE EXIT ENDS OF SAID KINDLING PORTS.