Spectral-flame burner apparatus and spectral-flame burners therefor

Claim 1

SPECTRAL-FLAME BURNER APPARATUS, COMPRISING A SPECTRAL-FLAME BURNER HAVING A BURNER TIP AND GAS PASSAGE MEANS IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID TIP TO PROVIDE A SPECTRAL-FLAME AT SAID BURNER TIP, REFERENCE AND SAMPLE PHOTOSENSITIVE DEVICES, AND MEANS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY TRANSMITTING LIGHT FROM SAID SPECTRAL-FLAME TO SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE DEVICES, SAID LIGHT TRANSMITTING MEANS COMPRISING A CHAMBER CONTAINING LIGHT-REFLECTING POWDER AND HAVING A TRANSPARENT INNER WALL FORMING A GLOBULAR HOLLOW PART, SAID BURNER TIP BEING POSITIONED WITHIN SAID GLOBULAR HOLLOW PART FOR TRANSMISSION OF THE LIGHT FROM SAID SPECTRAL-FLAME THROUGH SAID INNER WALL TO SAID LIGHT-REFLECTING POWDER FOR REFLECTION BY THE LATTER, A TUBULAR TRANSPARENT PART POSITIONED WITHIN SAID CHAMBER AND LATERALLY OUTWARDLY OF SAID INNER WALL FORMING SAID GLOBULAR HOLLOW PART, SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE DEVICES BEING POSITIONED ALONG THE LENGTH OF SAID TUBULAR PART, AND LIGHT TRANSMITTING MEANS TRANSVERSELY INTERSECTING SAID TUBULAR PART AND INTERCONNECTING SAID GLOBULAR PART AND SAID TUBULAR PART, WHEREBY LIGHT IS TRANSMITTED FROM SAID SPECTRAL-FLAME TO SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE DEVICES BY REFLECTION FROM SAID POWDER.