Combustion of liquid fuel

Claim 1

A LIQUID FUEL BURNER COMPRISING WALL MEANS FORMING A GENERALLY HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED, CYLINDRICAL COMBUSTION CHAMBER HAVING CIRCULAR END WALLS WITH A PLURALITY OF SPACED PORTS THEREIN AND HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY IMPERVIOUS CYLINDRICAL WALL THEREBETWEEN, WALL MEANS FORMING A COMBUSTION-SUPPORTING GAS SUPPLY CHAMBER SPACED AROUND SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER, A HOLLOW MEMBER OPENING INTO SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER CENTRALLY THROUGH ONE OF SAID END WALLS THEREOF, A LIQUID FUEL NOZZLE POSITIONED IN SAID HOLLOW MEMBER TO SUPPLY FUEL DROPLETS CENTRALLY INTO SAID CHAMBER, THE CYLINDRICAL WALL OF SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER HAVING A DISCHARGE OPENING SPACED FROM SAID NOZZLE AND FROM SAID END WALLS, MEANS NEAR SAID FUEL NOZZLE FOR IGNITING FUEL IN SAID CHAMBER EMITTED THERETO FROM SAID FUEL NOZZLE, MEANS FORMING A COMBUSTIONSUPPORTING GAS PASSAGE FOR SUPPLYING COMBUSTION-SUPPORTING GAS TO SAID HOLLOW MEMBER AND TO SAID COMBUSTIONSUPPORTING GAS SUPPLY CHAMBER, AND BLOWER MEANS FOR SUPPLYING COMBUSTION-SUPPORTING GAS TO SAID PASSAGE.