Snow removal equipment

Claim 1

IN A SNOW REMOVAL APPARATUS HAVING A BURNER ASSEMBLY FOR CONVERTING FUEL INTO HOT GAS AND AN AIR BLOWER MEANS FOR PRODUCING A STEAM OF AIR IN THE DIRECTION OF SNOW TO BE REMOVED AND HAVING ITS OUTPUT FOCUSED ON THE HOT GAS TO DIRECTING THE HOT GAS ONTO SAID SNOW, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING: A HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL BURNER HOUSING HAVING OPENINGS AT BOTH ENDS THEREOF FOR ALLOWING AIR TO BE CIRCULATED THEREIN; SAID HOUSING POSITIONED WITHIN THE CONFINES OF SAID STREAM, HOLLOW TUBE MEANS POSITIONED WITHIN SAID BURNER HOUSING AND AXIALLY ALIGNED LONGITUDINALLY THEREWITH FOR TRANSMITTING FUEL TO BE IGNITED, A PLURALITY OF BURNERS POSITIONED ALONG SAID TUBE MEANS IN SPACED OPENINGS THEREIN FOR RECEIVING SAID FUEL, SAID BURNERS HAVING THEIR DISCHARGE END FOCUSED IN THE DIRECTION OF FLOW OF SAID AIR STREAM, AND A PLURALITY OF HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL HEATER MEANS POSITIONED ALONG SAID BURNER HOUSING IN SPACED OPENINGS THEREIN AND COAXIAL RESPECTIVELY WITH SAID BURNERS, SAID HEATER MEANS HAVING A FIRST OPENING IN ONE END THEREOF FOR RECEIVING SAID BURNERS AT THEIR DISCHARGE ENDS, SAID HEATER MEANS FURTHER HAVING A SECOND OPENING IN SAID ONE END THEREOF ADJACENT SAID FIRST OPENING FOR ALLOWING AIR FLOW THERETHROUGH AT ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE TO SAID DISCHARGE END OF SAID BURNERS.