Pilot burner constructions and the like

Claim 1

A PILOT BURNER COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A PAIR OF GENERALLY FLAT SHEET METAL MEMBERS SECURED TOGETHER TO FORM A BODY PORTION, EACH OF SAID SHEET METAL MEMBERS HAVING COMPLEMENTARY DEPRESSIONS FORMED THEREIN TO PRODUCE A CONDUIT FOR A FLUID FUEL FORMED IN SAID BODY PORTION AND HAVING A PRIMARY AIR OPENING WHOSE INLET EDGES LIE IN A PLANE AND A FLUID FUEL OUTLET PORT PARALLEL TO SAID PLANE AND DEFINED BY SPACED EDGES OF SAID SHEET METAL MEMBERS AND DEFINING A PARALLEL PLANE WIT THE PLANE DEFINED BY SAID AIR INLET, THE WALL OF SAID CONDUIT CONVERGING FROM SAID INLET AND DIVERGING FROM SAID VENTURI THROAT TO SAID OUTLET AND CURVING ADJACENT SAID OUTLET, EACH OF SAID SHEET METAL MEMBERS HAVING CUTAWAY PROTIONS TO FORM SAID AIR INLET, SAID SHEET METAL MEMBERS HAVING COMPLEMENTARY DEPRESSIONS ADJACENT AND UPSTREAM FROM SAID CUTAWAY PORTIONS TO FORM A FUEL INJECTION MEANS SUPPORTING RECESS, AND FUEL INJECTION MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID BODY PORTION IN SAID RECESS AND PROJECTING INTO SAID INLET, THE WALLS OF SAID SHEET METAL MEMBERS ADJACENT TO AND DOWNSTREAM OF SAID INLET BEING LATERALLY SPACED FROM SAID FUEL INJECTION MEANS, SAID INLET EDGES BEING FORMED BY SAID WALLS UPSTREAM FROM SAID FUEL INJECTION MEANS AND AT THE BEGINNING OF SAID CONVERGING PORTION OF SAID CONDUIT, WHEREBY LINT ENTERING SAID PRIMARY AIR INLET WILL BE ENTRAINED IN THE RAPIDLY FLOWING FLUID THROUGH SAID CON DUIT TO BE INCINERATED AT SAID BURNER PORT, SAID COMBINATION FURTHER COMPRISING A LATERALLY PROJECTING SUPPORT BRACKET ON SAID BODY PORTION FORMED BY EXTENSIONS OF SAID SHEET METAL MEMBERS HAVING COMPLEMENTARY DEPRESSIONS TO FORM A CYLINDRICAL RECESS IN SAID SUPPORT BRACKET, A THERMOCOUPLE MOUNTED IN SAID CYLINDRICAL RECESS, AND HAVING A THERMOELECTRIC JUNCTION DISPOSED ADJACENT SAID BURNER PORT, WHEREBY THE FLAME CAUSED BY COMBUSTION OF FUEL AT SAID BURNER PORT WILL IMPINGE ON SAID THERMOELECTRIC JUNCTION.