Combustion device with thermoelectrically powered burner

Claim 1

IN APPARATUS OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED, THE COMBINATION WHICH COMPRISES A POWER OPERATED LIQUID FUEL BURNER, HOUSING MEANS ADJACENT SAID BURNER AND ENCLOSING A WALL WHICH DEFINES A COMBUSTION CHAMBER FOR SAID BURNER, SAID WALL BEING SPACED FROM SAID HOUSING, PARTITION MEANS BETWEEN THE SAID WALL AND HOUSING SO ARRANGED AS TO PROVIDE PARTITIONED FIRST AND SECOND HEAT EXCHANGE COMPARTMENTS, SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER HAVING FIRST AND SECOND ZONES ADAPTED TO OPERATE AT DIFFERENT TEMPERATURE RANGES, SAID FIRST HEAT EXCHANGE COMPARTMENT BEING ADAPTED TO CONTAIN A HEAT EXCHANGE FLUID AND BEING LOCATED ADJACENT SAID FIRST ZONE, A FIRST SERIES OF THERMOELECTRIC COUPLE MEANS OPERABLE TO PRODUCE MAXIMUM ELECTRICAL OUTPUT WITHIN A FIRST TEMPERATURE RANGE HAVING HOT JUNCTIONS WITHIN SAID FIRST ONE AND COLD JUNCTIONS IN SAID FIRST HEAT EXCHANGE COMPARTMENT, SAID SECOND HEAT EXCHANGE COMPARTMENT BEING ADAPTED TO CONTAIN A HEAT EXCHANGE FLUID AND BEING LOCATED ADJACENT SAID SECOND ZONE, A SECOND SERIES OF THERMOELECTRIC COUPLE MEANS OPERABLE TO PRODUCE MAXIMUM ELECTRICAL OUTPUT IN A SECOND AND DIFFERENT TEMPERATURE RANGE HAVING HOT JUNCTIONS WITHIN SAID SECOND ZONE AND COLD JUNCTIONS IN SAID SECOND HEAT TRANSFER COMPARTMENT, AND CONNECTING MEANS FOR COMBINING THE POWER OUTPUTS OF BOTH SAID SERIES TO SUPPLY OPERATING POWER TO THE BURNER.