Ignition system and control for fuel burner

Claim 1

AN INGITION AND CONTROL APPARATUS FOR A BURNER PRODUCING A FLAME, COMPRISING A TRANSFORMER HAVING A PRIMARY COIL AND A SECONDARY COIL, AN IGITOR POSITIONED ADJACENT TO SAID BURNER AND ADAPTED TO BE SUPPLIED WITH CURRENT TO INGNITE SAID BURNER, A THYRATRON SUPPLIED WITH POWER BY A CIRCUIT MEANS FROM SAID SECONDARY COIL, A FUEL CONTROL MEANS FOR CONTROLLING FLOW OF FUEL TO SAID BURNER, FUEL CONTROL MEANS, ENERGIZING CIRCUIT IN PARALLEL WITH SAID PRIMARY COIL ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO AND CONTROLLING THE FUEL CONTROL MEANS, A FLAME PROBE ADJACENT TO BUT SEPARATED FROM SAID BURNER AND POSITIONED TO CONTACT SAID FLAME WHEN SAID BURNER IS IN OPERATION, SAID PROBE BEING ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO THE GRID SAID THYRATRON FOR CONTROLLING THE CONDUCTION OF SAID THYRATRON, A RELAY, CIRCUIT MEANS FOR FIRST ENERGIZING SAID RELAY BY SAID THYRATRON SAID PROBE TO CAUSE SAID THYRATRON TO CONCUIT THROUGH SAID PROBE TO CAUSE SAID THYRATRON TO CONDUCT, SWITCH MEANS IN SAID IGNITOR CIRCUIT FIRST OPENED BY SAID RELAY WHEN THE RELAY IS ENERGIZED, A MANUALLY-OPERATED SWITCH IN SAID CIRCUIT THROUGH SAID FUEL CONTROL MEANS, A PILOT LAMP, AND MEANS ENERGIZING SAID PILOT LAMP WITH SAID IGNITOR.