Apparatus for combustion of waste gases

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR BURNING COMBUSTIBLE COMPONENTS OF A GASEOUS MEDIUM HAVING A LOW HEAT VALUE COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A WALL STRUCTURE HAVING A CHAMBER THEREIN, SAID WALL STRUCTURE HAVING AN INLET OPENING IN THE UPPER PORTION THEREOF, CONDUIT MEANS RECEIVING A GASEOUS MEDIUM AND GUIDING IT FOR DOWNWARD MOVEMENT THROUGH SAID INLET OPENING INTO SAID CHAMBER, MEANS EMBRACING SAID CONDUIT MEANS AND POSITIONED ADJACENT SAID WALL STRUCTURE FOR DISPERSING AIR THROUGHOUT THE GASEOUS MEDIUM AS IT MOVES WITHIN SAID CONDUIT MEANS TO PROVIDE A GASEOUS MIXTURE, A SURFACE WITHIN SAID CHAMBER CONFRONTING THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF SAID MIXTURE AS IT ENTERS SAID CHAMBER AGAINST WHICH THE MIXTURE IMPACTS DIVERTING IT IN A PLURALITY OF GENERALLY LATERAL DIRECTIONS, BURNER ASSEMBLY MEANS FOR THE COMBUSTION OF CONVENTIONAL FUEL MOUNTED ON SAID WALL STRUCTURE DIRECTING A HEAT PATTERN GENERALLY TRANSVERSELY OF MOVEMENT OF THE MIXTURE ENTERING SAID CHAMBER, WALL MEANS EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID SURFACE WITHIN SAID CHAMBER AND HAVING OPENINGS THERETHROUGH FOR PASSAGE OF SOME OF THE MIXTURE DIVERTED BY SAID SURFACE, SAID WALL MEANS BEING POSITIONED BELOW THE LEVEL OF SAID BURNER ASSEMBLY AND IN THE VICINITY THEREOF WHEREBY THE MIXTURE PASSING THROUGH THE OPENINGS IS HEATED TO A TEMPERATURE ABOVE THE KINDLING TEMPERATURE OF SAID MIXTURE, PARTITION WALL MEANS EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID SURFACE WITHIN SAID CHAMBER AND POSITIONED TO BE ENGAGED BY OTHER PORTIONS OF THE MIXTURE DIVERTED BY SAID SURFACE, AND SAID WALL STRUCTURE HAVING AN EXIT OPENING ABOVE THE PARTITION WALL MEANS.