Atmosphere gas generator

Claim 1

A GAS GENERATOR COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: FIRST WALL MEANS FORMING A GENERALLY VERTICALLY DISPOSED COMBUSTION CHAMBER HAVING AN OUTLET AT THE BOTTOM THEREOF; A MULTI-PORTED PLATE MEMBER DISPOSED ACROSS THE OUTLET OF THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER TO THEREBY RESTRICT SAID OUTLET; BURNER MEANS DISPOSED ADJACENT THE TOP OF THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND EFFECTIVE WITH SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER TO PROMOTE THE COMBUSTIBLE REACTION OF FUEL AND AIR THEREIN WHEREBY COMBUSTION PRODUCTS WILL PASS FROM THE CHAMBER THROUGH THE OUTLET AND SAID MULTI-PORTED PLATE MEMBER; SECOND WALL MEANS CIRCUMPOSING THE FIRST WALL MEANS AND FORMING A GENERALLY VERTICALLY DISPOSED ANNULAR CHAMBER THEREWITH IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE OUTLET OF THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER FOR RECEIVING HIGH TEMPERATURE COMBUSTION PRODUCTS THEREFROM; MEANS FORMING A SUMP DISPOSED SUBJACENT THE OUTLET OF THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE ANNULAR CHAMBER, SAID SUMP CONTAINING COOLING FLUID, WHEREBY PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION WHICH HAVE PASSED THROUGH SAID MULTI-PORTED PLATE MEMBER PASS AGAINST THE LEVEL OF THE COOLING FLUID IN THE SUMP AND ARE THEREBY DEFLECTED UPWARDLY INTO THE ANNULAR CHAMBER; CIRCULATING MEANS FOR CIRCULATING COOLING FLUID IN AN ANNULAR PATTERN THROUGH THE ANNULAR SPACE IN CONTACT WITH THE COMBUSTION PRODUCTS TO THE SUMP; CONTACT MEANS DISPOSED IN AN ANNULAR PATTERN AROUND THE ANNULAR CHAMBER FOR EFFECTING INTIMATE CONTACT BETWEEN THE COOLING FLUID AND THE COMBUSITION PRODUCTS; DRAIN MEANS BELOW THE OUTLET OF THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER FOR DRAWING COOLING FLUID FROM THE SUMP; AND LEVEL CONTROL MEANS EFFECTIVE WITH THE DRAIN MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE LEVEL OF THE COOLING FLUID IN THE SUMP TO MAINTAIN A PREDETERMINED MINIMUM DISTANCE BETWEEN THE LEVEL AND THE OUTLET OF THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER SO THAT THE COMBUSTION PRODUCTS MAY PASS FROM THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER INTO THE ANNULAR CHAMBER THROUGH SAID MULTI-PORTED PLATE MEMBER WITHOUT PASSING THROUGH THE COOLING FLUID IN THE SUMP.