Soaking pit burner or the like

Claim 1

A BURNER MECHANISM FOR A SOAKING PIT FURNACE OR THE LIKE, COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A FORWARD-FIRING PORT BLOCK HAVING A PORT EXTENDING INTO SAID FURNACE, A BURNER HAVING A BODY HAVING A HORIZONTAL CYLINDRICAL AIR BODY PORTION, A THICK CIRCULAR REFRACTORY BAFFLE TO FIT WITHIN AND EXTEND ACROSS THE INNER END OF SAID AIR BODY PORTION AT RIGHT ANGLES AND IN SEALED RELATION THERETO, SAID BAFFLE HAVING A PLANAR BACK FACE AND A FRONT FACE COMPRISING AN INWARDLY WIDELY FLARING SURFACE CENTRAL PORTION AND AN ANNULAR PLANAR SURFACE RIM PORTION, A CENTRAL FUEL TUBE EXTENDING ALONG THE AXIS OF SAID AIR BODY PORTION TO SAID BAFFLE AND RADIALLY SPACED FROM THE TINSID OF SAID AIR BODY PORTION, SAID BAFFLE HAVING A CENTRAL AXIAL FUEL OPENING THERETHROUGH IN REGISTRY WITH SAID FUEL TUBE LEADING TO THE CENTER OF SAID CENTRAL PORTION AND A PLURALITY OF TANGENTIAL COMBUSTION AIR OPENINGS HAVING STRAIGHT AXES THE INNER ENDS OF WHICH SUBSTANTIALLY INTERSECT AN IMAGINARY CIRCLE AT THE JUNCTION OF SAID CENTRAL AND RIM PORTIONS AND THE SURFACE OF SAID PORT AND THE OUTER ENDS OF WHICH SUBSANTIALLY INTERSECT A SLIGHTLY SMALLR COAXIAL IMAGINARY CIRCLE ON SAID BOACK FACE, THE LENGTH TO DIAMETER RATIO OF SAID COMBUSTION AIR OPENINGS BEING SUFFICIENT TO FORM AXIALLY DIRECTED JETS OF COMBUSTION AIR THERETHROUGH, SAID COMBUSTION AIR OPENIN GS EXTENDING IN THE SAME DIRECTION OF ROTATION, SAID COMBUSTION AIR OPENINGS HAVING A REARWARDLY SCALLOPED EDGE PORTION COINCIDENT WITH SAID FLARING SURFACE.