Air diffuser for oil burner

Claim 1

AIR DISTRIBUTION MEANS FOR USE IN CONJUNCTION WITH A BURNER HEAD OF THE TYPE DESCRIBED INCLUDING AN AXIALLY EXTENDING PIPE HAVING A FRONT ATOMIZING NOZZLE, SAID AIR DISTRIBUTION MEANS COMPRISING AN AIR DISTRIBUTOR WHICH IS FRUSTOCONICAL WITH ITS REAR END OF SMALLER DIAMETER THAN ITS FRONT END, SAID AIR DISTRUBUTOR HAVING VANES STRUCT INWARDLY IN THE SAME SENSE THEREFROM AND DEFINING SLOTS IN SAID AIR DISTRIBUTOR OF CORRESPONDING DIMENSIONS, AND BRACKETS MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID AIR DISTRIBUTOR ON SAID PIPE, SAID BRACKET MEANS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF STRIPS HAVING CENTRAL ARCUATE SEGMENTS SHAPED AND SIZED TO FORM TOGETHER IN ENDWISE ADJACENT RELATION A RING ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED ON SAID PIPE, SAID STRIPS FURTHER HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL OUTWARDLY PROJECTING FLAT ARMS AT THE ENDS OF EACH OF SAID CENTRAL SEGMENTS AND DISPOSED IN RADISL PLANES, THE ARMS PROJECTING FROM ADJACENT SEGMENT ENDS IN FLUSH ABUTMENT WITH EACH OTHER TO FORM PAIRS OF JUXTAPOSED ARMS, EACH PAIR OF JUXTAPOSED ARMS HAVING CO-PLANAR FORWARDLY EXTENDING, FLUSHLY ABUTTING EXTENSIONS, MEANS SECURING EACH PAIR OF JUXTAPOSED ARMS TOGETHER, AND MEANS SECURING THE FROMT END OF AT LEAST ONE ARM OF EACH PAIR OF JUXTAPOSED ARMS TO SAID AIR DISTRIBUTOR WITH SAUD AIR DISTRIBUTOR SPACED FROM SAID RING WHEREBY SAID AIR DISTRIBUTOR CAN BE LOCATED FORWARDLY OF SAID NOZZLE WHEN SAID RING IS MOUNTED ON SAID PIPE.