Elongate radiant gas heater

Claim 1

AN ELONGATED RADIANT GAS HEATER ADAPTED FOR SUBSTANTIALLY UNIDIRECTIONAL HEATING, COMPRISING: (A) AN ELONGATE HOUSING ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED IN A GENERALLY HORIZONTALLY-EXTENDING POSITION UPON THE WALL OF AN ENCLOSURE OR THE LIKE AND HAVING A FORWARDLY-FACING OPENING THROUGH WHICH RADIANT HEAT ENERGY IS ADAPTED TO BE EMITTED IN A PREDOMINANTLY FORWARD AND DOWNWARD DIRECTION; (B) GAS BURNER MEANS EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY WITHIN SAID HOUSING AND ADAPTED TO PRODUCE HEATED GASES; (C) COMBUSTION CHAMBER MEANS EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY WITHIN SAID HOUSING ABOVE SAID GAS BURNER MEANS FOR RECEPTION OF THE ASCENDING HEATED GASES PRODUCED THEREBY, SAID CHAMBER MEANS INCLUDING ARCUATE FRONT AND REAR WALLS CURVING UPWARDLY AND FORWARDLY WITHIN SAID HOUSING IN SPACED CONVERGING RELATION TO EACH OTHER AND FORMED OF MATERIAL CAPABLE OF A HIGH RADIATION EMISSIVITY, SAID FRONT WALL BEING DISPOSED ADJACENT SAID OPENING OF SAID HOUSING AND INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINALLY-SPACED PERFORATE GRID MEMBERS MOUNTED FOR INDEPENDENT EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTIVE MOVEMENT AND ADAPTED TO PASS AND BE UNIFORMLY HEATED BY SAID GASES; AND (D) SAID GRID MEMBERS BEING ADAPTED TO EMIT AND TRANSMIT RADIANT HEAT ENERGY THROUGH SAID OPENING OF SAID HOUSING IN A PREDOMINANTLY FORWARD AND DOWNWARD DIRECTION.