Vaporizing oil burner

Claim 1

IN A BURNER ADAPTED FOR THE COMBUSTION UNDER FORCED DRAFT OF COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OF VAPORIZED FLUID FUEL AND AIR AND PROVIDED WITH IGNITION MEANS AND A FIRE BOX, THE COMBINATION OF (I) A CROSS-FLOW HEAT-EXCHANGER ADAPTED TO PASS AT LEAST A PART OF FLUE GASES FROM SAID FIRE BOX IN ONE DIRECTION AND TO PASS INTAKE AIR UNDER FORCED DRAFT IN ANOTHER DIRECTION AT SUBSTANTIALLY RIGHT ANGLES, (II) CONNECTION MEANS CONNECTING SAID CROSS-FLOW HEATEXCHANGER AT THE FACE OF EGRESS OF INTAKE AIR TO SAID FIRE BOX, (III) AT LEAST ONE PRISMATIC FUEL VOLATILIZER CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF AN ASSEMBLAGE OF SUPERIMPOSED CORRUGATED CERAMIC SHEETS OF TRIANGULAR SHAPE HAVING THE AXES OF CORRUGATION IN ADJACENT SHEETS NONPARALLEL AND MUTUALLY AT ANGLES OF FROM ABOUT 90* TO ABOUT 120*, SAID SHEETS BEING CERAMICALLY ADHERED AT POINTS OF CONTACT OF RIDGES OF CONSECUTIVE SHEETS, SAID FUEL VOLATILIZER HAVING ONE FACE OF LESSER AREA THAN EITHER OTHER FACE AND BEING POSITIONED IN SAID CONNECTION MEANS WITH SAID AXES OF CORRUGATION IN PERIPENDICULAR PLANES IN DIRECTIONS OTHER THAN HORIZONTAL AND WITH SAID FACE OF LESSER AREA ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AIR AFTER PASSAGE THROUGH SAID HEAT-EXCHANGER AND ONE OTHER FACE ADAPTED TO DISCHARGE AIR INTO SAID CONNECTION MEANS NEARER SAID FIRE BOX AND (IV) MEANS DISTRIBUTING FLUID FUEL SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORMLY ALONG AN UPPER EDGE OF SAID PRISMATIC FUEL VOLATILIZER.