Gas burners

Claim 1

IN A GAS BURNER COMPRISING AN ELONGATED CASING HAVING A LONGITUDINAL PRIMARY DISTRIBUTION CHAMBER, SAID CASING HAVING A LONGITUDINAL OPENING IN SAID CHAMBER; A NOZZLE PLATE ASSEMBLY STRUCTURALLY ENGAGING THE OPENING IN THE CASING AND COMPRISING A ROW OF INDIVIDUAL NOZZLES SEPARATELY UPSTANDING FROM THE CASING, SAID NOZZLES BEING DISPOSED IN PARALLEL, SPACED APART RELATION TRANSVERSELY OF THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF THE OPENING, SAID NOZZLES BEING COMPOSED OF INDIVIDUAL AND SEPARABLE NOZZLE ELEMENTS, SAID NOZZLE ELEMENTS HAVING SOLID BASES SECURED TOGETHER OIN THE CASING IN COPLANAR CONTIGUOUS RELATION WITH THE BURNER CASING OPENING, SAID BASES HAVING OPPOSING SIDE EDGES AND UPSTANDING SIDES ON SAID EDGES DISPOSED TRANSVERSELY OF THE BURNER CASING OPENING, THE SIDES OF ADJACENT NOZZLE ELEMENTS BEING IN ADJOINING RELATION AND HAVING CONTACTING END PORTIONS WHICH LIE SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE BOUNDARY PLANE BETWEEN THE ADJACENT NOZZLE ELEMENTS AND HAVING INTERMEDIATE PORTIONS BETWEEN SAID CONTACTING END PORTIONS WHICH ARE SPACED APART FROM EACH OTHER AND SPACED INWARDLY FROM THE BOUNDARY PLANE TO FORM THE INTERIOR GAS FLOW OPEN CROSS-SECTION OF THE NOZZLES WHEREBY SECONDARY AIR CAN FLOW FREELY AROUND THE ENTIRETY OF EACH INDIVIDUAL NOZZLE WITH EACH NOZZLE HAVING AN INDIVIDUAL FLAME EMITTING THEREFROM AND THE SECONDARY AIR FLOWING TO EACH INDIVIDUAL FLAME FROM ALL SIDES.