Infrared gas burner

Claim 1

AN INFRARED COOKING UNIT COMPRISING A COOKING COMPARTMENT HAVING A TOP, AN INFRARED GAS BURNER IN SAID COMPARTMENT ADJACENT SAID TOP AND INCLUDING AN ELONGATED TUBULAR BURNER ELEMENT HAVING A SERIES OF SMALL PORTS AT EACH SIDE THEREOF DISPOSED IN A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL PLANE RELATIVE TO THE BURNER, AND A RADIATION PLATE SECURED TO THE UPPER SIDE OF SAID BURNER ELEMENT, SAID PLATE HAVING A CENTRAL ARCUATE PORTION ENCIRCLING APPROXIMATELY THE UPPER NINETY DEGREES OF THE TUBULAR ELEMENT, SAID PLATE HAVING ALSO OPPOSITELY DISPOSED IMPERFORATE SIDE PORTIONS EXTENDING LATERALLY AND UPWARDLY FROM THE CENTRAL PORTION AT AN ANGLE OF ABOUT FIVE DEGREES FROM THE HORIZONTAL AND ALONG WHICH THE FLAMES MOVE OUTWARDLY WITH A SCRUBBING ACTION DURING OPERATION OF THE BURNER, SAID PLATE HAVING UPWARDLY EXTENDING CORNER PORTIONS NORMALLY SPACED FROM THE TOP OF SAID COMPARTMENT BUT ENGAGEABLE WITH THE TOP UPON SOME WARPAGE OF THE PLATE, THEREBY TO MINIMIZE FURTHER AND UNDERSIRABLE WARPAGE.