Method and apparatus for burning liquid fuels

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR BURNING LIQUID FUEL, COMPRISING: (A) A COMBUSTION CHAMBER; (B) AN INSULATING MATERIAL ADJACENT TO SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER; (C) A REFRACTORY MATERIAL LINING SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER, SAID REFRACTORY MATERIAL BECOMING INCANDESCENT DURING COMBUSTION; (D) A VAPORIZER CHAMBER HAVING AN EXTERIOR SURFACE EXPOSED IN THE CEILING OF SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER TO RADIATIONS FROM SAID REFRACTORY MATERIAL DURING COMBUSTION AND ISOLATED FROM CONVECTION CURRENTS IN SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER BY BEING RECESSED INTO SAID INSULATING MATERIAL AND WITH THE REMAINING EXTERIOR SURFACES OF SAID VAPORIZER CHAMBER SURROUNDED BY SAID INSULATING MATERIAL; (E) A COMMUNICATION PASSAGE FROM SAID VAPORIZER CHAMBER TO SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER; (F) A FUEL INLET FROM A FUEL SUPPLY SOURCE COMMUNICATING WITH SAID VAPORIZER CHAMBER; (G) A SOURCE OF AIR COMMUNICATING WITH SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER FOR SUPPLYING COMBUSTION AIR TO MIX WITH VAPORIZED FUEL FROM SAID VAPORIZER CHAMBER; AND (H) IGNITION MEANS POSITIONED TO IGNITE THE MIXTURE OF VAPORIZED FUEL AND AIR.