Liquid fuel-burning heater

Claim 1

A LIQUID FUEL BURNER COMPRISING A COMBUSTION CHAMBER HAVING A PERIPHERAL WALL, A SPINNER ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON ITS AXIS WITHIN THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER IN RADIALLY SPACED RELATIONSHIP TO THE SURROUNDING PERIPHERAL WALL OF THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND IN A TRANSVERSE PLANE RELATIVE THERETO, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING LIQUID FUEL TO THE SPINNER, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING AIR FOR COMBUSTION TO THE SPINNER IN COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LIQUID FUEL SUPPLIED THERETO, MEANS FOR ROTATING THE SPINNER SO AS TO THROW OFF THE LIQUID FUEL SUPPLIED THERETO IN THE FORM OF DROPLETS IN A MAIN TRANSVERSE PLANAR STREAM, A LIQUID FUEL ABSORBENT WALL SURROUNDING SAID SPINNER AND SPACED RADIALLY OUTWARDLY THEREFROM BETWEEN THE SPINNER AND THE PERIPHERAL WALL OF THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER, SAID ABSORBENT WALL BEING OF MATERIAL OF HIGH CAPILLARITY FOR RECEIVING DROPLETS OF THE LIQUID FUEL THROWN OFF BY THE SPINNER AND SPREADING IT THROUGHOUT THE AREA THEREOF TO PROVIDE A LARGE AREA FOR RAPID EVAPORATION AND BURNING OF THE FUEL, SAID ABSORBENT WALL EXTENDING AXIALLY IN BOTH DIRECTIONS RELATIVE TO THE TRANSVERSE PLANE OF THE SPINNER