Gas burner having an air deflector plate

Claim 1

A GAS BURNER COMPRISING: (A) AN ELONGATED HORIZONTAL BLAST TUBE HAVING REARWARD AND FORWARD ENDS AND BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AIR UNDER PRESSURE AT THE REARWARD END THEREOF AND TO DELIVER SAID AIR THROUGH THE OPEN FORWARD END THEREOF. (B) A TUBULAR HOUSING DISPOSED COAXIALLY AROUND THE FORWARD END PORTION OF SAID BLAST TUBE AND EXTENDING FORWARDLY THEREFROM, SAID HOUSING BEING CLOSED AT ITS REARWARD END, OPEN AT ITS FORWARD END, AND HAVING A PARTITION WALL SPACED BEHIND THE FORWARD END OF THE BLAST TUBE TO FORM A GAS CHAMBER IN SAID HOUSING BEHIND SAID PARTITION WALL, (C) MEANS FOR DELIVERING GAS UNDER PRESSURE TO SAID GAS CHAMBER, (D) A SERIES OF GAS JET NOZZLES MOUNTED IN SAID PARTITION WALL AND OPERABLE TO DIRECT JETS OF GAS FROM SAID GAS CHAMBER FORWARDLY PAST THE OPEN END OF SAID BLAST TUBE IN A DIRECTION PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF SAID TUBE, SAID NOZZLES BEING DISPOSED IN SPACED RELATION ABOUT THE PERIPHERY OF SAID BLAST TUBE IN LATERALLY OUTWARDLY SPACED RELATION THEREFROM, AND (E) DEFLECTOR MEANS CARRIED WITHIN SAID HOUSING BEHIND THE FORWARD END THEREOF AND IN FRONT OF THE FORWARD END OF SAID BLAST TUBE, AND OPERABLE TO DEFLECT A MINOR PORTION OF THE AIR DISCHARGED FROM SAID BLAST TUBE LATERALLY OUTWARDLY TO INTERMIX WITH SAID JETS OF GAS WITHIN SAID HOUSING,