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(11) EP 0 311 462 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
24.01.1990 Bulletin 1990/04

(43) Date of publication A2:
12.04.1989 Bulletin 1989/15

(21) Application number: 88309459.1

(22) Date of filing: 10.10.1988
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4: F23D 14/58, F23D 14/62, F23D 14/74, F23D 14/46
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 09.10.1987 GB 8723755

(71) Applicant: VALOR HEATING LIMITED
Chiswick London W4 2SL (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • Smith, Martin Leslie
    Rubery Birmingham, B45 9EX (GB)
  • Constable, Alan
    Coleshill Warwickshire (GB)
  • Hinton, Alan Victor
    Hall Green Birmingham B29 0EP (GB)

(74) Representative: Stringer, David Hiram et al
W.P. THOMPSON & CO Coopers Building Church Street
Liverpool L1 3AB
Liverpool L1 3AB (GB)


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    (54) Improvements relating to gas burners


    (57) The present specification discloses a gas burner for use in a gas appliance. The burner comprises a chamber (1,5) with a gas/air mix supply pipe (7) opening into the chamber. A wall (5) of the chamber (1,5) is formed by a planar ceramic slab (5) with a number of parallel very narrow elongate burner slots (11) formed therein, said slots (11) being tapered from the inside wall of the slab (5) towards the outside surface of the slab (5).







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