Radiant gas burner assembly for brooders

A gas burner for an assembly having an inner core, a perforated radiant element attached to said inner core to form a burner chamber and a canopy attached to said radiant element, said gas burner being attached to said inner core and disposed within said burner chamber such that combustion gases from said gas burner pass through said burner chamber and through said perforated radiant element, said burner comprising:

• a venturi tube;
• an orifice fitting disposed at one end of said venturi tube;
• a burner head assembly disposed at the opposite end of said venturi tube, said burner head assembly comprising:
• a lower burner head attached to said venturi tube, said lower burner head having a generally consistent wall thickness and forming a first plurality of channels;
• an upper burner head attached to said lower burner head, said upper burner head having a generally consistent wall thickness and forming a second plurality of channels in registry with said first plurality of channels of said lower burner head;
• said upper burner head defining a plurality of tabs and said lower burner head defining a plurality of slots, said tabs of said upper burner head extending through said slots of said lower burner head and overlying said lower burner to sandwich said lower burner head between said tabs of said upper burner head and said upper burner head;
• and
• means for supplying gas to said gas burner.

A gas burner comprising:

• a venturi tube;
• an orifice fitting disposed at one end of said venturi tube;
• a burner head assembly disposed at the opposite end of said venturi tube, said burner head assembly comprising:
• a lower burner head attached to said venturi tube, said lower burner head having a generally consistent wall thickness and forming a first plurality of channels;
• and
• an upper burner head attached to said lower burner head, said upper burner head having a generally consistent wall thickness and forming a second plurality of channels in registry with said first plurality of channels of said lower burner head;
• said lower burner head defining a first plurality of tabs and said upper burner head defining a first plurality of slots, said first tabs of said lower burner head extending through said first slots of said upper burner head and overlying said burner head to sandwich said upper burner head between said first tabs of said lower burner head and said lower burner head.

A gas burner comprising:

• a venturi tube;
• an orifice fitting disposed at one end of said venturi tube;
• a burner head assembly disposed at the opposite end of said venturi tube, said burner head assembly comprising:
• a lower burner head attached to said venturi tube, said lower burner head having a generally consistent wall thickness and forming a first plurality of channels;
• and
• an upper burner head attached to said lower burner head, said upper burner head having a generally consistent wall thickness and forming a second plurality of channels in registry with said first plurality of channels of said lower burner head;
• said upper burner head defining a plurality of tabs and said lower burner head defining a plurality of slots, said tabs and said upper burner head extending through said slots of said lower burner head overlying said lower burner head to sandwich said lower burner head between said tabs of said upper burner head and said upper burner head.