US 11,653,632 B2
Low profile brooder
Eddie Lee Wilson, Charlotte, NC (US); Michael Patrick Preusse, Charlotte, NC (US); Martin Spencer Brice, Charlotte, NC (US); and Stephan Richter, Charlotte, NC (US)
Assigned to GAS FIRED PRODUCTS, INC., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Gas Fired Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/14,238.
Prior Publication US 2022/0071177 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A01K 31/19 (2006.01); A01K 31/20 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 31/19 (2013.01) [A01K 31/20 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A low profile brooder, comprising:
a burner base, the burner base having an upper surface and an opposing lower surface and defining a central axis and a periphery;
a venturi:
having an upstream end and a downstream end, the downstream end disposed proximate to the lower surface;
defining a fuel flow path between the upstream end and the downstream end, the fuel flow path residing at least partially at an angle divergent from the central axis; and
a baffle, the baffle residing proximate to the upper surface and between the downstream end and the periphery.