Adapter to Use Heat Gun to Start Pellet Burner

Abstract

A heat gun adapter is an apparatus that allows the use of a heat gun in order to ignite the fuel pellets within the combustion chamber of a pellet burner, specifically manually-ignited gravity-fed pellet burner. The heat gun adapter features a base plate that is placed over the combustion chamber access port after the combustion chamber end plate is removed. A nozzle port is present in order to allow a heat gun to be inserted through the base plate. The heat gun is guided through an annular guide that is positioned concentrically with the nozzle port. The annular guide additionally serves to hold the heat gun in place without user assistance after the heat gun is inserted. The heat gun adapter is held in place between a first track and a second track on the combustion chamber by a lip.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A heat gun adapter comprises:
 a base plate;   a lip;   a nozzle port;   an annular guide;   the base plate comprises an outer surface and an inner surface;   the nozzle port traversing through the base plate;   the lip being connected perpendicular to the inner surface;   the lip being tangentially and adjacently positioned to the nozzle port;   the annular guide being connected adjacently to the outer surface;   the annular guide being positioned concentrically with the nozzle port;   
     
     
         2 . The heat gun adapter as claimed in  claim 1  further comprises:
 the annular guide being perpendicularly positioned to the outer surface; 
 
     
     
         3 . The heat gun adapter as claimed in  claim 1  further comprises:
 the base plate further comprises a first rounded corner and a second rounded corner; 
 the first rounded corner and the second rounded corner being positioned opposite to each other, across the base plate; 
 the first rounded corner and the second rounded corner being positioned opposite to the lip, across the base plate; 
 
     
     
         4 . The heat gun adapter as claimed in  claim 1  further comprises:
 the base plate further comprises a first lateral edge; 
 the lip being adjacently positioned to the first lateral edge; 
 
     
     
         5 . The heat gun adapter as claimed in  claim 4  further comprises:
 the base plate further comprises a second lateral edge; 
 the first lateral edge and the second lateral edge being positioned opposite to each other across the base plate; 
 a first distance between the nozzle port and the first lateral edge being greater than a second distance being a distance between the nozzle port and the second lateral edge; 
 
     
     
         6 . A method of transferring heat to a manually-ignited gravity-fed pellet burner from the heat gun adapter as claimed in  claim 1 , the method comprises the steps of:
 providing the manually-ignited gravity-fed pellet burner, wherein the manually-ignited gravity-fed pellet burner comprises a combustion chamber, an access port, an end plate, a first track, and a second track;   providing a heat gun;   detaching the end plate from the combustion chamber by sliding the end plate out of the first track and the second track;   slidably attaching the base plate into the first track and the second track in order to cover the access port;   resting the lip upon the combustion chamber;   inserting a nozzle of the heat gun into the annular guide;   igniting a fuel source within the combustion chamber by actuating a trigger of the heat gun;   
     
     
         7 . The method of transferring heat to a manually-ignited gravity-fed pellet burner from the heat gun adapter, wherein:
 an access port of the combustion chamber being covered by the end plate;   the end plate being slidably attached to the combustion chamber by the first track and the second track;   the first track and the second track being positioned offset and parallel to each other;   
     
     
         8 . A heat gun adapter comprises:
 a base plate;   a lip;   a nozzle port;   an annular guide;   the base plate comprises an outer surface and an inner surface;   the nozzle port traversing through the base plate;   the lip being connected perpendicular to the inner surface;   the lip being tangentially and adjacently positioned to the nozzle port;   the annular guide being connected adjacently to the outer surface;   the annular guide being positioned concentrically with the nozzle port;   the annular guide being perpendicularly positioned to the outer surface;   
     
     
         9 . The heat gun adapter as claimed in  claim 8  further comprises:
 the base plate further comprises a first rounded corner and a second rounded corner; 
 the first rounded corner and the second rounded corner being positioned opposite to each other, across the base plate; 
 the first rounded corner and the second rounded corner being positioned opposite to the lip, across the base plate; 
 
     
     
         10 . The heat gun adapter as claimed in  claim 8  further comprises:
 the base plate further comprises a first lateral edge; 
 the lip being adjacently positioned to the first lateral edge; 
 
     
     
         11 . The heat gun adapter as claimed in  claim 10  further comprises:
 the base plate further comprises a second lateral edge; 
 the first lateral edge and the second lateral edge being positioned opposite to each other across the base plate; 
 a first distance between the nozzle port and the first lateral edge being greater than a second distance being a distance between the nozzle port and the second lateral edge;