Sheet metal fireplace stove with improved draft

Patent · Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:5107200

Kincaid, D

An improved fireplace stove for heating a building or the like comprising: a sheet metal fire box, said fire box comprising laterally spaced, vertically extending sheet metal end walls, said end walls being of polygonal shape, and vertically spaced top and bottom walls extending horizontally between said end walls, a vertical rear wall extending between said end walls, front and rear lower inclined sidewalls extending between said end walls and being inclined upwardly and outwardly from respective edges of said horizontal bottom walls, said rear lower inclined sidewall being joined to the lower edge of said vertical rear wall, a rear upper inclined sidewall extending between said end walls and being inclined downwardly and rearwardly from the edge of said top wall and being joined thereto to the upper edge of the rear wall, fire brick lining the inner surface of said bottom wall and at least portions of adjacent inclined lower sidewalls, a flue stck fixed to said sheet metal fire box being open to the fire box interior at the bottom theref and extending vertically above said top wall at the rear of said stove, a metal backsplash plate fixedly mounted to the rear of said sheet metal fire box and spaced therefrom and extending vertically upwardly above said fire box top wall and including an inclined portion facing the lower rear inclined sidewall and forming on the exterior of said sheet metal fire box a heated air flow path for air flow upwardly and away from said backsplash plate to convect heat toward the front of the stove and the flow of relatively cool air beneath the sheet metal fire box to maintain the bottom of the fire box cool, fans means for forcing air between said sheet metal fire box and said metal backsplash plate and for forcibly causing air to flow upwardly and away from the back splash plate and downwardly beneath said sheet metal fire box.

• Assignee: IFI; ERA-05-036827; EDB-80-111319
• Patent Number(s): US 4210119
• OSTI ID: 5107200
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 7 Jul 1977
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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