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Stove construction

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5026603
A description is given of a stove for household heating, comprising: (A) a stove structure having a floor and side walls including front and rear walls, said rear wall being higher than said front wall, and a top with a front portion at the height of said front wall and a rear portion at the height of said rear wall, and an intermediate top portion which is sloped and which faces generally forwardly, said top portions integrally formed from one piece of sheet steel, (B) an access door for closing an opening in said front wall, (C) air inlet valve means mounted in said door for admitting combustion air to the interior of said stove structure, (D) at least one conduit inside said stove structure including an open end lower portion for receiving room air outside of said stove structure and an upper portion having a forward end communicating with an opening in said sloped top portion, (E) means for introducing room air into the open end of said lower portion so that this air is heated in the stove structure and returned to the room through said opening in said sloped portion of said top, (F) adjustable means in said top opening for controlling the direction of the heated air returned to the room through said top opening, (G) a shroud provided in an opening of said stove rear wall, said shroud having one end portion projecting inside the rear wall of the stove and defining a radially inwardly projecting flange, which flange defines a flue opening, an opposite end of said shroud projecting outside the rear wall of the stove structure, and (H) a flue duct segment mounted in said flue opening and cooperating with said shroud to define a heat exchange cavity for receiving a fluid heat exchange device.
Assignee:
All Nighter Stove Works Inc
Patent Number(s):
US 4213443
OSTI ID:
5026603
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English