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Method and means for heating by wood burning

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5929981
The wood burning heating means of the present invention utilizes a firebox having a grate adjacent the lower end and a flue opening adjacent the upper end thereof. A baffle is positioned immediately below the flue opening in such a manner as to deflect rising hot gases prior to their exit through the flue opening. A main draft opening provides communicaton of air below the grate to provide oxygen for the fire. A secondary draft opening is provided above the grate for introducing air in such a manner that oxygen will be provided immediately below the baffle to facilitate combustion of the gases which have accumulated adjacent the baffle.
Assignee:
EDB-83-140514
Patent Number(s):
US 4385620
OSTI ID:
5929981
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English