Fireplace heater stove

Patent · Tue Feb 22 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:6207074

Pierce, H W

A heater stove which fits into a fireplace, the heater stove comprising a cylindrical firebox having (A) a front face, a back face, and a side wall, with a first closed-curve cross-section, extending between the front face and the back face and (B) an axis directed into the fireplace when the heater stove is within the fireplace; an outer cylindrical shell having a side wall with a second closed-curve cross-section and a back wall, the shell surrounding and being spaced apart from the back face and the side wall of the firebox, the side wall of the shell and the side wall of the firebox having a gap therebetween the gap including an opening at the front of the stove; and means for angularly dividing the gap proximate the opening into a plurality of regions which extend a short distance in the axial direction between the firebox side wall and the shell side wall, the regions including at least one lower region into which unheated air is drawn and at least one upper region from which heated air exits, air drawn through the at least one lower region (A) mixing with air flowing in other of the regions, (B) being heated by the firebox, and (C) exiting through at least one of the at least one upper regions. The first and second closed-curve cross-sections may alternatively be the same or different.

• Assignee: EDB-83-095090
• Patent Number(s): US 4374514
• OSTI ID: 6207074
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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HEATING
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