Dual-fuel fireplace apparatus
AssigneeMichael Aaron Semerad
InventorsMichael Aaron Semerad, Nickolas James Alexander
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Abstract
A dual-fuel fireplace apparatus is described. In one example, an apparatus includes an enclosure having a door disposed thereon and a wood burning compartment disposed within the enclosure. The wood burning compartment has an insulated housing configured to support temperatures associated with burning of wood within the wood burning compartment. A gas burning compartment is also disposed within the enclosure and has a gas burner disposed therein. A mechanism including a motor is configured to cause movement between a first mode in which the wood burning compartment is viewable through the door and a second mode in which the gas burning compartment is viewable through the door.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- an enclosure;
- a wood burning compartment disposed within the enclosure, the wood burning compartment having an insulated housing configured to support temperatures associated with burning of wood within the wood burning compartment;
- a gas burning compartment having a gas burner disposed therein;
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- a mechanism configured to cause movement of the wood burning compartment vertically along an axis disposed substantially perpendicular to a base of the enclosure between a first mode in which the wood burning compartment is viewable from outside the enclosure and a second mode in which the gas burning compartment is viewable from outside the enclosure.
An apparatus comprising:
- an enclosure;
- a wood burning compartment disposed within the enclosure, the wood burning compartment having an insulated housing configured to support temperatures associated with burning of wood within the wood burning compartment;
- a gas burning compartment disposed within the enclosure having a gas burner disposed therein;
- a mechanism including a motor configured to cause movement of the carousel between first and second modes;
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- a drawer disposed on the enclosure to collect ashes due to movement of the wood burning compartment.
An apparatus comprising:
- an enclosure;
- a wood burning compartment having an insulated housing configured to support temperatures associated with burning of wood within the wood burning compartment;
- a gas burning compartment having a gas burner disposed therein, the gas burning compartment separated from the wood burning compartment by an insulated wall;
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- a mechanism including a motor configured to cause the movement of the gas burning compartment away from a plane of a base of the enclosure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.