Fireplace construction
AssigneeMeredith Group, LLC
InventorsChristopher C. Prior, John E. Meredith
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Abstract
A fireplace construction made of solid masonry units having a rear wall with a symmetrical bulge formed by a lower angled portion, a central vertical portion, an upper angled portion, and an upper vertical portion. Each portion is slightly spaced apart from the adjacent portion to provide a space for air to flow into the firebox. One or more air ducts route air from the room to the space between both the lower vertical portion and the lower angled portion and the space between the lower angled portion and the central vertical portion.
Claims12
A fireplace construction comprising a firebox, the firebox comprising:
- a) a solid floor;
- b) side walls extending upward from the floor to a flue;
- c) a rear wall having:
- i) a lower vertical portion,
- ii) a lower angled portion extending forward into the firebox and spaced slightly apart from the lower vertical portion to provide a space for air to flow into the firebox between the lower vertical portion and the lower angled portion,
- iii) a central vertical portion positioned forward of the plane of the lower vertical portion and spaced slightly apart from the lower angled portion to provide a space for air to flow into the firebox between the lower angled portion and the central vertical portion,
- iv) an upper angled portion extending rearward from the plane of the central vertical portion, and spaced slightly apart from the central vertical portion to provide a space for air to flow into the firebox between the central vertical portion and upper angled portion, and
- v) an upper vertical portion positioned rearward of the plane of the central vertical portion, and optionally spaced slightly apart from the upper central angled portion to optionally provide a space for air to flow into the firebox between the upper vertical portion and upper angled portion,
- wherein the lower central angled portion, the central vertical portion, and the upper central angled portion combine to form a smooth, symmetrical bulge in the back wall extending into the firebox;
- d) one or more air ducts effective to route air from the room to the space between the lower vertical portion and the lower angled portion, and from the room to the space between the lower angled portion and the central vertical portion;
- d) an open front;
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- e) an open top effective for directing air and combustion gasses from the firebox to a flue.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.