Combustible fuel burning stove with pellet adapter
AssigneeSolo Brands, LLC
InventorsJeffrey R. Weilert, Alexander K. Maghsadi
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Abstract
A stove includes a combustion chamber, a fuel grate positioned within the combustion chamber, and a pellet adapter removably positionable on the fuel grate. The fuel grate includes a number of first ventilation holes. The pellet adapter includes a number of second ventilation holes sized and shaped to prevent passage of a fuel pellet. The pellet adapter also includes a raised outer rim and a central protuberance with a height greater than the height of the raised outer rim.
Claims25
A stove comprising:
- a combustion chamber;
- a fuel grate positioned within the combustion chamber, the fuel grate comprising a plurality of first ventilation holes of a size that permits passage of a fuel pellet;
- a pellet adapter removably positionable on the fuel grate within the combustion chamber, the pellet adapter comprising:
- a pellet tray comprising a plurality of second ventilation holes sized and shaped to prevent passage of the fuel pellet;
- a raised outer rim;
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- a central protuberance with a height greater than the height of the raised outer rim.
A pellet adapter for adapting a wood burning stove to a pellet burning stove, the pellet adapter comprising:
- a pellet tray comprising a plurality of ventilation holes sized and shaped to prevent passage of a fuel pellet;
- a raised outer rim;
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- a central protuberance with a height greater than the height of the raised outer rim, wherein the pellet adapter is removably positionable on a fuel grate of a stove within a combustion chamber of the stove.
A pellet adapter for adapting a log or stick burning stove to a pellet burning stove, the log or stick burning stove including a combustion chamber with a fuel grate therein, the fuel grate having holes configured to pass air or ash therethrough, the holes having a first width that does not inhibit or prevent passage of a fuel pellet, the pellet adapter comprising:
- a pellet tray sized to removably fit within the combustion chamber and comprising a plurality of ventilation holes having a second width smaller than the first width, the second width being sized to inhibit or prevent passage of the fuel pellet;
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- a handle on the pellet tray graspable by a user to introduce or remove the pellet tray into the combustion chamber to adapt the stove to a pellet burning stove.
A method of adapting a log or stick burning stove to a pellet burning stove, the log or stick burning stove including a combustion chamber with a fuel grate therein, the fuel grate having holes configured to pass air or ash therethrough, the holes having a first width that does not inhibit or prevent passage of a fuel pellet, the method comprising:
- grasping a pellet adapter by a handle, the pellet adapter sized to fit within the combustion chamber and having a pellet tray comprising a plurality of ventilation holes having a second width smaller than the first width, the second width being sized to inhibit or prevent passage of the fuel pellet;
- introducing the pellet adapter into a top opening of the combustion chamber of the log or stick burning stove;
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- adding fuel pellets onto the pellet tray for combustion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.