Outdoor heating devices and methods of use
OwnerTyson Traegerinventor
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Abstract
Devices and methods for outdoor heating. A stove device includes a fuel system attached to a combustion chamber to deliver fuel from a hopper of the fuel system to the combustion chamber for combustion in a firepot assembly positioned inside the combustion chamber. A distance between a chute of the fuel system and the firepot assembly is adjustable to change an amount of fuel for combustion and thereby control temperature of combustion. The distance may be decreased to decrease the temperature and may be increased to increase the temperature.
Claims18
A stove device for outdoor heating, comprising:
- a housing comprising a combustion chamber;
- a firepot assembly positioned inside the combustion chamber, wherein the firepot assembly is configured for combustion of a fuel thereon;
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- a fuel system configured to store the fuel and deliver the fuel to the firepot assembly for combustion;
- wherein a distance between the firepot assembly and the fuel system is adjustable to control temperature of combustion, such that when the distance between the firepot assembly and the fuel system is increased, a volume of a fuel pile in the firepot assembly and temperature of combustion is increased, and when the distance between the firepot assembly and the fuel system is decreased, the volume of the fuel pile in the firepot assembly and temperature of combustion is decreased.
A method of controlling temperature in a stove device for outdoor heating, comprising:
- providing the stove device, the stove device comprising:
- a housing comprising a combustion chamber;
- a firepot assembly positioned inside the combustion chamber, wherein the firepot assembly is configured for combustion of a fuel thereon;
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- a fuel system configured to store the fuel and deliver the fuel to the firepot assembly for combustion;
- wherein a distance between the firepot assembly and the fuel system is adjustable to control temperature of combustion;
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- raising and lowering the firepot assembly and the fuel system to control temperature of combustion, such that when the distance between the firepot assembly and the fuel system is increased, a volume of a fuel pile in the firepot assembly and temperature of combustion is increased, and when the distance between the firepot assembly and the fuel system is decreased, the volume of the fuel pile in the firepot assembly and temperature of combustion is decreased.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.