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US 2006/0124121 A1Published application
Fireplace with front face attachment
AssigneeR-Co Inc.
InventorRussell Reyher
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Abstract
A front face attachment for a fireplace allows a single fireplace construction to be converted from a first arrangement having front facing top outlet and bottom inlet with covering louver panels for air flow around the combustion chamber to a second arrangement in which there are no front facing outlets and the top and bottom outlets are behind front cover flanges for receiving cladding materials.
Claims9
A combination of a fireplace and a front face attachment therefor comprising:
- the fireplace comprising:
- a combustion chamber having a bottom wall, a top wall, two side walls and a rear wall;
- a gas fuel supply and combustion assembly within the combustion chamber for combustion of a gas fuel to generate heat;
- an inlet into the combustion chamber for combustion air;
- an outlet from the combustion chamber for combustion products;
- a housing for containing the combustion chamber including a bottom wall, a top wall, two side walls and a rear wall with an open front;
- the open front defining a bottom opening extending across the housing underneath the combustion chamber for entry into the housing of circulating air;
- the open front defining a top opening extending across the housing above the combustion chamber for discharge from the housing of circulating air;
- the housing for being arranged to allow the circulating air from the bottom inlet opening around the combustion chamber to the top discharge opening for transferring heat from the combustion chamber to the circulating air for expelling heat from the fireplace;
- the front face attachment for the fireplace comprising:
- a body shaped and arranged to mount on the fireplace in front of the open front of the housing
- the body having top, bottom and side edges arranged to lie in front of the top wall, bottom wall and side walls of the housing;
- the body having a front opening exposing the open front of the combustion chamber;
- the body having a first front panel extending in front of the bottom opening in the housing;
- the body defining a first opening between a top edge of the first front panel and the open front of the housing to allow air to enter the bottom opening in the housing;
- the body having a second front panel extending in front of the top opening in the housing;
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- the body defining a second opening between a bottom edge of the second front panel and the open front of the housing to allow air to exit from top opening in the housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.