Solid fuel burning appliance having an air intake control assembly and method for controlling an air intake into a combustion chamber of a solid fuel burning appliance

An air intake control assembly for adjusting an air intake into a combustion chamber of a solid fuel burning appliance having an appliance air inlet, the air intake control assembly comprising:

• a mounting structure having at least one air intake opening extending in a combustion air path defined between the appliance air inlet and the combustion chamber;
• a shutter mounted to the mounting structure and configurable between an open configuration and a closed configuration in which the shutter at least partially covers the at least one air intake opening;
• a power supply;
• a motor operatively connected to the shutter and activable to modify a configuration of the shutter with respect to the at least one air intake opening and thereby modify a covering of the at least one air intake opening by the shutter;
• a temperature sensor operatively connected to the motor and monitoring a temperature representative of a temperature of the combustion chamber;
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• an electric circuit electrically connecting the motor, the power supply and the shutter and being operatively connected the temperature sensor, wherein the electric circuit is in an open configuration when at least one of the shutter is in the open configuration and the temperature monitored by the temperature sensor is below a combustion control temperature threshold to prevent electric current to reach the motor.

A method for controlling an air intake into a combustion chamber of a solid fuel burning appliance using an air intake control assembly having a shutter configurable with respect to at least one air intake opening extending in an combustion air path defined between an appliance air inlet and a combustion chamber air inlet, the method comprising:

• sensing a configuration of the shutter with respect to the at least one air intake opening;
• monitoring a temperature representative of a temperature of the combustion chamber;
• comparing monitored temperature to a combustion control temperature threshold;
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• if the monitored temperature is equal to or above the temperature threshold and the sensed configuration of the shutter is in at least one predetermined configuration, further closing the at least one air intake opening by displacing the shutter with respect to the at least one air intake opening.

A method for controlling an air intake into a combustion chamber of a solid fuel burning appliance using an air intake control assembly having a shutter configurable with respect to at least one air intake opening extending in an air combustion path defined between an appliance air inlet and an air inlet of the combustion chamber, the method comprising:

• monitoring a temperature representative of a temperature of the combustion chamber;
• comparing the monitored temperature to a combustion mode temperature threshold;
• if the monitored temperature is equal to or above the temperature threshold, closing the at least one air intake opening by displacing the shutter by at least one closing incremental step with respect to the at least one air intake opening;
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• if the monitored temperature is below the temperature threshold, opening the at least one air intake opening by displacing the shutter by at least one opening incremental step with respect to the at least one air intake opening.

An air intake control assembly for adjusting an air intake into a combustion chamber of a solid fuel burning appliance having an appliance air inlet, the air intake control assembly comprising:

• a mounting structure having at least one air intake opening extending in a combustion air path defined between the appliance air inlet and the combustion chamber;
• a shutter mounted to the mounting structure and configurable to adopt a plurality of configurations with respect to the at least one air intake opening, wherein the plurality of configurations comprises at least an open configuration and a closed configuration in which the shutter at least partially covers the at least one air intake opening;
• a motor operatively connected to the shutter and activable to modify a configuration of the shutter with respect to the at least one air intake opening and thereby modify a covering of the at least one air intake opening by the shutter;
• a controller operatively connected to the motor;
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• a temperature sensor monitoring a temperature representative of a temperature of the combustion chamber and being operatively connected to the controller;
• wherein, based on information provided by the temperature sensor through the controller, the motor configures the shutter in at least one of the plurality of configurations.