Combustion Device

Abstract

The invention relates to a combustion device for burning fuel such as wood, wood chips, wood pellets, or the like, wherein the combustion device comprises a first chamber and a second chamber, wherein the second chamber is arranged underneath the first chamber and the first chamber receives the fuel, wherein the first chamber comprises, at the bottom, an intermediate layer of combustible material which holds the fuel in the first chamber as long as the intermediate layer is not damaged or destroyed by combustion and such that, following damage to or destruction of the intermediate layer, fuel located in the first chamber falls into the second chamber, wherein, during the combustion process in the first chamber, substantially gas combustion is caused and, after the fuel has been conveyed into the second chamber, coal burning preferably occurs, or the fuel may be removed from the second chamber through an opening.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.