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US 2024/0159429 A1Published application
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
Claims19
A stove device for heating, comprising:
- a housing comprising a combustion chamber;
- a firepot assembly positioned inside the combustion chamber, and comprising a proximal and distal end defining a length, an open-faced top section, and a plurality of bars having proximal and distal ends defining their length, with lateral gaps defining a distance between two laterally adjacent bars, wherein the distance of the lateral gaps is sufficiently narrow to allow the laterally adjacent bars to hold a solid fuel thereon, but sufficiently wide enough to allow a solid combustion byproduct from the solid fuel to pass downward through the lateral gaps;
- and a
- sweep, positioned below the plurality of bars, and comprising a plurality of vertical brushes positioned within the lateral gaps, wherein the plurality of brushes are individually configured to simultaneously contact said laterally adjacent bars on both sides of said lateral gap;
- such that they can brush off combustion byproduct burnt onto said bars.
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A method of cleaning a stove device comprising:
- (a) providing a stove device comprising:
- (i) a housing comprising a combustion chamber;
- (ii) a firepot assembly positioned inside the combustion chamber, and comprising a proximal and distal end defining a length, an open-faced top section, and a plurality of bars having proximal and distal ends defining their length, with lateral gaps defining a distance between two laterally adjacent bars, wherein the distance of the lateral gaps is sufficiently narrow to allow the laterally adjacent bars to hold a solid fuel thereon, but sufficiently wide enough to allow a solid combustion byproduct from the solid fuel to pass downward through the lateral gaps;
- and a
- (iii) sweep, positioned below the plurality of bars, and comprising a plurality of vertical brushes positioned within the lateral gaps, wherein the plurality of brushes are individually configured to simultaneously contact said laterally adjacent bars on both sides of said lateral gap;
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- (b) combusting solid fuel on top of said plurality of bars such that combustion byproduct is burnt onto said bars;
- and
- (c) moving the sweep proximally and distally, such that the brushes traverse along the length of said bars while individually remaining in simultaneous contact with said laterally adjacent bars on both sides of said lateral gap such that they clean off combustion byproduct burnt onto said bars.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.