Combination fireplace/furnace
OwnerCharles L. Lessininventor
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Abstract
A combination fireplace/furnace is provided wherein the fire located within the furnace may be viewed as in a fireplace exteriorly of the furnace. The combination fireplace/furnace includes a woodburning furnace having a firebox defining a fire chamber wherein wood may be burned. An opening in the firebox surrounded by a tunnel member extending generally horizontally outwardly from the firebox permits viewing through the tunnel member of a fire burning within the fire chamber. Means are provided to close the tunnel member when viewing of the fire within the fire chamber is not desired. Transparent closure means are also provided to permit viewing through the tunnel while closing off the fire chamber from the viewing area.
Claims29
A combination fireplace/furnace comprising:
- a. a woodburning furnace having a firebox defining a fire chamber, said firebox having an opening therein;
- b. means attached to said firebox and extending generally horizontally outwardly therefrom for defining a hollow tunnel surrounding the opening therein, said means being adapted for extension through a partition wall;
- c. said tunnel having an open end spaced from said furnace for permitting viewing of said fire chamber through said tunnel whereby said firebox may be disposed on one side of a partition wall and said open end may be disposed on the opposite side of said partition wall.
A combination fireplace/furnace comprising:
- a. a woodburning furnace having a firebox defining a fire chamber, said firebox having an opening therein;
- b. means attached to said firebox and extending generally horizontally outwardly therefrom for defining a hollow tunnel surrounding the opening therein said means extending through a wall;
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- c. transparent closure means located opposite said firebox for permitting viewing of said fire chamber through said tunnel,
- whereby said firebox may be positioned adjacent one side of a wall and said tunnel has the appearance of a fireplace when viewed from a room located on the opposite side of the wall.
A combination fireplace/furnace comprising:
- a. a woodburning furnace having a firebox defining a fire chamber, said firebox having an opening therein;
- b. a hollow tunnel member attached at one end to said firebox so as to surround the opening therein, said tunnel member extending horizontally outwardly of said furnace and being in communication at one end with said fire chamber through the opening in said firebox;
- c. transparent closure means located at an opposite end of said tunnel member for permitting viewing of said fire chamber through said tunnel member;
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- d. means for closing said tunnel between said fire chamber and said closure means when viewing is not desired.
In combination with a woodburning furnace adapted to be positioned adjacent a wall and having a firebox defining a fire chamber, the firebox also defining an opening therein adjacent the wall, fireplace apparatus comprising:
- a. a hollow tunnel member attached at one end to the firebox so as to surround the opening therein, said tunnel member extending horizontally outwardly from said surface such that an opposite end of said tunnel extends through the wall;
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- b. transparent closure means located at said opposite end of said tunnel member for permitting viewing of the fire chamber through said tunnel member, whereby said firebox is located on one side of said wall and said transparent closure member is located on the opposite side of said wall.
In combination with a woodburning furnace adapted to be positioned adjacent a wall, the furnace having a firebox defining a fire chamber and a housing surrounding the firebox, the firebox and housing having aligned openings respectively therein adjacent the wall, fireplace apparatus comprising:
- a. a duct-like mounting bracket attached at a first end to the firebox so as to surround the opening therein and having a second end extending horizontally through the opening in the housing;
- b. a duct-like viewing tunnel extension member attached at a first end to said second end of said bracket and extending horizontally outwardly therefrom, a second end of said viewing tunnel extension member being adapted to extend through an opening in the wall;
- c. glass doors attached to said second end of said viewing tunnel extension member thereby permitting viewing of the interior of the fire chamber;
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- d. a non-flammable partition positionable in said viewing tunnel extension member to close off communication between the fire chamber and said second end of said viewing tunnel extension member when viewing is not desired.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.