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US 4,226,224 AGranted
Wood burning stove for heating homes
OwnerOrley B. Milliganinventor
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A horizontally elongated hollow body constructed of heat resistant material is provided and closed at its opposite ends by means of upstanding end wall structures. The body includes a flue gas outlet centrally intermediate the opposite ends thereof and one end wall structure includes an access opening with which a closure door, shiftably supported from the corresponding end of the body, is operatively associated for movement between an open and closed positions relative to the access opening. The door and the opposite end wall structure of the body each include combustion air inlet structure for admitting combustion air into the interior of the body and structure is provided for variably throttling the inflow of combustion air. The flue outlet opens outwardly of an upper portion of one longitudinal side of the body and the other longitudinal side of the body defines a viewing aperture therein closed by a transparent heat resistant panel. The hollow body is supported atop a pedestal and the combustion air inlet means at opposite ends of the body are disposed at different elevations. Further, the cross-sectional area of the flue gas outlet is considerably greater than the cross-sectional area of the combined combustion air inlet structure, whereby combustion air is jetted into the opposite ends of the body at different elevations for enhancing more complete combustion of combustible materials and gases within the hollow body.
A stove for burning wood and other solid fuels, said stove including a horizontally elongated hollow body having opposite sides and opposite ends, defining a combustion chamber therein and including a flue gas outlet centrally intermediate the opposite ends of said body opening outwardly of an upper portion of said combustion chamber, the opposite ends of said body being provided with upstanding end wall structures each including combustion air inlet means for admitting combustion air therethrough in a generally horizontal direction into the interior of said body from the exterior thereof, support means operatively connected to said hollow body for support of said body from a suitable support structure, said body including means for admitting solid fuel to be burned thereinto, and a generally horizontal baffle plate in said combustion chamber above the level of said air inlet means, registered with and spaced below said flue gas outlet, said plate extending longitudinally of said body and including opposite side marginal portions sealed relative to said hollow body sides and opposite end marginal portions spaced inwardly of said end wall structures, a lower portion of the interior of said hollow body intermediate the opposite ends thereof and spaced below said baffle plate being adapted to receive said solid fuel for burning in said combuston chamber below said baffle plate.
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