Wood burning stove

A wood burning stove comprising a housing defined by a horizontally disposed top housing surface and bottom, a vertically disposed back wall, a front wall comprising a planar upper wall portion, and a planar vertically disposed lower wall portion, and side walls that extend between and connect together the front wall and back wall, top housing surface and bottom, and which in turn define a lower zone for accommodating a wood burning fire comprising a plurality of logs of predetermined maximum length arranged in parallel relationship to one another and an upper zone which terminates at the top of said lower zone;

• a planar horizontally disposed front wall portion which connects said planar upper wall portion to said planar lower front wall portion suitable for accommodation of cooking utensils and which determines the said top of the said lower fire accommodating zone;
• a divider located in said housing extending between and connected to the side wall portions and dividing said upper zone into a log storage chamber adjacent said back wall and an exhaust chamber adjacent said front upper wall portion for discharge of the gaseous combustion products from said lower zone, both said log storage and exhaust chamber having bottom openings and each communicating directly with said lower fire accommodating zone, the said divider extending downwards only to the top of said lower zone, and terminating at a horizontal plane approximate to that of the plane defined by said horizontally disposed front wall portion;
• an air tight fill door covering an opening in a side wall in said housing and providing access to the top portion of said log storage chamber for the loading of logs, the said log storage zone being sealed and air tight when said air tight fill door is closed and having no other communication to the atmosphere other than the said bottom opening thereof communicating with the lower zone whereby the exhaust gases during start-up and operation of the stove will move to and exhaust only through the said exhaust chamber;
• an air tight fire door covering another opening located adjacent said vertical front wall portion in a side wall in said housing and providing access to said lower fire accommodating zone;
• a flue discharge opening located in said housing and communicating with the top portion of said exhaust chamber;
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• means provided in said housing in said lower zone for introduction of air into said lower zone.