Log-burning stove

A log-burning stove which comprises:

• (a) a shell defining a combustion chamber for the combustion of logs;
• (b) a flue for the discharge of gaseous combustion products derived from combustion of the logs in the combustion chamber;
• (c) an entrance in one wall of the shell and into the combustion chamber for the introduction of logs;
• (d) a stove door having a top and a bottom portion and adapted to be placed in an open and a closed position, and which door, in the closed, upright position, seals the entrance, and, in the open position, seals the entrance, and, in the open position, extends generally laterally outwardly from the lower bottom edge of the entrance;
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• (e) means to provide for the movement of the door between an open and a closed position, which stove door comprises
• (i) a metal baffle element composed of an integral metal piece extending generally and substantially the length and width of the stove door, the baffle element bent into a generally cross-sectional shape of a Z and composed of upper and lower generally parallel rib elements and an intermediate angular section having generally flat surface, the baffle element secured to the stove door, so that the surface of the intermediate angular section of the Z-shaped baffle element extends away from and inwardly into the combustion chamber at the top section of the stove door, whereby hot combustion gases, flowing upwardly along the angular section of the baffle element, are forced inwardly toward the combustion chamber, and whereby the baffle provides a supporting surface for the positioning and introducing of logs into the combustion chamber;
• (ii) a raised rib element extending generally longitudinally across the lower portion of the stove door and under the baffle element,
• (iii) the stove including an elongated draft opening positioned just below the lower entrance of the combustion chamber and in the front wall of the shell,
• (iv) means to open and close the elongated draft opening, so as to admit and control the draft air entering the combustion chamber,
• (v) the rib element positioned at a downward and inward angle, so that draft air from the elongated draft opening is deflected downwardly and inwardly into the combustion chamber,
• (vi) means to secure the baffle element at upper and lower contact points with the stove door, and to secure the rib element to the stove, which means comprises a single, generally centrally disposed securing means for each contact line of the elements, to permit expansion and contracting of the elements during stove operation, without distortion to the stove door.