Pellet feed system

A stoker assembly for a soild particulate fuel burning stove comprising:

• (a) a fuel conveyor means having a casing, first and second fuel inlets adjacent each end of the casing;
• a fuel outlet zone intermediate the inlets, a rotatably driven auger means disposed within the casing to move fuel from the first and second fuel inlets to the fuel outlet zone, the auger means including a first helical flight and a second helical flight of opposite hand, the first helical flight intermediate the first fuel inlet and the fuel outlet zone and the second helical flight intermediate the second fuel inlet and the fuel outlet zone;
• (b) fuel directing means proximate the ends of the first helical flight and the second helcial flight opposite the first and second fuel inlets;
• (c) an air housing having an inner wall defining a vertical fuel channel for passage of fuel from a lower fuel channel inlet zone through the fuel channel to a combustion plate at the top of the air housing, the fuel channel inlet zone communicates between the fuel outlet zone of the casing and the fuel channel;
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• (d) fuel guiding means including a member for directing a portion of the fuel in the fuel outlet zone of the casing into the fuel channel inlet zone, the fuel guiding means includes a flange disposed on the interior surface of the casing at the interface between the fuel outlet zone of the casing and the fuel channel inlet zone, the fuel guiding means extends from the casing in a direction opposite the fuel flow created by the fuel directing means.