Modular brick chimney unit
OwnerMichael A. Purainventor
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Abstract
A modular chimney unit includes a plurality of courses of joined bricks forming a closed shape and having a channel therethrough for receiving a section of chimney flue liner. Modular units of the invention are stacked vertically and joined, with the channels in vertical alignment, until the required chimney height is reached. A method of constructing a chimney using modular units is also described.
Claims6
A prefabricated modular chimney unit comprising a plurality of courses of joined bricks forming a closed shape and having channel means therethrough for receiving a section of chimney flue liner.
A chimney comprising:
- a plurality of prefabricated modular chimney units wherein each unit comprises a plurality of courses of joined bricks forming a closed shape including a channel therethrough for receiving a chimney flue liner, said units being joined in vertical arrangement with said channels in vertical alignment, and
- a plurality of joined sections of chimney flue liner engaged through said vertically aligned channels.
A method of constructing a chimney comprising:
- (a) prefabricating a plurality of modular units for forming wall sections of a chimney having a flue therethrough, wherein each modular unit comprises a plurality of courses of joined bricks forming a closed shape and having an open channel therethrough for receiving a section of flue liner;
- (b) joining a plurality of said prefabricated modular units in vertical adjacent relationship, channels through said units being vertically aligned for receiving a section of flue liner;
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- (c) inserting a section of flue liner through said vertically aligned channels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.