Fireplace throat and process
AssigneeMcGee Brothers Company, Inc.
InventorDonald R. McGee
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Abstract
A clay throat with a smooth inner surface is provided for a brick fireplace, and a template and process are described for cutting clay flue liners into selected portions for assembly and joining into the configuration of the clay fireplace throat at the site of the fireplace.
Claims11
A fireplace having a brick firebox and a brick chimney lined with individual lengths of clay flue liner of a uniform dimension and a throat tapering upwardly and inwardly from the brick firebox to the clay flue liner in the brick chimney, wherein the improvement comprises said throat being formed of portions of at least two lengths of clay flue liner that initially correspond dimensionally to the lengths of clay flue liner to be used in the chimney but are cut to specific shapes and interfitted to define the throat tapering upwardly and inwardly from the brick firebox.
A process of making a fireplace with a brick firebox and a throat formed from a plurality of clay flue lines, said process comprising the steps of:
- (a) building the brick fireplace;
- (b) providing lengths of clay flue liner of a selected size for the flue of the fireplace;
- (c) providing additional lengths of clay flue liner of said selected size for forming the throat of the fireplace;
- (d) cutting the additional lengths of clay flue liner into selected pieces to form the throat of the fireplace;
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- (e) assembling the selected pieces of clay flue liner and joining them together on top of the firebox to define the throat of the fireplace.
A template for use as a pattern to mark selected lines of cut on conventional clay flue liners preliminary to cutting the clay flue liners along the selected lines of cut to provide portions of the clay flue liners in a predetermined configuration for assembly and joining together into a clay throat of a fireplace, said template comprising a pattern edge against which lines may be drawn on the clay flue liners to designate selected lines of cut, and means for locating the pattern edge of the template over those portions of the clay flue liners to be marked for the selected lines of cut.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.