US 5,718,218 AGranted

Regenerator with tube system, particularly adapted for fireplaces and the like

OwnerAttilio Pagani, Livia Serafini Paganiinventors

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Abstract

Regenerator with tube system, particularly for fireplaces and the like, which can be inserted at the firebox of fireplaces and comprises a metallic heat-exchange body that is constituted by a single tubular body shaped so as to have straight and parallel portions that rest on the heart of the firebox, two identical curved loop portions that rest on the rear vertical wall of the firebox, a single transverse loop lying at the front of the firebox, and two ends that are parallel and close to each other, and are directed towards the outside of the fireplace, one of the ends being connected to a box-like body that contains a motorized fan for sending the ambient air to be heated into the heat-exchange body, the other end being connected to a duct for delivering the heated air into the surrounding space, the delivery duct being also contained in the box-like body.

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In a fireplace for solid fuels, having a firebox defining an inside region thereof, the firebox including a hearth, a rear vertical wall and a front part, a regenerator comprising:

a metallic heat-exchange body constituted by a single tubular length, said tubular length being shaped for having straight and parallel portions resting on said hearth, two identical curved loop portions resting on said rear vertical wall, a single transverse loop lying at said front part of the firebox, and two ends being parallel and close to each other, said ends being directed away from said inside region of the firebox;
a box-like body connected to said ends of said heat-exchange body;
a motorized fan for sending ambient air to be heated in said heat-exchange body, said fan being contained in said box-like body and connected to a first one of said ends;
a delivery duct being contained in said box-like body and connected to a second one of said ends for delivering heated air.

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