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US 9,976,747 B2Granted
Safe venting control for stoves
AssigneeAdventures In Sustainability, LLC
InventorAndrew Lawrence McClean
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Abstract
A stove or a stove body has a trigger control that directs toxic fumes to the stovetop during cooking and to a side outdoor venting channel when cooking container is removed from the stovetop to ensure safe release of toxic fumes.
Claims13
A stove comprising:
- a) a stovetop;
- b) a stove body comprising
- i) a combustion chamber to combust fuel;
- ii) an exhaust chamber with a top opening leading to the stovetop, a side opening leading to a first chimney, and a flap mounted inside of the exhaust chamber, wherein the flap alternates between a side-release position and a stovetop-release position, wherein gas exhaust from the combustion chamber is released exclusively via the side opening into the first chimney when the flap is at the side-release position and exclusively to the top opening when the flap is at the stovetop-release position;
- iii) a trigger control to control the flap, wherein if a cooking container is placed on the stovetop, the flap is at the stovetop-release position, and if no cooking container is placed on the stovetop, the flap is at the side-release position;
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- iv) an enclosed wall to encase the combustion chamber and the exhaust chamber;
- c) a sunken-pot case mounted over the stovetop for enclosing the cooking container placed on the stovetop;
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- d) a second chimney extending from a side of the sunken pot case.
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A stove body for a cooking stove with a stovetop comprising:
- a) a combustion chamber;
- b) an exhaust chamber with a top opening, a first side opening leading to a first chimney, and an interior gate;
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- c) a trigger control to alternate the gate between a side-release position when a cooking container is not placed on the stovetop and a stovetop-release position when a cooking container is placed on the stovetop;
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- d) a sunken-pot case having a second side opening leading to a second chimney mounter over the stovetop.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.