Patent ID: 6691440
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: F24C

Abstract:
Device for artificially simulating a fire, for use in a hearth of a fireplace, comprising:a housing, within which a fire is simulated; an artificial fuel bed; strip-shaped, tongue-shaped or tab-shaped flame simulation elements whose image is reflected into a field of vision; and at least one light source for illuminating at least one of the fuel bed and flame simulation elements arranged within the housing, wherein the flame simulation elements are arranged on at least one moving, motor-driven carrier element; wherein the flame simulation elements are positioned on the surface of the carrier element in such a way that they become released from the surface of the carrier element, pulled by gravity, so that they undergo a sudden movement; and wherein the carrier element is arranged in an upper part of the housing and the artificial fuel bed is arranged in a lower part of the housing and wherein at least one reflective element is arranged between the flame simulation elements and a surface of the fuel bed in order to reflect images of the flame simulation elements onto the fuel bed.