Patent ID: 7216645
Filing Date: 2007-05-15
Classification: F24B

Abstract:
1. A stove comprising: a stove body defining a combustion chamber, the combustion chamber including a top wall; a chimney in air flow communication with the combustion chamber; a moveable baffle plate and a fixed baffle plate disposed within the combustion chamber, the moveable baffle plate spaced apart from at least a portion of the stove body to form a passage from the combustion chamber to the chimney; and an air manifold coupled to the moveable baffle plate, the air manifold creating a secondary combustion area below the moveable baffle plate; wherein the moveable baffle plate and air manifold are moveable from a substantially horizontal closed configuration to an open configuration; wherein, when in the closed configuration, the moveable baffle plate directs gases within the combustion chamber to flow from the combustion chamber, around the moveable baffle plate, through the passage, and out the chimney; and wherein, when the moveable baffle plate is in the open configuration, the moveable baffle plate cooperates with the top wall to define a barrier adjacent the top wall and also forms a by-pass pathway with the fixed baffle plate that is separate from the passage, between the combustion chamber and the chimney, such that gases within the combustion chamber flow from the combustion chamber, through the by-pass pathway, and out the chimney.