Patent ID: 6546926
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: F24B,Y02B

Abstract:
A wood burning stove (10) comprising an enclosure suitable for receiving and burning wood in said enclosure, said enclosure being formed of sheet metal defining a central body (12) having a non-linear surface in which first and second end closure members (14,16) are sealingly attached,an access opening (80) in said first and closure member (14) for introducing wood into said enclosure and removing ashes from said enclosure, a door (36) for closing said access opening (80), in said first end enclosure member (14), an exhaust vent (74) formed In said enclosure remote from said first end closure member (14) for allowing gaseous products of combustion to escape from said enclosure, heat exchanger means (88) formed in said second end closure member (16) for extracting heat from said enclosure during a burning process, said heat exchanger means (88) having lower port means (87) and upper port means (90, 92) formed therein for receiving and discharging air therefrom, a baffle (76) extending across the top of said central body (12), in contact with said [plenum] heat exchanger means (88) and extending forwardly in said central body (12) toward said first end closure member (14), air admission means (24, 25, 21) formed in said stove for admitting and directing a controlled portion of air admitted into said heat exchanger means (88).