Ceramic wall spacer kit

A mounting kit for stove boards includes ceramic spacers separating the board from a wall so that cool air can circulate behind the board and spacing cradles supporting the board off the floor so air can additionally flow beneath the board. Mounting brackets touch only ceramic surfaces of the spacers so that there is no metallic conduction of heat into the wall.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
This invention relates to stove boards, and more particularly to wall 
mounting of stove boards. 
When a hot stove or fireplace heater must be located near a wall, it is 
advisable, or in most instances necessary, to interpose a nonflammable, 
insulating barrier between the source of heat and the wall, i.e., a stove 
board, to insure safety. Furthermore, it has been found desirable to 
position a stove board by means of ceramic spacers an inch or so from the 
wall so that cool air can circulate behind the board, thus providing an 
additional safety factor. While stove board mounting devices have in the 
past incorporated ceramic spacers to provide this air space between wall 
and board, heretofore there has not been a device that will additionally 
allow the board to be suspended from the floor--an important safety 
feature that allows cool air to pass between the floor and the board. Nor 
has it been possible in the past to mount the stove board in such a manner 
that heat transmission into the wall via metal fasteners is completely 
eliminated. A screw passing directly through the stove board into a wall 
can conduct a potentially dangerous amount of heat. A wooden joist, for 
example, may become charred with time. Other wall materials can also be 
degraded from this heat conduction. Furthermore, drilling mounting holes 
into the stove board, which is generally a composite of metal and mineral 
insulation, could be detrimental to the integrity of the mineral 
insulating layer. 
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
The present invention is a kit for mounting a stove board parallel to a 
wall, with ceramic spacers between the wall and the board determining a 
space where air can circulate behind the board, and with cradles, or other 
suitable bottom spacers, under the board to provide for air flow beneath 
the board. The ceramic spacers are mounted directly to a wall by suitable 
means, and snap-on brackets, or other means, connect the stove board to 
the spacers. 
It is an object of the present invention to provide a space beneath the 
stove board where cool air can circulate as a safety factor. 
A further object of the invention is to eliminate any metal fasteners 
passing through the stove board directly into a wall that might conduct 
heat into the wall. 
Yet another object of the invention is to eliminate the necessity of 
drilling mounting holes in the stove board itself. 
In a further aspect, the present invention is a stove board assembly 
supported on spacers. 
Further features and benefits of the present invention will be apparent 
from the following description with reference to the accompanying drawings 
.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
Referring to FIG. 1, a ceramic spacer 1 having a groove 2 about its 
periphery in a plane parallel to the wall 3 and hole 4 through its body 
perpendicular to the wall is attached to the wall by means of screw 5. A 
screw anchor 6 may be necessary for plaster or dry wall mounting. 
Referring to FIG. 2, metal bracket 7 includes a rectangular shaped channel 
section A that snaps down over the top of stove board 8 and a yoke section 
B with downward directed prongs 9 that engage groove 2 of the ceramic 
spacer, thus affixing the stove board to the spacer. Note that the bracket 
7 touches only ceramic material so that there is no heat conduction 
through the board to the wall via metal fasteners. In accordance with the 
teachings of the present invention, any suitable means may be used to 
affix the board to the spacer provided that this means physically connects 
only ceramic surfaces of the spacer to the board. That is to say, metal 
fasteners should not be employed that would pass through both the board 
and spacer into the wall. 
A distance of roughly one inch has been found to be an adequate separation 
of wall and stove board. 
FIG. 3 shows a bottom cradle that supports stove board 8 off the floor so 
that air can circulate beneath. Cradle 10 includes a spacing portion 11 
upon which the board rests an inch or more above the floor and finger 
sections 12 extending upward from the spacer section. The bottom of the 
board is gripped by these finger sections. 
FIG. 4 shows what the assembled board looks like from the front. Cradles 10 
support board 8 off the floor and brackets 7 affix the board to the wall.