Patent ID: 7318431

Claim:
A biomass fuel burning stove comprising: a housing; a hopper for storing biomass fuel, said hopper having an upwardly and forwardly extended front wall, a burn pot having a chamber for holding and burning biomass fuel, a feeder member for directing biomass fuel to said chamber, and a biomass fuel transport assembly for moving biomass fuel from the hopper to the chamber of the burn pot, said transport assembly comprising a disc having at least one opening for accommodating biomass fuel, a support comprising a plate mounted on said front wall for holding the disc slidably engageable on said plate and allowing the disc to rotate relative to the plate, a biomass fuel restrictor shield located over said disc mounted on the hopper to space biomass fuel in said hopper from the disc, said shield having bottom portion spaced from a bottom section of the hopper whereby biomass fuel in the hopper contacts the disc in the bottom section of the hopper, said disc having a portion having said opening movable through a bottom section of the hopper to pick up biomass fuel in said opening and move the biomass fuel in the opening to the feeder member whereby the biomass fuel in said opening moves to the feeder member which directs the biomass fuel to said chamber of the burn pot, and a drive unit having a motor connected to the disc operable to rotate the disc.