Abstract: A heating stove including a pair of opposite side walls and front, rear and top and bottom walls interconnecting and extending between front, rear and top and bottom marginal portions of the side walls. A pair of inner side panels are provided and spaced inwardly of the side walls and extend between the top and bottom walls defining interior side wall hollow areas. A rear inner panel is spaced inward of the rear wall and extends between the rear marginal portions of the inner side panels defining an interior rear wall area. A firebox is defined between the side panels and the rear panel and front wall and includes a flue outlet opening outwardly from an upper rear portion of the firebox. Combustion air inlet structure is provided operative to admit combustion air into the lower portion of the interior rear wall area and the upper portion of the interior rear wall area and the rear upper portions of the interior side wall areas are communicated.

Abstract: A metal housing is provided including interconnected opposite side, front, rear, top and bottom walls and the front wall is provided with a large opening formed therein whose upstanding side edges are spaced inwardly of the adjacent sidewalls. A pair of opposite side closure doors are hingedly supported from opposite side portions of the front wall and are swingable horizontally between coplanar positions closing the large opening with their free swinging edges in close juxtaposition and open positions with the doors swung outwardly and rearwardly into positions closely paralleling the outer surfaces of the forward portions of the side walls. The top wall includes front and rear portions and the rear portion of the top wall has a flue outlet opening formed therein.