Patents by Inventor James R. Choate

James R. Choate has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4360002
    Abstract: A log-burning stove having a stove door with an angled plate element secured thereto, the top portion of the plate element deflecting combustion gases inwardly to the combustion chamber, and the lower portion deflecting draft air inwardly and downwardly into the combustion chamber, the plate element also forming a log-support and log-sliding surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1982
    Inventor: James R. Choate
  • Patent number: 4240399
    Abstract: A log-burning stove which includes a door having a plurality of parallel, fixed, guide-rail elements disposed on the inside of the door and in the plane of the door, the guide-rail elements parallel to the combustion-chamber entrance of the stove and adapted to permit a heavy log to be slid into position adjacent the stove entrance on the upper surface of the guide-rail elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1980
    Inventor: James R. Choate
  • Patent number: 4236500
    Abstract: A log-burning stove which contains a full refractory firebox, the stove designed to permit the easy insertion of large, economical, wood logs, particularly green logs, which stove comprises a shell defining a combustion chamber, the combustion chamber fully lined with refractory material, and having an entrance and a full-length loading door adapted to permit the easy introduction of logs into the combustion chamber, the door adapted to move between a closed, upright, sealed position and an open supporting position extending generally laterally from the lower portion of the entrance opening, the door containing roller means on the internal surface thereof which provides for the lateral movement of a large log thereon which permits the positioning of the log adjacent the center of the entrance, whereby, after said positioning of the log adjacent the opening, the log may be moved inwardly through the entrance and into the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1980
    Inventor: James R. Choate
  • Patent number: 4154211
    Abstract: A log-burning stove which contains a full refractory firebox, the stove designed to permit the easy insertion of large, economical, wood logs, particularly green logs, which stove comprises a shell defining a combustion chamber, the combustion chamber fully lined with refractory material, and having an entrance and a full-length loading door adapted to permit the easy introduction of logs into the combustion chamber, the door adapted to move between a closed, upright, sealed position and an open supporting position extending generally laterally from the lower portion of the entrance opening, the door containing roller means on the internal surface thereof which provides for the lateral movement of a large log thereon which permits the positioning of the log adjacent the center of the entrance, whereby, after said positioning of the log adjacent the opening, the log may be moved inwardly through the entrance and into the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1979
    Assignee: Hydraform Products Corp.
    Inventor: James R. Choate
  • Patent number: 4131104
    Abstract: A log-burning stove which contains a full refractory firebox, the stove designed to permit the easy insertion of large, economical, wood logs, particularly green logs, which stove comprises a shell defining a combustion chamber, the combustion chamber fully lined with refractory material, and having an entrance and a full-length loading door adapted to permit the easy introduction of logs into the combustion chamber, the door adapted to move between a closed, upright, sealed position and an open supporting position extending generally laterally from the lower portion of the entrance opening, the door containing roller means on the internal surface thereof which provides for the lateral movement of a large log thereon which permits the positioning of the log adjacent the center of the entrance, whereby, after said positioning of the log adjacent the opening, the log may be moved inwardly through the entrance and into the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1977
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1978
    Assignee: Hydraform Products Corp.
    Inventor: James R. Choate
  • Patent number: D250660
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1977
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1978
    Assignee: Hydraform Products Corp.
    Inventor: James R. Choate