Including Means Facilitating Ash Removal Patents (Class 126/542)
  • Patent number: 9435543
    Abstract: Fireplace Disposable Tray is a non-flammable aluminum tray use for the sole purpose to capturing burning ash, coal, from wood, and/or fireplace burning log inside of a fireplace. The Fireplace Disposable Tray is placed inside of a fireplace on the floor, which has handles to lift tray from the fireplace to dispose of burnt ash without messing spills and easy disposal. This invention can be in different dimensions of fireplace in home setting. The invention sole purpose is to capture ash, burnt wood or burnt fireplace burning log. It will assist in cleaning ash, burnt wood and/or burnt fireplace log and disposing of it easier in a much clean friendly way. Such a Fireplace Disposable Tray will assist in burnt ash, from wood or fireplace log from spilling on fireplace outer flooring and making disposing of it much more efficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Inventor: Kim T. Spencer
  • Publication number: 20140251306
    Abstract: A fireplace grate is taught which includes one or more artificial logs which can easily be moved between a combustion position, wherein they are located over a firelog, and a loading position, wherein a firelog can be put into the fireplace and ignited and/or ashes of a firelog can be removed after it has been combusted. When in the combustion position, the artificial logs assist in altering the overall appearance of the burning of the firelog to more closely resemble that of a fire of natural wood logs and also assist in reflecting heat from the combustion of the firelog into the room containing the fireplace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventor: Scott Byberg
  • Patent number: 7575002
    Abstract: A barbecue apparatus is provided, the apparatus comprises: a firebowl having an open topside and a bottomside with at least one aperture; a base attached to the bottomside of the firebowl, and the base comprises an internal cavity, and the aperture of the bottomside of the firebowl leads to the internal cavity of the base; and an ash bin and chimney device comprising an open topside and at least one side wall forming a device cavity, and the device designed to fit within the internal cavity of the base, the aperture of the firebowl is situated above the open topside of the device when the device is situated within the internal cavity of the base, and the device further comprises at least one screen and a movable flap situated within its device cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Original Ideas, Inc
    Inventors: Robert DeMars, Alan Crawford
  • Publication number: 20040129266
    Abstract: A wood burner includes a wrapper. A firebox is positioned in the wrapper that defines a combustion chamber. An air inlet is placed in communication with an external air supply. The air inlet includes a conduit to conduct the external air to the combustion chamber and a second conduit. A manifold is positioned above the firebox. The manifold is in communication with the second conduit, and includes one or more manifold chambers for permitting the external air received thereby to become heated. A plurality of air tubes connect to the manifold to receive the heated external air from the manifold, each plurality of air tubes including a plurality of apertures to direct the heated external air into the combustion chamber adjacent an upper inner surface of the firebox.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: Robert H. Buzzard, Ralph E. Morrison
  • Patent number: 5718217
    Abstract: A safety device for fireplaces provides a non-flammable apron adjacent to the fireplace opening, the apron being sloped up in a direction away from the fireplace. Thus, logs or embers discharged from the fireplace will engage the apron, and will dissipate their energy in moving up hill. The device has a switch that is closed when the apron is contacted for sounding an alarm. A panel beneath the apron defines a space, and the air in the space will be heated. The heated air is directed into the living space, either by natural or forced convection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Inventors: Javier Aleman, Kevin B. McBurney
  • Patent number: 5265587
    Abstract: An apparatus for preventing ash build-up and clinker formation of a particulate fuel mass in a stove includes a grate having a plurality of openings therein and on which the particulate fuel mass resides. A bottomless container retains the particulate fuel mass on the grate. The grate is reciprocated with respect to the bottomless container and the particulate fuel mass such that the position of the grate openings is altered relative to the particulate fuel mass to channel stove air flow through various portions of the particulate fuel mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Inventor: Timothy R. Carlson