Abstract: A woodstove emission controller for conveniently drawing emissions from the wood-stove so that the emissions do not enter the room where the wood-stove is located. The woodstove emission controller includes a tubular member having an inlet end, an outlet end and a bore extending therethrough; and also includes a closure member securely disposed in the bore near the outlet end for preventing a back-draft of emissions; and further includes a fan member securely and rotatably disposed in the bore for drawing emissions in through the inlet end and out through the outlet end of the tubular member; and also includes a motor mounted to the exterior of the tubular member, a belt member carried by the motor and the fan member, and a switch for energizing the motor.

Abstract: The heating device has a housing and a liquid containing compartment defined inside the housing. A heating chamber is disposed inside the housing and the compartment. A fire chamber is disposed inside the heating chamber that produces hot combustion gases. A separation channel is defined between an outer wall of the fire chamber and the outer wall of the heating chamber for conveying the air from the first air inlet into the heating chamber. The separation channel also creates an important insulation between the fire chamber and the compartment so that the combustion material in the fire chamber burns at a sufficiently high temperature to prevent the formation of tar accumulations on the inside walls of the various ducts. Also, the separation channel maintains a suitable temperature of the outer wall of the fire chamber to reduce the risk of cracking and to prolong the useful product life of the fire chamber.

Abstract: A multi-category gaseous fuel-fired heating apparatus having a combustion chamber, a mixing chamber in fluid communication with the combustion chamber, and an induced draft blower in fluid communication with the mixing chamber whereby combustion air is drawn into the combustion chamber for combustion of the gaseous fuel and the flue gases are drawn from the combustion chamber through the mixing chamber and exhausted into either a high temperature flue gas vent or a low temperature flue gas vent. The mixing chamber includes a dilution air inlet which, in a high temperature vent mode of operation of the heating apparatus is sealed off by an orifice plate disposed between the mixing chamber and the induced draft blower, and in a low temperature vent mode, the dilution air inlet is open and a larger blower inlet orifice is used.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a sealed vent terminal assembly intended for use in association with high-efficiency oil fired furnaces or boilers. The terminal assembly of the present invention is designed to simultaneously flow outside combustion air to the furnace or boiler and eject combustion gases discharged from the furnace or boiler.

Abstract: A stovepipe thermoelectric generator. The unit fits in a stovepipe of a coal or wood stove. At least one thermoelectric module is sandwiched between a hot side fin unit with fins extending into the flow of exhaust gases and a cold side fin unit with fins cooled by forced room air. A damper controls exhaust gas flow through a heat chamber, directing the exhaust gas through a generating side and a bypass side depending on a temperature indication. This prevents heat damage to the thermoelectric module. At least one fan is provided to force room air through cooling fins of the cold side fin unit An electric circuit is described for providing power for the fan and providing additional electric power for purposes such as charging a battery.

Abstract: A sheet metal colinear-to-coaxial duct transition assembly for a fuel-fired, direct vent heating appliance is fabricated by providing a one-piece rectangular sheet metal plenum box having a rear wall with first and second circular openings therein, and an open front side. A separate rectangular front wall of the plenum box is also formed and has a circular opening therein. Prior to assembling the plenum box, a rearwardly projecting combustion air stub duct is secured to the rear plenum box wall at the first opening therein, and a forwardly projecting combustion air intake duct is secured to the front plenum box wall at the opening therein. Cooperating side edge portions and flange pockets on the front wall and the open side of the plenum box and then interlocked and crimped to complete the plenum box.

Abstract: A ventilation system for urging flue gases from an exhaust source through an exhaust conduit has an exhaust outlet for venting the gases and an exhaust inlet communicating with the exhaust source. A blower fan is provided for creating a positive air flow away from the exhaust inlet to urge the flue gases through the exhaust conduit and out of the exhaust outlet. A blower pipe channels air from the blower fan into the exhaust conduit past the exhaust inlet so as to create a venturi effect to draw exhaust from the exhaust inlet into the exhaust conduit. Duct work may be provided so that the blower fan draws fresh air from the ambient, namely from outside the structure housing the exhaust sources, rather than from inside the structure.

Abstract: A natural draft, gravity feed pellet stove. The body of the stove is formed by a vertical section of large diameter pipe, with an air intake pipe extending from the back of the stove to below a combustion grate. Pellet fuel is discharged onto the grate through a slot at the bottom of a hopper, and the grate is sloped so that the pellets roll away from the slot and over the grate as they are combusted. The combustion gasses flow into two exhaust pipes, each having a diameter similar to that of the intake pipe so as to establish a 2:1 exhaust/intake flow ratio. Cross-drilled reburner tubes are installed across the intake ends of the exhaust pipes to provide additional air for complete combustion. The bottom plates of the storage hopper are free from attachment along their lower edges, so that these expand and contract on a continuous basis with changes in the temperature of the stove; this causes cyclical distortion of the plates which shifts the fuel downwardly towards the discharge opening.

Abstract: The pressure pulsations caused by the flow patterns of flue gases entering a flue gas stack from a horizontal duct are eliminated or reduced by the installation of a partition plate in the stack opposite the inlet duct. This negates the adverse interaction of the two vortices in the stack formed by the entering flue gases and allows the vortices to travel independently up the stack.

Abstract: A gas appliance, flue assembly, or vent adapter including an adjustable flow regulator which regulates the proportions and volume of dilution air and combustion products into the vent is disclosed. The flow regulator can be adjusted to allow a given appliance to exhaust vent gases through a range of different venting systems constructed from a wide range of materials. The appliance installer may adjust the appliance vent gases for a particular pre-existing or installed vent. The flow regulator also provides flow resistance which helps prevent backdrafting and the free escape of dilution air (which may be heated room air in some instances) through the vent to the outside atmosphere.

Abstract: An oven having a ventilation system capable of providing reduced temperature, low moisture exhaust air is provided. The oven has an oven cavity defined by a partition having a through hole and enclosed by an oven door having an air inlet to accept incoming air and a separator located within the door to divide the incoming air into at least a first path and a second path. The oven has an air duct surrounding the partition having at least one inlet at the front of the oven below the door, at least one inlet at the back of the oven and an air outlet at the front of the oven above the door. Also, the oven has a ventilation system capable of providing reduced temperature exhaust air out the air outlet located at the front of the oven.

Abstract: An integral vent damper/hood apparatus for regulating draft in a flue of a hot water heater includes a damper support having a hemispherical dome, a congruent cylindrical portion with a plurality of openings therein for passage of flue gas therethrough, and a bottom support. A coaxial faceted guide is disposed between the hemispherical dome and the bottom support with a flue gas floatable damper disposed between the hemispherical dome and the bottom support and moveable along the coaxial faceted guide in response to flue gas exiting the hot water heater flue. The damper includes a coaxial circular aperture therein for enabling the movement of the damper along the faceted guide with contact occurring only at intersections of the guide facets. A hood is provided for conducting flue gas passing through said damper support into an exhaust flue along with a fixture for coaxially attaching the hood and damper support to the hot water heater flue.

Abstract: Modular discharge structure for closed gas appliances having an inner end and an outer end, comprising: an outer tubular casing; an inner gas exhaust pipe, being placed inside the casing to define an annular supply line for combustion air therewith; a combustion air supply hood, forming a connection between the outside air and the annular supply line, and a combustion gas exhaust hood, forming a connection between the outside air and the gas exhaust pipe, and further comprising retaining means for axially keeping together, in series and in a mechanical and releasable manner, the casing, the combustion gas exhaust hood and the combustion air supply hood on the gas exhaust pipe.

Abstract: A direct vent gas fireplace is provided with a heat shield forming a combustion air expansion and distribution chamber covering a substantial portion of the upper surface of the firebox enclosure and having a circular combustion air inlet opening in its upper surface and being in communication with the lower portion of the firebox, and the products of combustion from the firebox are directed out of the fireplace through a pipe extending through the upper enclosure surface and out through the combustion air inlet opening in the heat shield with the axis of the pipe being offset from the center of the inlet opening so that when a combustion air inlet duct is sleeved over the pipe and connected to the inlet opening a portion of the combustion air path between the pipe and duct which feeds into the combustion air expansion and distribution chamber is substantially widened to provide space for the combustion air to expand outwardly rather than backing up the combustion air duct.

Abstract: A domestic barbecue grill is shown that has an exhaust manifold and smokestack in combination therewith that is operative to eliminate visible smoke particles and other combustible pollutants in the exhaust gasses that might otherwise flow freely from the smokestack. The device is operative to substantially burn up within the manifold all the visible smoke particles and other pollutants that flow from the cooking process taking place within the grill. The apparatus is operative to convert these emissions from the grill into invisible gaseous compounds before all of the exhaust gasses are discharged from the smokestack into the atmosphere.

Abstract: A fireplace insert for a fireplace cavity formed in a building with a fresh air inlet and a combustion gas outlet. The insert includes an enclosure dimensioned to be insertable within the fireplace cavity to define a combustion chamber for generating heat. A manifold is provided for distributing fresh air from the fresh air inlet to the combustion chamber. The manifold means is positionable at a predetermined location within the fireplace cavity according to the position of the fresh air inlet. A duct communicates the combustion chamber with the combustion gas outlet.

Abstract: Apparatus for ventilating a fireplace having a combustion chamber within the interior of a building comprising an enclosure defining an air volume and a fan unit for generating a constant negative pressure region within the enclosure. A venting passage communicates the enclosure with the combustion chamber of the fireplace such that the negative pressure within the enclosure draws combustion gases from the combustion chamber into the enclosure to ventilate the fireplace. A valve is provided in the venting passage to control the flow of combustion gases to the enclosure. With this arrangement, the fan unit is operated at a constant speed to generate a constant negative pressure within the enclosure. There is no need to install an expensive variable speed fan to provide different levels of ventilation and, as long as the fan installed is sufficiently powerful to ventilate the enclosure, the valve can be used to adjust the ventilation of the fireplace combustion chamber via the enclosure.

Abstract: A draft hood assembly and method are provided for installation of a gas fireplace insert to the flue pipe of a fireplace chimney. The insert is for connection between a gas fireplace insert and a chimney flue pipe, the gas fireplace insert having an explicitly-described structure. The draft hood assembly includes a base plate, the base plate having an aperture therein, the aperture being alignable with the exhaust opening which is provided in the upper panel of exhaust channel of the fireplace insert. A hollow superstructure is integrally-mounted on the base plate, the superstructure body being of an explicitly-described structure, but further wherein an upper front plate terminates a spaced-distance above the base plate, and the bottom plate delineates an aperture alignable with the aperture in the base plate. The hollow superstructure body also includes a lower, rear exhaust chamber defined by an explicitly-described structure, which is in gaseous communication with the firebox.

Abstract: An improved wood burning heating unit which possesses a trapezoidal housing including a fire box portion possessing in a combustion zone a fire brick grid for supporting fuel wood. An air duct extends beneath the fire brick grid, upwardly along a back portion of the heating unit, and terminates in fluid communication with a helical heat exchanger section. The heat exchanger section surrounds a central chimney including an open upper end and an open lower end selectively closable by a damper. An outside air T connection includes a first leg connected to an outside air inlet, a second leg communicating with the chimney, above the heat exchanger section, and a third leg connected for directing combustion air to the fire box. The outside air T connection also includes a pair of air pressure actuated flapper valves for regulating combustion air flow depending upon conditions within the fire box.

Abstract: A solid fuel burning stove includes a firebox having front side and rear walls, a top and a bottom, and a secondary combustion unit formed from high temperature insulative refractive material mounted on the top and rear wall of the firebox. The unit is connected to the firebox by a mouth located in the rear wall adjacent the floor of the firebox and by a perforated plate on the firebox top wall. A vertical combustion passage extends from the mouth up to a mixing and combustion chamber located in the unit above the top wall of the firebox. The secondary combustion unit efficiently burns secondary combustion gases flowing into the unit through the mouth and plate during different stages of burning solid fuel, particularly wood.

Abstract: A method of connecting a heat exchanger to a forced air furnace is described. Firstly, connect a valve to the hot exhaust gas outlet of a furnace. The valve has a generally "L" shaped valve body. The valve body includes a primary passage. A diversion passage intersects the primary passage. A diversion return port intersects the primary passage downstream of the diversion passage. A butterfly valve member is pivotally mounted at the intersection of the primary passage and the diversion passage. The valve member has a first wing and a second wing. The valve has an open position and a closed position. The valve member is normally in the open position. Secondly, connect a fresh air outlet of a heat exchanger to a fresh air inlet on the furnace.

Abstract: An inducer (40) for causing a flow of combustion air into and gases of combustion through and out of a furnace (10) of the condensing type. The inducer is intended for use, without modification of its design or size, in a series of furnaces of the same basic design but having different heating capacities and therefore different requirements for flow through the induction flow path. The furnace design is such that a given furnace is capable of operation so as to provide a flow of air to be heated that is either up, down or horizontal with only minor field modification on installation. The inducer has two discharges (43), only one of which is used in a given installation. The other discharge is blocked with a plug (61) of special configuration that can vary the output of the inducer to ensure optimum flow of combustion air into and gases of combustion through and out of the furnace.

Abstract: A fireplace having a bottom wall, inner top wall, two side walls and rear wall defines a combustion chamber having a front opening. An outer top wall is disposed above the inner top wall. The outer top wall and the inner top wall are disposed in spaced apart relationship relative to each other and define an air flow channel therebetween having an inlet. The outer top wall is an upper exterior surface of the fireplace and includes a first nozzle member. The inner top wall is an upper interior surface of the combustion chamber and includes a second nozzle member. A chimney flue is attached to the outer top wall. The first and second nozzle members are in fluid communication with the chimney flue and define a converging nozzle therebetween inducing a flow of cooling air in the air flow channel.

Abstract: Odor/pollutants from cooking food products are collected and delivered to a plenum proximate the burner of a heat exchanger which serves the food cooker. The burner issues a flame into a combustion chamber having a baffle arranged normal to the flame and a central opening in the baffle is partially occluded by a frusto-conically shaped turbulence increasing body spaced from the baffle to define an annular flow slot along the body which is has an central flow passageway therethrough. Efficient pollution vapor incineration results.

Abstract: A controller for automatically regulating the supply of secondary combustion air to woodstoves and small furnaces. The controller includes a movable air valve for controlling the amount of secondary air admitted into the chamber. A self powered means monitors the concentration of combustible gases and vapors and actuates the movable air valve to increase the supply of secondary air in response to increasing concentrations of the combustible gases and vapors. The self-powered means can be two fluid filled sensor bulbs, one of which has a coating of a combustion catalyst. Alternatively, the self powered means can be two metallic stripes laminated together, one of which is coated with a combustion catalyst, and when heated, causes the air valve to actuate.

Abstract: This invention concerns a solid fuel stove, in particular a wood stove fitted with a device capable of neutralizing the polluting elements of burnt gasses and that comprises, in a conventional manner, a chamber of combustion formed by vertical walls and that extends between a grate and the burnt gas flue, characterized in that the aforesaid device (12) consists of a postcombustion chamber that extends obliquely through the chamber of combustion (1) and that forms a compulsory passage heated to a high temperature level by the fuel, with the burnt gasses circulating in this device from the bottom to the top and from one wall of the hearth to the opposite wall.

Abstract: A stove top adapter is provided which is constructed so that a collar is provided on the top side thereof whereby a pipe can be received to be vented through a full masonry chimney in order to achieve a direct connection of pipe from the stove through the chimney to the cap on top of the chimney.

Abstract: A stove has a combustion chamber with front and rear ends. Fuel is fed into the front end and a chimney exhausts the products of combustion from the rear end. A multiplicity of tubes are external to, and parallel to the combustion chamber. Each tube is connected between the front and rear ends of the combustion chamber so that some part of the products of combustion flows through the tube and thus improves its heat dissipation as compared to the heat dissipation of a simple fin. A baffle may be inserted between the front and rear ends of the combustion chamber to increase the flow of combustion products through the tubes.

Abstract: A zero clearance fireplace of the type to be installed inside of a building against or near an outside wall is provided. The box shaped fireplace is provided with four substantially vertical walls, a top wall and a bottom wall. The bottom wall comprises an inner plenum and an outer plenum below the combustion chamber. The rear wall comprises an outer plenum connected to the bottom plenum of the bottom wall, a middle plenum connected to a source of fresh air and connected to the inner plenum of the bottom wall and an inner plenum which is connected to a horizontal exhaust pipe which is inserted through the outside wall and is connected to the combustion chamber through a baffle arrangement.

Abstract: A combustor including a combustion chamber having two paths for removing combustion exhaust gases, a valve in one path, and means to provide, when the valve is in a closed position, pressure at a downstream side of the valve higher than the pressure inside the combustion chamber to prevent leakage of combustion gases from the combustion chamber through the valve.

Abstract: A power venter for connection to an appliance vent system to provide draft and gas flow and which has components mounted exteriorly of a building wall and components extending through the wall, with the latter components including an inner pipe connectable to a vent pipe of a vent system and an outer pipe surrounding the inner pipe in spaced relation functioning as a heat shield and providing an annular space therebetween. The outside components include a vent hood with a blower housing mounted interiorly thereof and having a blower with an inlet communicating with an outside end of the inner pipe and having a blower outlet to atmosphere. An orifice plate is associated with the blower to separate positive and negative pressure areas and has an orifice opening leading to an eye of the blower, with the blower rotatable about an axis offset from the longitudinal axis of the inner pipe to provide a desired blower diffuser angle.

Abstract: A draft-assisting chamber is positioned between the combustion chamber and the flue pipe of a heating appliance so as to capture combustion gases in a quantity sufficient to initiate gas flow through the flue pipe. By use of the chamber, gas flow is initiated in the flue pipe during conditions that would otherwise delay such initialization.

Abstract: A pulse combustion apparatus in which combustion air is brought into heat exchange relationship with the exhaust system of the apparatus for preheating the combustion air prior to entering the combustion chamber. In a preferred embodiment this is achieved by passing the combustion air through a space between an exhaust cushion chamber of the exhaust system and a housing which encloses the chamber.

Abstract: A secondary combustion system for a wood burning stove employs an insulated passageway which is configured to substantially increase the turbulence of an exhaust stream passing therethrough. The insulated passageway comprises a generally transversely extending portion and a generally vertically extending portion. The passageway is configured to impart a rotation to the passing exhaust stream in one direction and to successively impart a rotation in the opposite direction. The insulated passageway comprises a plurality of helically extending channels. The passageway is also configured to have an increasing cross-sectional area to insure sufficient residence time for effecting the secondary combustion of the exhaust gases.

Abstract: A secondary combustion system for a woodburning stove employs a concave shaped screen for dispersing exhaust gases. A mixing chamber is formed in an insulated conduit between the concave screen and a second planar screen. The planar screen is perforated to form a random array of flaps which increase the turbulence of the exhaust stream so that a secondary combustion of the exhaust gases is produced.

Abstract: A stove and method for burning solid fuels having an insulated primary combustion chamber, uniform distribution of preheated primary air through upward facing holes in a grate, downward flow of combustion gas through the grate, retention of hot coals in the grate structure, preheated secondary air, individually controlled primary and secondary air flows, insulated vortex combustion chambers for secondary combustion, longitudinally finned tubes as a first stage heat exchanger, plate-fin assembly as a second stage heat exchanger, an induced draft fan to draw the air and combustion gases through the combustion chambers as well as the heat exchangers, and a forced air fan to blow cool room air through the two stage heat exchanger.

Abstract: An auxiliary exhaust system for use with a flue includes a conduit communicating at one end with an opening formed in the flue wall and a blower operable to introduce auxiliary air into the flue through the conduit. The conduit is angled so that the auxiliary air enters the flue with a velocity component extending in the downstream direction of the flow of the products of combustion to aid in venting the combustion unit. A damper located within the conduit operates an on-off switch in a blower control circuit which starts and stops the blower when the damper is opened and closed, respectively. The blower control circuit also includes an automatic combustion control which is responsive to flue temperature to increase the speed of the blower whenever the flue temperature is below a predetermined value and to decrease the blower speed whenever the flue temperature is above a predetermined value. The blower includes an access port which enables a fire extinguishing chemical to be introduced into the flue.

Abstract: A circulating air wood burning heating stove/fireplace combination has a combustion chamber that is in the form of a shell defined by inner walls of the stove and a rearwardly disposed air outlet manifold. Spaced outer auxiliary back and top walls and the corresponding shell walls form therebetween air passages through which ambient air is recirculated into the room over the manifold. The manifold is provided with a plurality of spaced heat conductive metal strips disposed about its periphery. Several manifold embodiments include one or more finned air heating conduits which extend therethrough. A blower fan or pair of blower fans are used to circulate air through the air passages and in heat transfer relationship to the manifold. A valve, damper, and linkage control arrangement regulate the heat output and may be used upon starting of the fire to clear a column of cold air from the flue.

Abstract: A heater without a chimney is installed inside of a residence. An induced draft system is installed outside of the residence. The heater exhaust gases are connected to the induced draft system with an insulated through the wall exhaust pipe which is cooled by mixing cool outside air with the exhaust gases as they are exhausted to the atmosphere.

Abstract: A jacketed wood stove has a jacket forming an air space conformably surrounding the top, bottom, rear and sidewalls of the firebox, and a double-jacketed front access door. The periphery of the access door is slotted for internal convective cooling of the door. Ambient air enters the air space beneath the firebox, flows rearwardly, then upwardly behind the firebox and forwardly along the top and sidewalls of the firebox to progressively heat the air and to cool the outer jacket. A reflective intermediate baffle between the jacket and the side and rear walls of the firebox further cools the jacket. Heated air returns to the room via sidewardly-directed outlet slots along the upper and frontal margins of the jacket sidewalls. A pedestal supports the jacketed firebox above the floor. The pedestal contains a first conduit for introducing ambient air into the air space and second conduit for introducing outside combustion air into the firebox. The pedestal also houses a blower for blowing air into the air space.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a linear element having openings in the upper surface, and which is closed at one end by a cap and at the other end by a fan unit which draws air from the room and projects it upwardly through the openings in the linear unit. The device is placed between the free-standing heating unit and the adjacent vertical surfaces to prevent the vertical surfaces from becoming too hot, as well as to prevent the subsequent drying out of wood framing behind the vertical surfaces, and also preventing or substantially reducing any chances of spontaneous combustion behind the vertical surfaces.

Abstract: A wood-burning stove includes side walls joined together in an airtight manner to form a firebox and a heat chamber thereabove. The firebox contains upstanding rails to support wood logs for combustion. Streams of heated air are discharged from a manifold that extends from rail-to-rail outwardly from one terminal end of each rail between opposite side walls of the stove. A plate is adjusted to control the flow of air into the manifold. An access door has openings in a spacer side wall for supplying air as desired to the firebox. The spacer walls of the door support a glass panel at an outwardly-spaced location from a deflector to prevent deposits of creosote and other materials on the glass.

Abstract: The furnace for burning wood or coal has a cabinet with a front wall and interconnected spaces between the inner and outer walls at the sides, top, bottom and rear. One of two outer walls have an inlet and outlet for flow of air to be heated. There are aligned flue openings in the upper portion of one of the sets of spaced walls. A grate and an ash pan below are mounted within a lower portion of the cabinet. The front wall has at least one opening closed in an airtight manner by one or two doors. A damper, having a pipe and plate pivotally mounted on the top of the pipe at its front end, is connected to a bimetallic thermostat above it. Both are mounted on the front of the furnace. The thermostat is mounted for movement to open the damper. The front wall of the cabinet or the door, when there is one door, separates the thermostat from the fire chamber within the cabinet above the grate.

Abstract: A fuel burning heater has a lower combustion chamber with a front door and an upper heating chamber with a discharge port at the rear thereof for products of combustion. A common wall between the combustion chamber and the heating chamber defines a top for the combustion chamber and a bottom for the heating chamber. A first discharge passageway through a forward portion of the common wall conveys products of combustion into the forward portion of the heating chamber. A second discharge passageway through a rear portion of the common wall conveys products of combustion into the rear portion of the heating chamber. A damper is mounted in the second discharge passageway for movement selectively toward an open position for faster burning and toward a closed position for slower burning. Lower and upper draft regulators are mounted in lower and upper portions, respectively, of the door for introducing controlled amounts of combustion air.