Abstract: This facing surround assembly is provided which can be installed without fabrication in the field by a single person with average hand tool skills. The facing surround is generally made of non-combustible material and is generally used in conjunction with a fireplace or other wood/gas burning appliance. The invention consists of two corner members, one or more horizontal headers, zero or more corner miters, and two vertical support members positioned. Any particular configuration of the facing can accommodate range of openings.

Abstract: This facing surround assembly is provided which can be installed without fabrication in the field by anyone with average skills. The facing surround is generally made of non-combustible material and is generally used in conjunction with a fireplace or other wood burning appliance. The invention consists of two comer members, a horizontal header, two vertical support members attached together with the header located between the two corner blocks and the vertical support members being at right angles to the header, coplanar with the header and facing the same direction. The attachments are accomplished by adjustable members so that any one configuration of the invention can be used to construct a facing which could cover a number of different openings.

Abstract: A fireplace screen which is formed of a plurality of translucent panels which can be constructed of any one of a variety of colors with each panel being constructed of a multitude of colors. The observing of the burning of wood or other similar material within the fireplace through the panels produces a most attractive explosion of colors resulting in a most attractive appearance.

Abstract: A screen, e.g. fire-guard is provided for heating a room by convection using the heat from a radiation heat source, e.g. an open hearth fire, a gas-fire or an electric radiant heater, and when the heat source is an open hearth fire for use as a fire-guard preventing sparks or other small particles of combustion from entering the room in which the fire is located. The screen includes a row of at least with their upper portions spaced apart vertical pipes having each at or near their lower end an inlet opening and at or near their upper end an outlet opening for air sucked from the room by the chimney-action of the warm pipes. The pipes of at least one pair of adjacent pipes of the screen are hingedly interconnected for the rotation of one of these pipes about the longitudinal axis of the other pipe thereof by coupling and clamping means.

Abstract: A fireplace screen fixture is shown for assembly to the front face of a fireplace opening. This fixture includes a metal frame capable of outlining a fireplace opening, and it has a supporting rod extending transversely across the upper portion of the frame from one side to the other. A plurality of ring members are threaded onto the supporting rod and they are capable of moving along the length of the rod. A pair of wire screen curtains are supported within the frame by being suspended at their upper portions from the ring members. The invention comprises a sheet metal locking strip attached to the vertical mating side edge of each screen curtain so that when these two screen curtains are stretched closed these two locking strips are interlocked with each other as a safety measure to keep logs or wood from falling accidentally through the screen while the fire is burning. Also, the screen curtains are prevented from developing a gap and allowing sparks to enter the room as a fire hazard.

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting a fireback without the need for additional support from a wall or other structure. The apparatus consists of two support bases, each with a flat upper surface including two buttresses separated by a gap, arising perpendicularly therefrom. The fireback is placed in the gap between the buttresses and held ajar in a generally upright position. The invention includes insertable wedges which permit the varying of the gap, and therefore the angle of incidence of the fireback relative to the vertical plane. The invention maximizes the full depth of the fireplace, as well as the light reflection, heat radiation, and ornamental qualities of the fireback.

Abstract: The fireplace screen comprises a frame defining a central opening and including first and second pairs of vertical guide tracks along opposite lateral sides of the opening. A housing is mounted above the frame and a first flexible covering element is mounted for movement in the first pair of guide tracks. The first flexible covering element comprises a perforate mesh formed of heat resistant material. A second flexible covering element is mounted for movement in the second pair of guide tracks. The second covering element comprises an imperforate heat resistant material. A mechanism is mounted in the housing for individually raising and lowering the first and second covering elements in the guide tracks thereby covering and uncovering the central opening.

Abstract: A fireplace screen assembly arrangement is disclosed which includes a frame assembly upon which glass doors and a pair of mesh doors are mounted for slideable lateral movement between closed and open positions with respect to an associated frame assembly and fireplace. The mesh doors are latched in a closed position, and automatically move to lateral full open positions under the influence of a weight and chain mechanism. When the mesh doors are moved to a closed position of rest, a door and frame latching mechanism engages to hold them in that position. In that position, they are ready to open fully when an operator knob is moved to release the latching mechanism. In this manner, convenient use of the fireplace is enhanced, with the mesh door-opening mechanism permitting a user to easily open the mesh doors for gaining access to the fireplace area.

Abstract: A device is provided for heating a room by convection using the heat from a conventional radiation heat source. The heating device further acts as a fireplace guard when the heat source is a fire to substantially prevent sparks or other small particles of combustion from entering the room in which the fireplace is located. The device includes a threshold unit and a plurality of spaced pipes. The pipes are supported by the threshold unit while a screen member such as metal gauze is connected between the pipes. An opening in the threshold unit is adjacent the floor surface of the room in which the heat source is located. The radiation from the heat source raises the temperature of the pipes while relatively cool air enters the opening in the threshold unit and passes into the pipes. The temperature of the air is increased by the heated pipes and exits from the top thereof to heat the room by convection.

Abstract: A protective guard for a combustion appliance is disclosed which comprises a front frame having a pair of vertical frame portions between which a protective guard body is provided; a pair of side frames which at one end are rotatably supported on the vertical frame portions of said front frame on both ends thereof; and a cross beam member on both ends thereof slidably engaging the side frames. When the cross beam member is positioned at the upper ends of the side frames, the side frames are so rotatable about the axes of the upper ends of the vertical frame portions of the front frame that the side frames are able to be inwardly folded, and when the cross beam member is positioned at the lower ends of the side frames, the side frames are so fixed in an unfolded manner that they cannot be rotated. Thus, it will be noted that the protective guard can be fixed so that it can surround a combustion appliance in a stable manner.

Abstract: A fireplace door assembly having doors pivotally mounted on a frame to be mounted on the opening of a fireplace. The doors are mounted on hinges that provide adjustment along a vertical axis of rotation and the front of the frame. An adjustable fire resistant gasket is used for an air seal. A gravity operated latch is provided to maintain the door in a closed position.

Abstract: A fireplace or stove apparatus for efficiently providing heat to a structure without loss of interior air to the flue draft. A blower forces outside air through a conduit located in the exhaust flue into a grate located in a fireplace or stove. The fuel loading opening of the fireplace or stove is made substantially air-tightly sealed. An air opening in the grate provides air to be consumed by the fire. A second air opening in the grate is fluidly connected by means of a conduit to the structure to be heated.

Abstract: A fire-guard device is provided for heating a room by convection using the heat from a conventional radiation heat source. The device includes a plurality of pipes in which all adjacent pairs of pipes are pivotably interconnected together. Each pipe is mounted in its own piece of tubing. Each piece of tubing has hinge eyes joined thereto for use in providing the pivotal connection between pipes. The pieces of tubing and hinge eyes form a threshhold for the relatively cool air flowing to the device over the floor of the room in which the device is located.

Abstract: A firescreen is secured in place by a flexible member attached at one end to the firescreen with the other end thereof secured to a bracket mounted in position for a portion thereof to extend upwardly in rearwardly spaced relation to the front side of the front wall of the fireplace. An actuator member connected to the bracket moves the bracket rearwardly away from an abutment carried by the fireplace intermediate the bracket and the firescreen whereby tension is applied to the flexible member to urge the firescreen rearwardly and downwardly, thus securing the firescreen to the fireplace.

Abstract: A device is provided for heating a room by convection using the heat from a conventional radiation heat source. The heating device further acts as a fireplace guard when the heat source is a fire to substantially prevent sparks or other small particles of combustion from entering the room in which the fireplace is located. The device includes a threshold unit and a plurality of spaced pipes. The pipes are supported by the threshold unit while a screen member such as metal gauze is connected between the pipes. An opening in the threshold unit is adjacent the floor surface of the room in which the heat source is located. The radiation from the heat source raises the temperature of the pipes while relatively cool air enters the opening in the threshold unit and passes into the pipes. The temperature of the air is increased by the heated pipes and exits from the top thereof to heat the room by convection.

Abstract: A fireplace screen and shield assembly is disclosed including a frame designed to lean against the fireplace wall and including one or more integral supports for mounting and supporting from above both a screen and a flexible, cloth-like noninflammable curtain between the fire and the room. The fireproof curtain is adjustable to various heights above the fireplace floor to control the flow of air to the fire including sealing off the fireplace opening to shut off the air to the fire and to prevent loss of room heat up the chimney. The screen is openable and closable in a vertical direction to respectively permit access to the fireplace for loading fuel therein and to prevent sparks from being projected into the room during burning. The fireplace screen and shield assembly provides the two-fold function of safe and efficient fireplace operation and energy conservation.

Abstract: There is disclosed a fireplace screen comprising a frame which fits against the fireplace opening and a pair of doors hinged at the side which substantially close the fireplace opening and are fitted with glass panes so that the interior of the fireplace is visible from the adjacent room. The fireplace doors are of substantial thickness and are provided with vertical tubes inside the glass panes which have openings at the top and the bottom of the door to permit the passage of air from the room through the tubes and back into the room again. The tubes are preferably black to make them beat absorbing at least on the side facing the fireplace with the result that the tubes become quite hot and the air passing through the tubes is significantly heated. Heating of the air causes a chimney effect so that the air is drawn in at the bottom of the tube heated and exhausted at the top of the tube.

Abstract: The wall extending laterally away from the side of a fireplace opening is provided with a vertical recess that receives one end of a track extending across the front of the fireplace below the upper surface of its hearth and supporting a glass door normally located in front of the fireplace but extending part way into the recess, into which it is movable to a retracted position. Mounted between the front surface of the recess and the door is a vertical sealing strip that engages both. A horizontal sealing strip mounted between the door and the front surface of a downwardly opening slot that receives the top of the door engages the door. To help hold the door against the sealing strip there is a rigid horizontal rod mounted in the slot and recess behind the door and engaging the door near its top. A fire screen may be mounted on a track behind the door track.

Abstract: A fireplace front and method of making a fireplace front for closing a forward opening in a fire chamber, including: upper and lower sets of front and rear tracks, a pair of transparent, imperforate doors and a pair of perforate screen doors mounted on the front and rear tracks, respectively, for individual sliding movement between closed positions, in which they cover the opening and retracted positions. Enclosed pockets or wells are fixed to the tracks at opposite sides of the opening for receiving the doors when they are in the retracted positions.

Abstract: In abstract a preferred embodiment of the present invention is an adjustable fireplace closure which when properly installed closes the front opening about a fireplace and virtually eliminates the drafting action of the fireplace.

Abstract: A fireplace screen for substantially entirely covering a fireplace fuel burning chamber so as to preclude the continuous flow of air therein utilizes a rigid frame to which a first air impervious rigid sheet is fixedly secured and to which a second air impervious rigid sheet is slidably attached. Three accordian pleated members extend downwardly from the frame and provide a pair of openings through which a portion of the andirons commonly utilized with fireplaces extend to a position forward from the screen. The accordian-like members may be extended into a closed position in those installations wherein andirons are not employed. A plurality of permanent magnets are affixed to the rearmost surfaces of the frame, permitting the screen to be removably attached to fireplace structures having ferromagnetic members affixed adjacent to the open mouth portions thereof.

Abstract: A fireplace enclosure comprising a frame having two vertical side members and two transverse cross members extending therebetween, folding doors for closing off the space encompassed by the frame, and a pair of chain-operated, collapsible wire mesh screens. The screens slide along aligned rods having looped or bent connecting portions. The loops in the rod enable the screens to overlap an extent when closed, and also provide a simple guide for coextensive portions of the chain, without the need for complex channels or additional chain guide mechanisms.

Abstract: A fireplace heat loss shield having a fabric cover of woven fire resistant material that is emplaceable over the fireplace opening to inhibit loss of heated room air. The cover has pockets sewn along all four edges thereof, into which a rigid, rectangular frame is emplaced. The frame maintains the rectangular shape of the cover, and supports the cover in an upright position over the fireplace opening by horizontally extending legs which are rigidly attached to the supporting portion of the frame, and which extend horizontally outward from openings at the bottom corners of the cover. Draft up the chimney of the fireplace maintains the cover firmly against the edges of the fireplace opening, and air vent openings may be provided in the cover to allow some ventilation of smoldering material in the fireplace area and to relieve the inward suction on the fireplace cover.