Stoves and furnaces – Fireplaces or accessories – Hopper feed of solid fuel
Patent
1988-09-27
1989-09-12
Yeung, James C.
Stoves and furnaces
Fireplaces or accessories
Hopper feed of solid fuel
126 68, 126 73, 110101C, 110108, 110293, 414176, 414196, 414198, F24B 1304
Patent
active
048650161
ABSTRACT:
An automatic log feeder for fireplaces is provided which includes an upper horizontal conveyor, an intermediate carriage mechanism and a lower horizontal conveyor. The upper horizontal conveyor is used to store a plurality of logs outside of a building and to advance individual logs through the feeder as desired. Through use of a unique guide rail and rail following bracket the intermediate carriage mechanism receives individual logs from the upper conveyor and lowers them to the lower conveyor while simultaneously changing orientation of the individual logs by 90.degree. before depositing them onto the lower conveyor. The lower conveyor is adapted to automatically advance individual logs into the fireplace in a cantilevered fashion before gently tipping them onto the fireplace grating, or, allows for manual removal of the log from the lower conveyor through an access door extending to the interior of a building.
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Lemoine, Jr. Joseph L.
Yeung James C.
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