Stoves and furnaces – Stoves – Heating
Reexamination Certificate
2007-08-21
2007-08-21
Basichas, Alfred (Department: 3749)
Stoves and furnaces
Stoves
Heating
C126S312000, C126S512000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10334697
ABSTRACT:
A fireplace having a bottom venting arrangement is disclosed. The fireplace includes a firebox having a burner and a combustion chamber. Fumes produced by burning of gas at the burner are pulled into an upper exhaust plenum in the upper portion of the firebox. The upper exhaust plenum is in fluid communication with the combustion chamber. The upper exhaust plenum is also in fluid communication with an upper end of a substantially vertical exhaust passage. The lower end of the exhaust passage is in fluid communication with a blower opening in a bottom panel of the firebox. An intake side of a blower is attached to the blower opening. The blower also includes a discharge side, which is coupled to an exhaust port on the fireplace. The blower operates when a fire is burning, and fumes containing combustion products are drawn into the upper exhaust plenum. From the upper exhaust plenum, the fumes travel into the exhaust passage, and then travel in a downward direction to the blower opening and into the blower intake. Fumes are then exhausted from the exhaust port and into an external ducting arrangement, from which the fumes are vented to the atmosphere.
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Basichas Alfred
Faegre & Benson LLP
HNI Technologies Inc.
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