Stove for ice fishing

Claim 1

A STOVE FOR SUPPLYING HEAT TO PREVENT WATER FROM FREEZING IN A HOLE THROUGH ICE OVER A BODY OF WATER COMPRISING A LOW ARCUATE SIDE WALL HAVING ITS ENDS SPACED APART AN APPRECIABLE DISTANCE SO THAT A LINE BETWEEN THE ENDS OF THE ARCUATE SIDE WALL DEFINES A CHORD ACROSS THE ARC, A COVER EXTENDING OVER THE ARCUATE WALL AND PERMANENTLY SECURED TO THE UPPER EDGE THEREOF WITH THE BOTTOM OF THE ARCUATE WALL BEING OPEN AND THE SIDE BETWEEN THE ENDS OF THE ARCUATE WALL BEING OPEN, A SHELF SUPPORT MOUNTED ON AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF THE ARCUATE WALL AND INTERIORLY THEREOF BETWEEN THE COVER AND THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE SIDE WALL, SAID SHELF EXTENDING ALONG THE INNER PERIPHERY OF THE ARCUATE WALL AND TERMINATING IN A CHORD SPACED A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE FROM THE CHORD DEFINED BY THE ENDS OF THE ARCUATE WALL, SAID SHELF HAVING AN UPSTANDING FUEL RETAINING FLANGE AT ITS CHORD EDGE WITH THE UPPER EDGE OF THE FUEL RETAINING FLANGE SPACED FROM THE COVER TO PROVIDE FOR SUPPLYING FUEL AND REMOVING WASTE PRODUCTS, WHEREBY A FUEL RETAINING POCKET IS PROVIDED BY SAID SHELF, SAID RETAINING FLANGE, AND SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF THE ARCUATE WALL, SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF SAID ARCUATE WALL BEING PROVIDED WITH APERTURE MEANS ADJACENT THE SHELF FOR SUPPLYING AIR FOR COMBUSTION, SAID STOVE BEING ADAPTED TO BE PLACED OVER AN OPENING IN THE ICE WITH THE INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF THE ARCUATE WALL ON THE WINDWARD SIDE WHEREBY AIR FOR COMBUSTION PASSES THROUGH SAID APERTURE MEANS IN THE INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF THE ARCUATE WALL, SAID STOVE PROVIDING SUFFICIENT HEAT TO MAINTAIN AN OPENING IN THE ICE FREE OF ICE FORMATION BY HEAT SUPPLIED FROM FUEL ON SAID SHELF OR BY HEAT ABSORBED FROM THE SUN, THE OPEN SIDE DEFINED BY THE ENDS OF THE ARCUATE WALL AND THE ADJACENT EDGE OF THE COVER PROVIDING FOR UNIMPEDED ACCESS OF A FISHERMAN TO FISHING EQUIPMENT WITHING THE OPENING OF THE ICE.