Combination furnace and forge

Claim 1

IN APPARATUS OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED FOR USE AS A COMBINATION FURNACE AND FORGE AND HAVING A TWO-PART ELONGATED FIREPROOF CASING WITH A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL HEATING CHAMBER DISPOSED THEREIN, SAID CASING HAVING OPENINGS AT EACH END THEREOF COMMUNICATING WITH SAID CHAMBER AND BEING DIVIDED ALONG A VERTICAL PLANE THROUGH THE AXIS OF SAID CHAMBER, THE COMBINATION WHICH COMPRISES A HINGE CONNECTION INTERCONNECTING THE TWO PARTS OF SAID CASING AT THE TOP THEREOF FOR PIVOTING THE FRONT PART OF SAID CASING FROM A CLOSED POSITION ADJACENT THE REAR PART OF SAID CASING TO FORM SAID CHAMBER TO AN OPEN POSITION ABOVE SAID REAR PART, A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL EXTENSION DISPOSED ON SAID REAR PART AND EXTENDING BELOW AND BEYOND SAID FRONT PART FOR PROVIDING A HEAT-RESISTANT WORKING SURFACE IN FRONT OF SAID CHAMBER, AND A FRONT OPENING DISPOSED CENTRALLY IN SAID FRONT PART PROVIDING FLAME ACCESS FROM A SPACED-APART FLAME SOURCE INTO SAID CHAMBER WHEN SAID FRONT IS IN CLOSED POSITION.