Fireplace home heater

Claim 1

A fireplace heater for a dwelling comprising in combination: a. a closed firebox for the combustion of solid fuel, including an air-tight door to provide access thereto for insertion of said fuel; b. an enclosure for receiving said firebox having an opening through which said door is accesssible, and having inlet louver means below the level of said door and outlet louver means above the level of said door to define a heating gas path around said firebox; c. an air intake pipe extending through said enclosure for conducting combustion air to said firebox; d. a flue pipe extending from said firebox through said enclosure to conduct gaseous combustion products therethrough, a portion of said flue pipe extending downwardly into the interior of said firebox with the peripheral wall of said flue pipe portion containing an opening, said interior flue pipe portion serving to baffle and slow the flow of heated gaseous combustion products through the firebox thereby increasing the fireplace heat output; and e. said air intake pipe and said flue pipe defining a combustion gas path through said firebox which is independent from said heating gas path so that no combustion products are discharged into the dwelling through said outlet louver means and no air from within said dwelling is discharged through said flue pipe.