Sheet metal fireplace type stove

Claim 1

A sheet metal stove for burning logs and other types of wood fuel comprising in combination, a rectangular metal shell including opposite sides, a back, a top, and a bottom supported upon legs to space the same from a supporting surface, a plurality of parallel-spaced air inlet tubes extending between opposite sides of said shell fixed at the ends to air inlet holes in said sides which are spaced above the bottom of the shell to provide an ash-receiving space, a grate frame of similar area as said bottom and supported upon said tubes, said grate frame supporting a plurality of firebricks spaced short distances apart to permit passage of combustion air therethrough to a combustion zone above said bricks, manually adjustable dampers adjustably movable relative to the opposite ends of said tubes exteriorly of the sides of said shell to regulate incoming ambient air for combustion and said tubes having air discharge openings intermediately of the ends thereof to provide air by convection for combustion to rise through said spaces between the edges of said firebricks upon said frame to fuel when supported thereon, a metal deflector plate extending between the sides of said shell and extending upwardly and outwardly from the rear wall of said shell toward the front thereof, the lower edge of said deflector being spaced a limited distance above the inner edge of said grate and the upper edge being spaced from the top of said shell and from the front suitable distances to provide discharge of combustion products to a flue opening in said top of said shell, front door means hinged to the front of said shell and covering a front opening when closed, additional manually-operable damper means in said front above said front door means regulatable relative to said damper means for the ends of said tubes to control the combustion of fuel and effect economy thereof by extending the burning thereof, additional firebricks positioned vertically across said back and ends of said shell, and means attached to said back and ends of said shell to support said additional firebricks.