Free standing stove

Claim 1

A stove adapted for location in spaced relation to a wall of a room, said stove comprising: a metal firebox comprising spaced metal side walls, a top, and a bottom wall forming a substantially closed enclosure for supporting fuel therewithin above the bottom wall of said firebox, a flue connection opening for removing flue gases from said firebox, a door providing access to said firebox for the deposition of fuel therewithin, and base means for supporting said firebox, said firebox including a first U-shaped member and a second U-shaped member, wherein said U-shaped members are joined in inverted ninety degree relationship such that one member forms a closure with the other to provide said firebox, wherein said first U-shaped member forms the side walls including the front of said stove, said front having a door opening provided with said door, and said second U-shaped member forms the top, bottom wall and rear wall of said stove, said base means extending downwardly from the bottom wall of the second U-shaped member of said firebox, further including a first air duct extending along the bottom wall of said second member from a first end in communication with an opening in the front of said first U-shaped member for receiving draft air and upwardly adjacent the rear wall of said second member to a second end horizontally adjacent the position of the fire in said firebox, said first duct being closed except for a first opening on the first end thereof extending through said front of said first member and a second opening at said second end for providing draft air to the fire in said firebox, a second air duct extending along the bottom wall of said second member from a first end in communication with an opening in the front of said first member and upwardly adjacent the rear wall of said second member to a second end above the level of the fire in said firebox, said second duct being closed except for an opening at the first end thereof extending through said front of said first member for receiving draft air and a second opening at the second end thereof for providing secondary air for combustion of volatile gases above the location of a fire in said firebox, and a damper adjacent the first ends of said first duct and said second duct for regulating the flow of draft air therethrough.