Combination stove and fireplace

Claim 1

A stove having opposing side walls, a rear wall, a bottom wall and a top wall, the walls being interconnected to each other to define a combustion chamber, a flue communicating with said chamber, a front door swingably effecting closure of said combustion chamber, said door embodying therein a primary air pre-heating passage of substantial length relative to the width of the door and having a discharge orifice adjacent the bottom wall of the chamber, said door further embodying therein a secondary air pre-heating passage of substantial length relative to the width of the door and having a discharge orifice into an upper portion of the chamber, said door consisting of an outer shell and an inner plate cooperating with the outer shell to define therebetween walls of said primary and said secondary passages, said outer shell including a front face and a network of webs which define the paths of the primary and secondary air pre-heating passages and support the inner plate, primary and secondary air inlet controls mounted in a front face of the door for controlling admission of air into said primary and secondary air pre-heating passages; longitudinally slidable baffle means disposed in the upper portion of said chamber for providing simple adjustment of the flow path of combustion gas through said chamber into said flue, said baffle means comprising at least two combustion gas baffles each supported by both opposing side walls of the chamber, said baffles being longitudinally slidable of the fire chamber and spaced from the top thereof to enable variation of the path of flow of the combustion gas to the flue, each baffle comprising a plate having a depending transverse lip resting on a rib on each side wall for longitudinal positioning thereof.