Direct vented multi glass side fireplace

Claim 1

A zero clearance fireplace of the type adapted to be installed against an outside wall of an interior space to be heated, comprising: a box shaped fireplace having six walls comprising four substantially vertical walls, a top wall and a bottom wall, at least two of said four vertical walls having an airtight glass side wall connected to the sides of the fireplace structure, one of the remaining side walls or the top wall having an exhaust connection for insertion through an outside wall of the space to be heated, a combustion chamber in said box shaped fireplace located within and spaced away from the outer dimensions of said six walls, said vertical side wall which is adapted to be placed against an outside wall having a plenum into which fresh outside air is drawn to provide on of a plurality of heat insulating sub walls, said outside air insulating subwall being connected to fresh air supply means in the bottom wall of said fireplace, said fresh air supply means in said bottom wall having openings therein communicating with a gas burner system to provide sufficient outside combustion air to promote complete efficient combustion, duct means having elongated apertures therein along the side edges of the vertical side walls which are provided with glass panels to provide cooling air for said glass side walls in said combustion chamber, said duct means being coupled to said outside air subwall, and said top wall having a tapered shape subwall which diverts the exhaust gases nonreversibly from said gas burner system in said combustion chamber and said cooling air from along said glass side walls at high velocity into said exhaust stack to generate a high draft aspiration effect through said combustion chamber.