Electric furnace fireplace
US4253444A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 17, 1978 |
| Grant date | Mar 3, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 17, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF24B1/1802
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An electric furnace fireplace including a heat exchanging fireplace for burning any type of combustible fuel, and electric heating elements positioned near the fireplace plenum exhaust for operation as an electric furnace. An oven is provided above the fireplace combustion chamber for heating comistibles placed therein. Water contained in a tank overlying the combustion chamber and surrounding the fireplace flue is heated by fuel burned within the combustion chamber or by heating elements within the tank.
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