Apparatus and method for cooling a surface of a fireplace

US6848441B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• HON Technology Inc. · US

Inventors

• Thomas Jerome Bachinski · Lakeville, US
• Gary Butler · Bloomington, US
• Emadeddin Y. Tanbour · Muscatine, US
• Thomas Early · Hager City, US
• Timothy W. Johnson · Bartlesville, US
• David Charles Lyons · Red Wing, US
• Robb Edward Bennett · Jordan, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 30, 2002
• Grant date: Feb 1, 2005
• Expiry date: Oct 30, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F24C15/04
• WIPO field: Thermal processes and apparatus
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A fireplace including a combustion chamber enclosure with an opening and an inner pane positioned to at least partially cover the opening of the combustion chamber. An outer pane is spaced apart from the inner pane, the outer pane and the inner pane creating a space through which air moves, the air cooling the outer pane. A blower may be provided to move the air through the space. The outer pane may be angled with respect to the inner pane to enhance air movement.