Wood burning stove

Abstract

A heating stove which is constructed from a generally cylindrical hollow container having a concave or convex rearward end, a baffle plate, a front facing end including a door, an extended ashtray, an air intake mounted on the door, a base and a flue mounted on the top. The entire casing is glass lined and is preferably made from discarded or recycled hot water tanks although other containment shapes may be successfully utilized. The base consists of legs attached to the bottom of the stove, with two legs supporting the front and in the back. From an ecological point of view it would be desirable to recycle used or discarded hot water tanks for a useful purpose such as modifying the tanks into wood burning stoves, thereby reducing the environmental contamination and creating an inexpensive low maintenance heating device.

What is claimed:  
     
         1 . A combustion chamber for a wood burning stove comprising a closed vessel formed of a suitable material, said vessel having suitable access means and exhaust means formed therein, 
 door means supplied for closing said access means, and wherein substantially the entire interior surface of said closed vessel is coated with a layer of a suitable glass material.    
     
     
         2 . A combustion chamber as claimed in    claim 1    wherein a major portion of said combustion chamber is formed from a discarded hot water tank.  
     
     
         3 . A wood burning stove comprising a suitable material formed into a hollow closed vessel, wherein the interior surface of said hollow closed vessel is exposed to high temperatures of burning material and products of combustion, 
 said vessel being provided with a front access opening and exhaust means located in said vessel a predetermined distance from said access opening,    door means provided on said stove to close said access opening,    air admittance means formed in said stove to permit a controlled amount of air into said vessel during a burning operation,    the improvement comprising a coating of a suitable glass material coating substantially the entire interior surface of said vessel.    
     
     
         4 . A wood burning stove according to    claim 3   , wherein said vessel has the general shape of a hollow cylinder having a circular rear closure member remote from said access opening.  
     
     
         5 . A wood burning stove according to    claim 3   , wherein said door means includes a latch assembly.  
     
     
         6 . A wood burning stove according to    claim 3   , wherein said stove is provided with a heat shield means.  
     
     
         7 . A wood burning stove according to    claim 3   , wherein said stove is provided with ashtray means to reduce forwardly radiated heat.  
     
     
         8 . A method of constructing a wood burning stove comprising the steps of: 
 providing a closed hollow metallic vessel having an interior surface coated with a suitable coating of glass compound;    providing said vessel with an access opening therein;    providing a suitable door for said access opening;    providing an exhaust vent for said stove at a predetermined distance from said access opening.    
     
     
         9 . A method according to    claim 8   , of providing a controllable air inlet in said door.  
     
     
         10 . A method of constructing a wood burning stove comprising the steps of: 
 providing a hollow cylindrical metallic vessel having its interior surface coated with a suitable glass compound,    providing said vessel with an access opening therein;    providing a suitable door for said access opening, providing an exhaust vent for said stove at a predetermined distance from said access opening.    
     
     
         11 . A method according to    claim 10    wherein a controllable air inlet is formed in said stove.  
     
     
         12 . A method according to    claim 11    wherein said stove is provided with a suitable support structure.