Fireplace assembly for mobile homes

Abstract

A fireplace assembly for mobile homes comprising primarily a firebox housing with a means for cooling the firebox and chimney during the combustion of solid fuels by an intake housing of outside air. Means is provided whereby outside air is permitted to enter the immediate area of burning fuel after first passing through a combustion air conduit located below the bottom of the firebox housing.

What is claimed as new and intended to be covered by Letters Patent is: 
     
       1. A fireplace assembly particularly suited for use with a mobile home or the like, which fireplace assembly comprises in combination: A. a firebox housing secured to an exterior wall and communicating with the interior of the mobile home;   B. a chimney communicating with the interior of the firebox housing for conducting away the products of combustion formed therein to the exterior of the mobile home;   C. a continuous annular spacing formed in the walls of said firebox housing and said chimney;   D. a combustion air intake means connected to said firebox housing for conducting exterior air directly into the interior of a mobile home .Iadd.and thereby inhibiting thermosyphonic aspiration .Iaddend.said combustion air intake means including a .[.first.]. conduit formed within the lower portion of the firebox housing;   E. a cooling air intake means connected to said firebox housing for conducting exterior air into said annular spacing for cooling the firebox housing and chimney .[.said cooling air intake means including a second conduit formed within said first conduit, and thereby inhibiting thermosyphonic aspiration.].;   F. a closure means for controlling the passage of combustion air from the interior of the mobile home to the interior of the firebox housing.   
     
     
       2. The fireplace assembly of claim 1, wherein the closure means includes a pair of doors hingedly connected to the firebox housing. 
     
     
       3. The fireplace assembly of claim 1, wherein the firebox housing includes heat insulation means for minimizing heat transfer between the interior and exterior of the firebox housing. 
     
     
       4. The fireplace assembly of claim 1, wherein the firebox housing includes a front portion which is substantially flush with the interior wall of the mobile home and a rear portion which extends rearwardly of the exterior wall of the mobile home. 
     
     
       5. The fireplace assembly of claim 1, wherein the chimney is connected to and extends substantially vertically from the top of the firebox housing. 
     
     
       6. The fireplace assembly of claim 1, wherein the continuous annular spacing surrounds substantially the entire chimney and the portion of the firebox housing directly adjacent the wall of the mobile home. 
     
     
       7. The fireplace assembly of claim 1, wherein the combustion air intake means further includes a damper means for varying the passage of exterior .[.art.]. .Iadd.air .Iaddend.from the .[.first.]. conduit to the interior of the mobile home. .Iadd. 8. A fireplace assembly particularly suited for use with a mobile home or the like, which fireplace assembly comprises in combination: A. a firebox housing secured to an exterior wall and communicating with the interior of the mobile home;   B. a chimney communicating with the interior of the firebox housing for conducting away the products of combustion formed therein to the exterior of the mobile home;   C. a continuous annular spacing formed in the walls of said firebox housing and said chimney;   D. a combustion air intake means connected to a source of exterior air for conducting exterior air directly into the interior of a mobile home and thereby inhibiting thermosyphonic aspiration;   E. a cooling air intake means connected to a source of exterior air for conducting exterior air into said annular spacing for cooling the firebox housing and chimney;   F. a closure means for controlling the passage of combustion air from the interior of the mobile home to the interior of the firebox housing.