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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Christopher L. Flick, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Corbit Beasey, Roanoke, IN (US);
David M. Christensen, O'Fallon, IL (US);
Robert B. Zahm, Huntington, IN (US);
Assignee:
American Hearth Systems, Inc., Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24C 3/00 ; F23J 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24C 3/00 ; F23J 1/100 ;
Abstract
A direct vent gas fireplace has an angled flue pipe that can be directed horizontally out of the back of the fireplace or vertically out of the top of the fireplace, a baffle that conceals an exhaust opening in the back of the fireplace heat chamber from view while minimizing shielding of the firebox panels surrounding the fireplace heat chamber, and an air column that directly channels venting air from the flue pipe downwardly across the back panel of the firebox to an air inlet adjacent to the bottom of the firebox.