Burn Pot Extension

• US 20170051921A1
• Filed: 08/17/2016
• Published: 02/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Steve R. Ford
• Original Assignee: Steve R. Ford
• Inventors: Ford, Steve R.
• Application Number:
  US15/239,334
• Publication Number:
  US 20170051921A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F23B 40/08 into pot- or trough-shaped grates
• CPC Class Codes: F23H 17/00 Details of grates
• CPC Class Codes: F24B 1/024 for pulverulent fuels
• CPC Class Codes: F24B 1/195 Fireboxes; Frames; Hoods; Heat reflectors

Abstract

A first lateral wall and a tapered second lateral wall are joined together to create a burn pot extension. Mounting braces connected along a first lower edge of the first lateral wall allow for the burn pot extension to be secured to a burn pot. The first lateral wall is formed from a first panel, a second panel, and a third panel, while the second lateral wall is formed from a first inclined panel and a second inclined panel. The first lateral wall extends the effective volume of a burn pot, with a burn region being defined interior to the first lateral wall. The second lateral wall serves to funnel fuel, such as wood pellets, into the burn region. The area between the second lateral was is thus defined as a feed region. The burn pot extension ultimately allows for higher burn temperatures and several derived benefits.

Claims

1. A burn pot extension comprises:

a first lateral wall;

a second lateral wall;

a plurality of mounting braces;

the first lateral wall comprises a first lower edge, a first upper edge, and a first interior surface;

the second lateral wall comprises a second lower edge, a second upper edge, and a second interior surface;

the second lower edge being connected along the first upper edge of the first lateral wall;

the second lateral wall tapering from the second upper edge to the second lower edge;

the plurality of mounting braces being mounted along the first lower edge;

a burn region being delineated by the first interior surface; and

a feed region being delineated by the second interior surface.

2. The burn pot extension as claimed in claim 1 comprises:

the plurality of mounting braces being positioned into the burn region, opposite the feed region.

3. The burn pot extension as claimed in claim 1 comprises:

the first lateral wall comprises a first panel, a second panel, and a third panel;

the first panel and the second panel being parallel with each other;

the third panel being positioned adjacent to the first panel and the second panel;

the third panel being perpendicular to the first panel and the second panel; and

the third panel being connected between the first panel and the second panel.

4. The burn pot extension as claimed in claim 3 comprises:

the plurality of mounting braces comprises a first brace, a second brace, and a third brace;

an auxiliary brace;

the first brace being connected adjacent to the first panel;

the second brace being connected adjacent to the second panel;

the third brace being connected adjacent to the third panel; and

the auxiliary brace being connected adjacent to the third panel, opposite the third brace.

5. The burn pot extension as claimed in claim 1 comprises:

the second lateral wall comprises a first inclined panel and a second inclined panel;

the first inclined panel and the second inclined panel being positioned opposite each other about the first upper edge;

the first inclined panel being adjacently connected along the first upper edge; and

the second inclined panel being adjacently connected along the first upper edge.

6. The burn pot extension as claimed in claim 5 comprises:

the first inclined panel and the second inclined panel each being angularly offset from the first interior surface at an obtuse angle.

7. The burn pot extension as claimed in claim 1 comprises:

the first lateral wall being made from a heat-resistant material.

8. The burn pot extension as claimed in claim 7 wherein the heat-resistant material is stainless steel.

9. The burn pot extension as claimed in claim 1 comprises:

the second lateral wall being made from a heat-resistant material.

10. The burn pot extension as claimed in claim 9 wherein the heat-resistant material is stainless steel.

11. The burn pot extension as claimed in claim 1 comprises:

the plurality of mounting braces being made from a heat-resistant material.

12. The burn pot extension as claimed in claim 11 wherein the heat-resistant material is stainless steel.