CA2144191A1 - Ready-to-burn fireplace - Google Patents

Abstract

In order to compensate for the lack of knowledge in the start of fire for the majority of the population, we have designed a "ready-to-burn" simplified, accessible and whose efficiency is miraculous. This is a mixture of fuels, skilfully corded, retained together adequately, one of the three proposed versions based on a starting fire base. This patent improves, in particular, American patent no. 4621854, registered December 9, 1986.

Description

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DESCRIPTIVE MEMORY
1) FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention generally relates to the field of firewood, to its preservation and conservation, to "ready-to-burn" field, in the treatment of fuels in presence in particular to stabilize the humidity percentage, from the sap and resins contained in the wood, to that of decoration, air purification and storage "ready-to-burn" in small batches or on pallets.

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2) DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
The conventional way to mount a wood fire in a fireplace or in a stove is to put cardboard, paper at its base or twigs, properly stack fine dry wood split on this boot base and then cover it with larger wood taking care to leave enough space between the pieces so that the fire breathes and ignites easily.
It goes without saying that successfully starting a fire every time, for the majority of people, is a wonder. Solutions to facilitate its start-up then appeared. We have saw the birth of a variety of start-ups of natural origins or synthetic and logs built with sawdust and toxic glues.
It is true that the consumer then enjoys a flame in its space of fire which has nothing to do with the aesthetic aspect of a real fire with its smell, its heat and the light effects anticipated.
In order to compensate for this shortcoming, we have developed our ready to burn.

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By doing research at the patent office, we realized that a much more limiting patent than ours, of American origin No. 4627854, registered on 9 December 1986 existed. We meticulously compared it to our invention and we present in this patent a series improvements that we claim.

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3) SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Compared to U.S. Patent No. 4,627,854, the present improvements relate favorably to simplification of the manufacturing process and improving efficiency.
We remove the expensive and very polluting box to manufacture in the foyer. We replace it in version 1 with a thin, processed and very effective starting base, almost magic, which in addition to properly starting the fire, serves to retain the wood in place.
We also use a safe, simple and effective way place the wood over the base to stimulate the flame. We let's make a clever mix of several tree species and we use dry wood and wood that contains a lot of sap. In particular, we retain the principle of packaging combustible products with materials that have components rubber bands and the clever treatment of combustibles results in a series of effects sought by consumers warned. These make the fire start easily, burn out well and lasts for hours. In addition, they want a montage aesthetic, that the coloring, the smell and the effects be modified or accentuated to create the ambiance sought, what we created, without any inconvenience or difficulty attached to it.

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The creative idea of this "ready to burn" ensures that everyone, from children to women, the elderly, people physically handicapped and those without any baggage of knowledge on fire, start suddenly, safely a fire at a reasonable price.

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4) BRIEF EXPOSURE OF THE DRAWINGS
The drawings Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 18 demonstrate the assembly generally retained for the design of "ready-to-burn".
The drawings Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 18 demonstrate our preferences for shapes retained for mounting of our "ready-to-burn".
The drawings Nos. 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 explain the type of storage designed for the transport of our products as well as the principle of fasteners to hold our products in place, especially on pallets, bases or boxes.

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5) DESCRIPTION OF AN EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION
This patent includes in our version # 1, general-ment, a base of wood or wood derivatives (figure I, # 1), either in the present illustration of the type thin cardboard recycled cell which initially contained new ones which is generally treated with products that modify its burn times, extend fire time and improve the quality of combustion.
The base (figure 1, # 1) is covered with dry wood and will be dry starter (Figure 1, # 2), dry firewood, served dry or green, (figure 1, # 3), and finally, one or more logs dry wood, will be dry or green (figure 1, # 5) which are maintained in place either with straps, (Figure 1, # 4) and / or nets (figure 2, # 6) and (figure 3, # 6) and / or with products packing.
These are made with materials of all types and all sources, whether they are extensible or not. This "loan to burn ", is then, as required, generally covered a bag that comes from natural or synthetic materials, openwork and / or printed or not.

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In our version number 2 (figure 3), we note the absence base of fire to keep only a bundle of components dry and / or semi-dry and / or green wood or its derivatives, treated or not, in whole or in part. The shapes will either be a triangle, (figure 3), more or less flattened a circle (figure 4), an oval (figure 5), a square (figure 6), a rectangle (figure 7), a trapezoid (figure 8), a pentagon (figure 10), a hexagon (figure 11), a heptagon (figure 12), an octagon (figure 13) and / or a union which combines several of these forms to cite as an example a triangle mounted on a base rectangular (Figure 9). We also remember, a way different (version # 3) to store the wood together (figure 18) either split logs, placed back to back with spaces air between the points like teeth of a saw.
We choose different ways to package several "loans to burn ", in particular by arranging them with principles of innovative retention (Figures 14, 15 and 16), such as on pallets and / or bases and / or boxes.

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Pallets and / or bases and / or boxes will be manufactured with or without sides, (figure 14, Nos 1 to 6), (figure 15, Nos 3 and 6), (figure 15, No 5) and (figure 17, No 2, abc), that they be mounted with rigid or flexible, opaque materials, (Figure 14, Nos 2 and 4) or transparent (Figure 14, No 2) and / or openwork, (figure 14, nos 3, 4, 5 and 6), and / or in fillets, (figure 14, Nos 2, 3, 4 and 6), and (figure 16, Nos 5) and / or with a hinge system, (figure 15 No 8) and (figure 17 No 2, b and c).
Another version of post retention mechanism perpendicular to the pallet is the use of pieces of frame retention, (figure 17, No 2, a, b, c), i.e.
plate obtained with a punching principle where the tips of metal are released perpendicularly from the plate to inking. These plates will be used as brackets, (figure 17, No 2, a), the board (figure 17, No. l) descending more has to lean on the pallet or hinge, (figure 17, No 5) or a plate whose end of the first (figure 17, No 3, a) serves as the male part to the female part, (figure 3, b), one of which merges into the other to act as a system self-locking with or without retention strap (figure 15, No 5).

Claims (25)

1. Simplification of the original process by:
a) the use of a starting light base, treated or not, which holds the materials together fuels b) the use of fasteners and / or nets and / or bags among others but not exclusively for maintaining them in place, either for aesthetics, the promotional aspect desired and commercial attraction. 2. The elongated shapes, in the shape of a triangle or pyramid more or less flattened (figure 1, 2 and 3), round (fig. 4) or oval (fig. 5) or square (fig. 6) or rectangular, (fig. 7) or trapezoid, (fig.8) or pentagonal, (fig.10) or exagonal, (fig.11) or heptagonal, (fig.12) or octagonal (fig.13) and / or the mixture of the components present to quote in example a triangle which rests on a rectangle (fig. 9). 3. The principle of wood retention on the starting base fire especially by adhesion and by the lateral support from the fire start base.

12. 4. The principle of associating and integrating together in the same packaging of starter and firewood, which either dry, semi dry or green, in small and larger pieces, with or without fire starter base. 5. The principle of integrating treated or untreated wood together from essences of all kinds, dried or not, with natural and / or artificial methods. This wood can be free or held together in bundles by all types of fasteners. 6. The use of wood products or derivatives, in form of cells with a uniform base and / or a hole, among other things for facilitate air circulation which promotes starting progressive and uniform fire. 7. The use of a perforated fire base, especially for stimulate the chimney suction effect during combustion and / or to reduce the accumulation of water in the base during the transportation and storage period to facilitate its storage and / or to modify its appearance aesthetic.

13. 8. Processing, mainly but not exclusively by soaking, in hot products or not and by all other known processes for treating wood, combustible products, fire bases and / or fasteners and / or nets and / or covering materials, such as, but not exclusively by pressure, by spraying or applying with a brush.

These mainly, but not exclusively, are a water-based mixture of fatty and / or oily materials and / or their derivatives of all kinds, of resin and / or sap and / or gum and / or minerals, in the form of diluted or concentrated, whether from provenance vegetable and / or mineral and / or animal and / or synthetic, used alone or together, paraffin and waxes, insecticides, stabilizers, sanitizer, oils essentials and perfumes, tinctures, bleaching, alcohol and other natural products and / or chemical and / or synthetic for a treatment designed to:

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a) asepticization, either to drive out or eliminate insects, worms, caterpillars and all others types of wood pests, to prevent deterioration of all kinds and reduce to eliminate the transmission of diseases from our tree species' producing countries that can be transmissible to the vegetation of other countries.

b) improvement of the calorific value of the base of fire, wood and fuel used for fire c) generate a burning, stable, continuous flame as well as a prolonged combustion d) delay the combustion of nets, fasteners and packaging products that hold together components on the "ready to burn"

e) promote uniform ignition and increase starting stability and reliability 15.

f) generate controlled combustion from start to the end of the fire, all or part of the fuel used in the "ready to burn"

g) modify the surface and / or depth of the structure original or natural shade either for wood, fasteners, bags, nets and materials packing h) modify the natural coloring of the flame i) improving the power of the flame, its aesthetic appearance and its light effects j) the modification of the original odor of the essences of wood used, fire base and products that used for treatment before, during and after combustion k) modification and / or stabilization of the percentage sap and resin moisture in wood and other combustion products.

16. 9. Stamping of the packaging and / or components of the "loan to burn. (fig. 1, # 7 and 8). 10. Uniform alignment or not of the pieces of wood, of a single or more than one side at a time. (fig. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, 8,9,10,11,12, and l3), (fig. 18), or for several "loans-to burn, (fig. 16). 11. The use of net-like materials as a means attachment and / or retention and / or to modify its appearance aesthetic. 12. Use of nets and / or fasteners and / or materials packaging made with components that have a percentage of elasticity. 13. The use of flame retardants which delay and / or modify the duration of combustion in materials used for fire, packaging and retention of "ready-to-burn". 14. Use of a mixture of natural wood and / or derivatives of wood, treated or not, and designed to be used together or separately, with or without the addition of products additional fuels.

17. 15. Use as product covering materials combustible, hermetically sealed and / or porous bags and / or ventilated and / or perforated and / or braided and / or printed which are made with natural and / or synthetic materials. 16. The use of metal wires as fasteners including some may melt during combustion. 17. The use of essential oils and / or synthesis to mask and / or accentuate and / or produce by evaporation of fumes that purify the air in a way continuous and / or which modify the smell of wood species, oils, paraffin, waxes and other products that process the mixture. 18. Addition of twigs, hay, shavings, sawdust of wood, treated or not, with the products and the process of manufacture retained in claim No. 8. 19. The use of recycled combustion materials and / or new, sawn or split, and / or in logs, used alone or separately. 20. The use of a starting base made of wood and / or derivatives, treated or not.

18. 21. Safe treatment to delay combustion, especially but not exclusively, for storage periods, in stores and for home storage buyers. 22. Nets, fasteners and coating materials which are made with combustible materials, treated or not with products that change their burning time. 23. Principles of assembly and packaging retained:
a) The wood is placed in individual packages or in groups of bundles or cord or cord and / or by the meter cube, tied together or not and / or in bags and / or coated with a net b) the original idea is to arrange on bases and / or boxes and / or pallets firewood, wood decorative, lumber and "ready to burn"
(fig. # 14,15 and 16). The principle (fig. # 14) is to remember the wood in place by adding it to the palette (fig. 14 # 1) fixed or removable sides, made of materials rigid and / or flexible and / or elastic (fig. 14 # 3), whether they are solid (fig. 14 # 2 and 4) or perforated (fig. 14 19.

23, b) # 3,4,5,6). Materials used, of natural origin or synthetic are (fig. 14, # 2) either tissue or a thin membrane of expandable plastic, whether opaque or transparent and (fig. 14 # 3) products of mesh openwork retention, made with same materials or with others that contain a elasticity percentage c) as illustrated in figure # 15, the wood can be held in place by perpendicular sticks placed at the ends of the base and / or the box and / or pallets (fig. 15 # 1) or generally by nails or flaws (fig. 15 # 4) and / or held in place by fasteners (fig. 15 # 2) and / or retained wedged in placed by a partition on the edge of the pallet (fig.
15, # 7) and / or a hinge retains the base of the post retention of the pallet which allows it to fold back on the pallet (fig. 15 # 8). In addition, a clip (fig. 15 # 5) can connect the sticks (fig. 15 # 6) of the two (2) opposite sides. Illustrated in Figure # 16, a strap (fig. 16, # 5) tensioned holds the batch of wood on the pallet (fig. 16 # 1).

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d) the retention post (figure 17, No 1) is retained with structural assembly plates, provided of anchor points, (figure 17, No 4). The arms of retention (figure 17, No 1) can be maintained in place, vertically, by a square, (figure 17 No 2, a) or by a hinge, (figure 17, No 2, b) or by a new type of inking that we created, (Figure 17 No 2, c, 17 No 3, and 17 Nos 3, a and b).
This one, by the junction of a male part (figure 17 No 3, a) to a female part, (figure 17, No 3, b) retention, supports the pressure of the loading on the anchor post (figure 17 No 1) and absorb shock e) in Figure 14, to hold the wood in place on the base and / or box and / or pallet (fig 14 # 1) materials used will be of natural origin or synthetic, transparent or opaque, in solid materials such as wood or its derivatives, light metals and plastics, whether in filled spaces (fig. 14 # 4) or continuous (fig. 14 # 5) in the form of a net or openwork (fig.14 # 6) or elastic net (fig.14 # 3) f) the base and / or the box and / or the pallet (fig. 14,15 and 16 # 1) may be covered with materials waterproof to protect the wood from bad weather g) "ready to burn" will be stored on bases and / or boxes and / or pallets so that it be possible to make maximum use of the space storage. They will either be placed with the tip in the air (fig.16 # 2) or upside down (fig.16, # 3) or in position more or less perpendicular (fig. 16, # 4) and / or a mixture of these positions. 24. We note that the "ready to burn" is also used as a decorative object or a decorative item generally for the home, home, office and / or for the exterior. 25. The original idea of the cordage of wood whose logs are placed back to back and the points are left behind, perpendicular and directed outwards, in particular upwards (figure 18 from a to d) and downwards (figure 18 from e to h). These are held by straps (figure 18 No.1) and or nets (Figure 18 No.2) which have or not a percentage of elasticity. The nets may be placed in the longitudinal or transverse direction.