US2311366A

US2311366A - Outdoor fireplace

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Publication number: US2311366A
Application number: US359567A
Authority: US
Inventors: Hugh D Carey
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1940-10-03
Filing date: 1940-10-03
Publication date: 1943-02-16
Anticipated expiration: 1960-02-16

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Feb..16,1943. H. DQcAREY 1 2,311,366

' OUTDOOR FIREPLACE Filed 001'... 3, 1940 2- Sheets-Sheet l IYI/Wi/VE V5 Patented Feb. 16, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE OUTDOOR FIREPLACE.

Hugh D. Garey, Syracuse, N. Y.

Application ctober3, 1940, Serial No. 359,567

8 Claims.

This invention relates to an outdoor fireplace, or a cooking stove. Devices of this type have become quite popular and serve as a valuable adjunct to a home yard, or garden, permitting the cooking of food out of doors during the summer months of the year.

I have found that invariably each home owner incorporates his own structural ideas into the To these ends the invention contemplates a preformed stove unit in the nature of a sheet metal box embodying a particularly novel construction and which when suspended in a hollow vertically arranged masonry of simple construction serves as an efficient cooking unit.

The invention further contemplates an arrangement whereby a portion of the masonry serves as a combination warming closet or oven and a storage place for fuel, the construction as a whole presenting a neat and attractive appearance, all whereby the completed fireplace adds to the attractiveness of the surroundings.

The invention has as a further object the incorporation of means in the pre-formed stove unit for the eflicient regulation for the draft of the fire under varying circumstances, and whereby the stove unit may. be quickly and conveniently cleaned after use, and any accumulation of rain or snow is automatically disposed of withoutinjury to the stove unit.

The invention consists in the novel features and in the combinations and constructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In describing this invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which like characters designate corresponding .parts in all the views.

. Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a fireplace or outdoor cooking stove embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 22, Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a top plane view.

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the stove unit with parts broken away andparts in section.

Figure 5 is a front elevational view ofthe stove unit.

Figure 6 is a top plan view of the fire grate.

The exterior construction of my fireplace consists of a vertically arranged hollow masonry or chimney structure having .a front wall l0, rear wall H, and end walls' I2. The masonry is here shown as formed of bricks and is prefer- I ably constructed upon a suitable base l3.

Thestove unit consists of a rectangular sheet metal box open at the top and formed with an inclined bottom wall I4. In the construction shown, the front wall l5 of the box is of less height than the rear wall I! and the end Walls [8. The front wall 15 of the box and the front wall ID of the masonry are of reduced height to permit the insertion of fuel without removing the cooking grill from the fireplace as will be hereinafter apparent. The walls of the box are formed with integral outwardly flaring flanges 20 adapted to overlie the upper edge of the masonry, .or otherwise engage the same and serve to suspend the box therein. The box is dimensioned to be suspended in the masonry with the side wallsof the .box spaced slightly from the masonry to allow the expansion of the box while the fireplace is in use.

Thebottom wall M of the box inclines downwardly and rearwardly, and the rear wall is provided with one or more apertures 2 l, and the rear wall ll of the masonry is also formed with apertures arrangedin register with the apertures 2|. 1

The apertures in the box are preferably in the nature of a short collarZZ on which a tubular projection 23 may be sleeved and, in wh eh is mounted a vda pe 24 movab p n a ri on a axis and being operable to effect regulation of the draft for the fire which is supported by a grate member 25 removably arranged upon brackets 26 secured to the inner surface of the front and rear walls l5, l1.

A cooking ,grill 28 is removably positioned on the top of the stove unit being supported by inwardly extending flanges ,29 and a rod 30 ex.- tending transversely across the front of the'box.

It will be apparent from the disclosure thus far that the stove unit, .or flre box, can be economieally formed from sheet metal, whereby it is available to the customer for a nominal price. The masonry can be readily .QOnstructed without the aid .of skilled help inasmuch as it consists merely of a rectangular chimneystructure not incorporating any offsets or other complicated constr i In addition to h relati e y low material cost, the fireplace hasthe advanta e .of being particularly durable, for outdoor locations.

The inclined bottom l4 and draft-tubes 23 not only serve as a convenient means for regulating the draft but also serve to permitthe escape of snow and rain from the interior of the stove lunit, whereby .the accumulation of moisture...or ice, wit th re l an amaee t t e fir p ac is prevented. Also, the grate 25 and grill 28'are readily removable and may be stored indoors receive a door frame 35 carrying a door 36 to f provide access to the interior of the masonry below the stove unit. This compartment may be divided into an upper and lower compartment I have found that ..the upper as by rods 31. compartment serves as a dutch oven whereby food cooked on the grill 28 may be stored and.

kept warm until ready for use., The compartments below the rods 31 form a convenient storage place for charcoal or other fuel. I have found that the addition of one or two courses of brick above-the grill 28 serves to prevent cross drafts from unnecessarily cooling the grill.

What I claim is:

1. An outdoor fireplace comprising a vertically arranged hollow masonry structure, the walls of which are vertically disposed and forming uniformly throughout its height, in a horizontal cross-section, a substantially closed structure having an open top, and a unitary metallic box-like structure supported entirely therein, fuel supporting means in the box-like structure and means to receive food to be' cooked supported in the hollow masonry below the top thereof, the structure of the masonry being such that an opening between the top of one wall thereof and the food supporting means is provided, and through which opening fuel is inserted to be received on said fuel supporting means.

2. An outdoor fireplace comprising a vertically arranged hollow masonry structure open at its top and a unitary metallic opentop boxlike structure supported therein, the said masonry consisting of front, side and rear walls, the top of said front wall thereof being of lesser height than the tops of said side and rear walls, fuel supporting means in the box-like structure below the top of the masonry front wall, and means to receive and support food to be cooked mounted in the hollow masonry below the top of the side and rear walls of the masonry and above the top of the said masonry front wall thereby providing an opening between the top of thesaid front wall and the food supporting means and through which opening fuel may be inserted to be received on said fuel supporting means and whereby the said side and rear walls also prevent undue drafts of air that are detrimental to combustion as well as to the food that is being cooked;

3. .A fireplace as defined in and by claim 2 and wherein the said box-like structure comprises front, side and rear walls and a bottom, the said rear wall having an opening thereinadjacent the said bottom, means to open and close the said opening in the rear wall of the box-like structure and said means when open permitting debris to be flushed from the said box-like structure out through the said opening.

4. An outdoor fireplace comprising a vertically arranged hollow masonry structure open at its top and a sheet metal box-like structure also open at its top supported therein, by means of outwardly extending integral flanges which flanges extend into the said masonry, the said masonry consisting of front, side and rear. walls,

the top of said front wall thereof being of lesser height than the tops of said side and rear walls all of which are of the same height, a fuel grate in the box-like structure below the top of the masonry front wall, and a grill to receive'and support food to be cooked mounted in the hollow masonry below the top of the side and rear walls of the masonry and above the top of the said masonry front wall thereby providing an opening between the top of the said front wall and the grilland through which opening fuel may be inserted to be received on said grate and whereby .the said side and rear walls also prevent undue drafts of air that are detrimental to combustion as well as to the food that is being cooked.

5. A fireplace as defined in and by claim a and wherein the said box-like structure comprises front, side and rear walls and a bottom, the said bottom being inclined downwardly from the front wall to the said rear wall of the box-like structure, and the said rear wall of the box-like struc-- ture having an opening therein adjacent the said bottom, pivoted means for opening and closing the said opening, and said pivoted means when open permitting debris to be flushed from the box-like structure out through the said opening.

6. An outdoor fireplace comprising a vertically arranged hollow masonry structure open at its top and a sheet metal open top box-like structure consisting ,of integral front, side and rear walls,'and an inclined bottom supported therein by means of outwardly extending flanges integral with the saidwalls thereof which flanges extend into the said masonry, and the said front wall of the box-like structure being of lesser height than the side and rear walls thereof, the said masonry consisting of front, side and rear walls, the top of said front wall thereof being of lesser height than the tops of said side and rear walls, and the disposition of the box-like structure within the hollow masonry being such that the top of the front wall thereof is below the top of the front wall of the masonry and the tops of the side and rear walls thereof are below the side and rear walls of the masonry, fuel grate means in the box-like structure below the top of the masonry front wall and below the top of the front wall'of the box-like structure, and a grill means to receive and support food to be cooked mounted in the hollow masonry below the top of the side and rear walls, of the masonry and above the top of the saidmasonry front wall thereby providing an opening between the top of the said front wall ofthe masonry and the grill and through which opening fuel may be inserted to be received on said grate and whereby the said side and rear walls of the masonry structure also prevent undue draftsof air'that are detrimental to combustion as well as to the food that is being cooked.

7. A fireplace as defined in and by claim 6 wherein the said rear wall of the box-like structure is provided with an opening adjacent the said inclined bottom, pivoted means for opening and closing the said opening in the box-like structure, and said pivoted means when open permitting debris to be removed from the boxlike structure out through the said opening.

8. A fireplace as defined in and by claim 6 wherein the said side walls of the box-like structure are in spaced relation to the said side walls of the masonry structure thereby permitting expansion of box-like structure.

HUGH D. CAREY.