Wood burning stove

Abstract

A stove having a drying chamber and a combustion chamber wherein fuel is dried in the drying chamber before being burned in the combustion chamber. In one embodiment, the drying chamber is located above the combustion chamber so that after the fuel is dried in the drying chamber it can be dropped into the combustion chamber for combustion.

1 . A stove for burning fuel to produce heat, said stove comprising:
 a housing;   a combustion chamber removably combined with the housing and adapted to receive and burn fuel therein;   a drying chamber removably combined with the housing wherein the drying chamber is in communication with the combustion chamber so that heat from the combustion chamber is transferred into the drying chamber to dry the fuel in the drying chamber before it is burned in the combustion chamber.   
   
   
       2 . A stove for burning fuel to produce heat, said stove comprising:
 a housing;   a combustion chamber combined with the housing and adapted to receive and burn fuel therein;   a drying chamber combined with the housing above the combustion chamber wherein the drying chamber is in communication with the combustion chamber so that heat from the combustion chamber is transferred upward into the drying chamber to dry the fuel in the drying chamber before it is burned in the combustion chamber;   wherein the drying chamber comprises a movable member adapted to move from a first position wherein the fuel is held in the drying chamber to a second position wherein the fuel is dropped from the drying chamber into the combustion chamber.   
   
   
       3 . The stove of  claim 2  wherein the fuel is wood. 
   
   
       4 . The stove of  claim 2  wherein the movable member is moved from the first position to the second position by an actuator. 
   
   
       5 . The stove of  claim 2  wherein the drying chamber is removable from the housing. 
   
   
       6 . The stove of  claim 2  wherein the combustion chamber is removable from the housing. 
   
   
       7 . The stove of  claim 2  further comprising an ash chamber combined with the housing below the combustion chamber and adapted to receive ash from the combustion chamber. 
   
   
       8 . The stove of  claim 7  wherein the ash chamber is removable from the housing. 
   
   
       9 . A stove for burning fuel to produce heat, said stove comprising:
 a housing;   a combustion chamber combined with the housing and adapted to receive and burn fuel therein;   a drying chamber combined with the housing above the combustion chamber wherein the drying chamber is in communication with the combustion chamber so that heat from the combustion chamber is transferred upward into the drying chamber to dry the fuel in the drying chamber before it is burned in the combustion chamber; and   a exhaust duct for carrying exhaust away from the stove wherein the exhaust duct is located above the drying chamber so the heated exhaust must travel from the combustion chamber through the drying chamber and into the exhaust duct which carries the heated exhaust away from the stove.