CONVERTIBLE CAMP STOVE 



ADAPTATION TO LOCATION AND USE 



This camp stove is an unusual type, the funda- 

 mental idea for which was developed by region 

 1 of the United States Forest Service. It is especi- 

 ally well adapted for use in the forest areas, 

 where camp stove cooking facilities are re- 

 quired. The unit is low and, if carefully con- 

 structed with an appropriate type of stone found 

 in the immediate locality, this stove is most ac- 

 ceptable. 



The necessity for a chimney, which adds to 

 the massiveness of any camp stove, is avoided 

 by the hinged plate shown in figure 4. In the 

 areas of high fire hazard, it is difficult in this 

 stove to control the sparks, which in the type 

 shown on plate X can be easily controlled by a 

 spark arrester in the low chimney. 



This stove is easily converted into a warming 

 fire by raising the plate, as shown in figures 2 

 and 4. 



Most camp stoves are too massive for use in 

 open and semiopen areas, and are only 

 adapted for practical use in connection with 

 camp units where natural screen planting 

 between the units exists. The necessity for 

 screen planting where this stove is used is not 

 as great as where the larger and more imposing 

 units are used. This type of camp stove seems 

 to have excellent possibilities as a most useful 

 unit easily converted from picnic use to camp 

 use or vice versa. 



DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION 



The plate may be of cast iron or of 10-gage 

 boilerplate, bent to fit the design of the stove 

 as shown in figures 1 and 4. If a cast-iron plate 

 is used, the front part of the plate should be 

 counterbalanced by additional weight in the 

 curved portion of the plate back of the hinge in 

 order that the sudden dropping of the plate on 

 the top of the brickwork will not injure the plate. 

 If 10-gage boiler plate is used for the top of the 

 fireplace, it is not necessary that any counter- 

 balance weight be used. 



The hinge on which the plate revolves is 

 located as shown in figure 4 and is anchored 

 in the stone masonry as shown in figure 6. The 

 increased width of the front portion of the plate 

 (figs. 1 and 5) allows the plate when raised 

 to rest against the side walls, as shown in fig- 

 ure 2. 



The hearth should slope sUghtly to the front, 

 and at the front edge it may be level with 

 the surrounding ground. If, in exceptional in- 

 stances, the camper desires a more convenient 

 height for the top of the plate, the hearth may 

 be raised approximately 6 inches above the 

 ground level. 



The underside of the plate is reenforced with 

 2- by 2-inch angle irons, which are welded to 

 the plate to prevent warping and possible 

 sagging. These angles are pierced to allow the 

 hinge rod to pass through. 



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