PATENTED STOVE TYPE 



XHERE are a number of types of patented 

 stoves adapted for use on camp grounds and 

 picnic areas. These stoves are apparently 

 designed primarily for cooking purposes, and 

 the author has seen few of these patented 

 stoves which, either before or after being 

 covered with a stone masonry "shell", seem 

 appropriate in a forest setting. They are 

 excellently adapted to the more intensively 

 used camp ground and picnic areas, near the 

 centers of considerable population. The shape 

 and appearance of these units are such that 

 they do not seem to blend happily with the 

 natural surroundings. 



DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION 



Many of the patented stoves do not have a 

 chimney. They are designed with an opening 

 at the back of the irebox. The draft control, 

 fire box, hearth, top grate or plate, and other 

 mechanical features vary with each type of 

 patented stove, and the stone masonry work 

 should conform to the particular type of con- 

 struction. 



Unless the patented stove has a metal back 

 and sides, a fire-clay brick lining should form 

 a part of the enclosing masonry shell. 



It is customary to provide, in the construction 

 of these stoves, a ventilating air-space (see 

 fig. 4), between the metal and the masonry. 

 This air-space ought to be thoroughly sealed 

 at the top. 



The sketch in figure 2 shows another type of 

 stove enclosed in a stone masonry covering. 

 The use of this type of stove with the square 

 metal chimney as shown in the sketch, gives 

 rise to considerable difference of opinion con- 

 cerning the appropriateness of this kind of a 

 chimney to the forest surroundings. 



There may be a few instances in which 

 it is more desirable to use an inconspicuous, 

 although distinctly artificial chimney of this 

 type than to construct a massive chimney which 

 is equally as far out of proportion to the camp 

 stove. In general, the use of this type of stove, 

 with the chimney as shown in the sketch, 

 ought to be discouraged in spite of its practical 

 value. 



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