(19)
(11) EP 0 037 281 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
23.12.1981 Bulletin 1981/51

(43) Date of publication A2:
07.10.1981 Bulletin 1981/40

(21) Application number: 81301389

(22) Date of filing: 31.03.1981
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE DE FR GB SE

(30) Priority: 02.04.1980 US 136687
28.07.1980 US 173155

(71) Applicant: CORNING GLASS WORKS
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(72) Inventors:
  • VanDewoestine, Robert Vernon
     ()
  • Albertsen, Peter S.
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(54) Solid fuel burning stove and catalytic converter


(57) A stove for use in burning solid fuel such as coal or wood has a catalytic converter (24) which comprises a plurality of catalytic cells which may be located in the flue (20) of the stove. Each cell has a length oriented in the direction of the flow of the exhaust and a volume in cubic inches expressed as functions of the density (N) of the cells in a direction perpen- diculartothe exhaustflow. This function is at least:






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