A safety barrier heat exchanger for a heating appliance such as a fireplace or furnace is provided. The safety barrier heat exchanger includes a housing configured for attachment across the viewable opening of a fireplace or a barrier window of a furnace, and a plurality of optically transparent, semi-transparent or translucent safety barriers secured within the housing in spaced apart relationship to define a tortuous or serpentine passageway through which a forced bulk flow of ambient air is passed across a viewable opening or barrier window more than one time. Also provided are fireplace systems comprising the safety barrier heat exchanger.

A safety barrier heat exchanger for a heating appliance such as a fireplace or furnace is provided. The safety barrier heat exchanger includes a housing configured for attachment across the viewable opening of a fireplace or a barrier window of a furnace, and a plurality of optically transparent, semi-transparent or translucent safety barriers secured within the housing in spaced apart relationship to define a tortuous or serpentine passageway through which a forced bulk flow of ambient air is passed across a viewable opening or barrier window more than one time. Also provided are fireplace systems comprising the safety barrier heat exchanger.

A combined furniture and heating device having a concealable electric fireplace insert installed within a fireplace compartment of a furniture apparatus is provided. The electric fireplace insert has a front surface from which simulated flames are viewable when an opening of the fireplace compartment is uncovered so that the furniture apparatus is configured in its open configuration. The furniture apparatus includes a concealing panel removably installable over the opening configure the device in a concealed configuration so that the electric fireplace insert and its simulated flames viewable at its front surface are at least partially concealed. Power to a heating apparatus of the electric fireplace insert is turned on and off by a disabling device as the concealing panel is alternated between the open and concealed configurations. The disabling device can include a switch or a thermistor.

A combined furniture and heating device having a concealable electric fireplace insert installed within a fireplace compartment of a furniture apparatus is provided. The electric fireplace insert has a front surface from which simulated flames are viewable when an opening of the fireplace compartment is uncovered so that the furniture apparatus is configured in its open configuration. The furniture apparatus includes a concealing panel removably installable over the opening configure the device in a concealed configuration so that the electric fireplace insert and its simulated flames viewable at its front surface are at least partially concealed. Power to a heating apparatus of the electric fireplace insert is turned on and off by a disabling device as the concealing panel is alternated between the open and concealed configurations. The disabling device can include a switch or a thermistor.

A heat deflector for a firepit includes a first fire screen, and a top assembly that reflects radiant heat. The heat deflector has an operational configuration wherein the top assembly covers the top fire screen, which is placed over a receptacle of the firepit. The heat deflector has a storage configuration wherein at least the first fire screen is stored within the receptacle.

A heat deflector for a firepit includes a first fire screen, and a top assembly that reflects radiant heat. The heat deflector has an operational configuration wherein the top assembly covers the top fire screen, which is placed over a receptacle of the firepit. The heat deflector has a storage configuration wherein at least the first fire screen is stored within the receptacle.

The present invention relates to a fire pit wind screen device for protecting or shielding flames of a fire pit from the wind. The wind screen device can be used with any fire pit to block a portion of the fire pit from wind. The device includes vertical bolted stakes, a lower circular ring bolted to the inner surfaces of the stakes proximal to the bottom of the stakes, and an upper circular ring bolted to the inner surfaces of the stakes. The rings can move vertically along the longitudinal axis of the stakes to adjust the effective height of the device. The wind screen is a convex shaped guard or shield that can block the wind and shield the flames of the fire pit. The shield is configured to rotate to a position and direction wherein the convex surface faces into the wind.

A portable draft inducer is adapted to assist a user in starting a fire in a fireplace and to prevent smoke from the newly ignited fire from entering an adjoining room when the fire is first started.

A portable draft inducer is adapted to assist a user in starting a fire in a fireplace and to prevent smoke from the newly ignited fire from entering an adjoining room when the fire is first started.

A fire pit cover includes a cap body, a bottom sleeve, a first high-temperature thread, a second high-temperature thread, a weighted ring, and a pair of handles. The cap body includes a flat top portion and an annular lateral portion. The flat top portion, the annular lateral portion, the bottom sleeve, and the pair of handles is made of a silica-glass-fabric material to withstand high temperature of the fire pit/stove. A top end of the annular lateral portion is perimetrically hermetically connected around the flat top portion to the flat top portion through the first high-temperature thread. The bottom sleeve is perimetrically positioned around a bottom end of the annular lateral portion and hermetically connected to the annular lateral portion through the second high-temperature thread. The weighted ring is enclosed within the bottom sleeve. The pair of handles is laterally connected to the annular lateral portion.