Potbelly stove

A potbelly stove is a small cast-iron cylindrical stove. The deduction for the flue gas is either side of the upper part - mounted vertically or - as with most stoves. Due to the construction of such furnaces are designed for the combustion of coal, but also other solid materials such as wood or peat are burnt.

This cylinder is the firebox for coal with the ash grate and ash pan underneath, which are closed during the burning process with corresponding doors. Similar cast iron stoves of larger size already existed in the 18th century. The cylindrical shape and the resulting similarity with cannons, which gave him the names were. Especially prevalent these furnaces were in Central Europe since the second half of the 19th century. The heat output ranged mostly from just a single rooms, different sizes were accordingly offered. In addition to its function as a heat source to the pot-bellied stove was also used as a decorative element. So over time developed modified forms of this furnace that are incorrectly referred to as a pot-bellied stove.

Due to the now in force in many European countries, more stringent regulations for air pollution control, such as in Germany, the First Regulation implementing the Federal Pollution Control Act, such furnaces are no longer allowed in the rule and therefore hard to find on the market yet.

Disguised iron stove for heating in the passenger car 171 C4 Süddeutsche Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, 2011 here at the Blonay -Chamby

Bellied stove in a former prison in Belgium