Electric fire with simulated flame effect

摘要

An electric fire has a simulated flame effect and comprises a simulated fire grate (10) simulating the appearance of burning coals or wood (11) in a real fire. A simulated flame object generator (18) is located out of an normal line of sight when the fire is viewed when installed. An optical system produces a real image (29) of the simulated flame object located at least partly above the coal or wood of the simulated fire grate. The real image is produced by a combination of a partially reflecting surface (23) located between the flame object generator and the desired location of the real image (29) so that a virtual image of the flame object would appear reflected in the surface at this desired location, and a reflecting surface (25) on the same side of the partially reflecting surface as the flame object generator to produce the real image transmitted through the partially reflecting surface. IMAGE