U.S. patent application number 11/139387 was filed with the patent office on 2006-11-30 for waste collector for barbecue grill.
Invention is credited to Kiosky Chung.
Application Number | 20060266345 11/139387 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 37461881 |
Filed Date | 2006-11-30 |
United States Patent
Application |
20060266345 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Chung; Kiosky |
November 30, 2006 |
Waste collector for barbecue grill
Abstract
A barbecue grill includes a grill body, and a waste collector.
The waste collector includes a support member, and a regulating
member. The support member has two side walls each formed with a
plurality of elongated ventilating holes each connected to the
through hole of the grill body. The regulating member has two side
walls each movably mounted in a respective side wall of the support
member and each formed with a plurality of elongated ventilating
holes each connected to a respective one of the ventilating holes
of the support member. Thus, the waste collector can regulate the
ventilating effect of the grill body, thereby enhancing the cooking
efficiency of the barbecue grill.
Inventors: |
Chung; Kiosky; (Taichung
City, TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
CHARLES E. BAXLEY, ESQ.
90 JOHN STREET
THIRD FLOOR
NEW YORK
NY
10038
US
|
Family ID: |
37461881 |
Appl. No.: |
11/139387 |
Filed: |
May 27, 2005 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
126/25R |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47J 37/0704 20130101;
A47J 37/0786 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
126/025.00R |
International
Class: |
F24B 3/00 20060101
F24B003/00 |
Claims
1. A barbecue grill, comprising: a grill body having a bottom face
formed with a through hole; a waste collector mounted on the bottom
face of the grill body and facing the through hole of the grill
body; wherein the waste collector includes a support member mounted
on the bottom face of the grill body and facing the through hole of
the grill body, and a regulating member movably mounted on the
support member; the support member has two side walls each formed
with a plurality of elongated ventilating holes each connected to
the through hole of the grill body; the regulating member has two
side walls each movably mounted in a respective one of the two side
walls of the support member and each formed with a plurality of
elongated ventilating holes each connected to a respective one of
the ventilating holes of the support member.
2. The barbecue grill in accordance with claim 1, wherein the
regulating member is movable relative to the support member between
a first position where each of the ventilating holes of the
regulating member is aligned with a respective one of the
ventilating holes of the support member to provide the maximum
ventilating effect, a second position where each of the ventilating
holes of the regulating member is partially aligned with a
respective one of the ventilating holes of the support member to
regulate the ventilating effect, and a third position where each of
the ventilating holes of the regulating member is separated from a
respective one of the ventilating holes of the support member to
form an air seal effect.
3. The barbecue grill in accordance with claim 1, wherein the
bottom face of the grill body is provided with two opposite
substantially L-shaped guide tracks, and the support member of the
waste collector is slidably mounted between the guide tracks of the
grill body.
4. The barbecue grill in accordance with claim 3, wherein each of
the two side walls of the support member has a top edge formed with
an outward extended slide plate slidably mounted in a respective
one of the guide tracks of the grill body.
5. The barbecue grill in accordance with claim 1, wherein the
support member is substantially basin-shaped.
6. The barbecue grill in accordance with claim 1, wherein each of
the two side walls of the support member has an end face formed
with a guide groove, and each of the two side walls of the
regulating member is slidably mounted in the guide groove of a
respective one of the two side walls of the support member.
7. The barbecue grill in accordance with claim 1, wherein each of
the two side walls of the support member has two ends each formed
with an elongated slide slot, and each of the two side walls of the
regulating member has two ends each formed with a through hole for
mounting a bolt which is slidably mounted in the respective slide
slot of the support member to lock the regulating member on the
support member and to allow the regulating member to slide relative
to the support member.
8. The barbecue grill in accordance with claim 1, wherein the
regulating member is substantially U-shaped.
9. The barbecue grill in accordance with claim 1, wherein each of
the two side walls of the regulating member has a top edge and a
bottom edge each formed with an inward extended rib to reinforce
the strength of the regulating member and to provide a limit effect
to the support member.
10. The barbecue grill in accordance with claim 1, wherein the
regulating member has an end face provided with a handgrip.
11. The barbecue grill in accordance with claim 10, wherein the
handgrip is mounted on the regulating member by a plurality of
locking screws.
12. The barbecue grill in accordance with claim 1, wherein when the
regulating member is pushed inward relative to the support member,
each of the ventilating holes of the regulating member is aligned
with a respective one of the ventilating holes of the support
member completely to provide the maximum ventilating effect to the
through hole of the grill body.
13. The barbecue grill in accordance with claim 12, wherein when
the regulating member is pulled outward slightly relative to the
support member, each of the ventilating holes of the regulating
member is partially aligned with a respective one of the
ventilating holes of the support member to reduce the ventilating
effect supplied to the through hole of the grill body.
14. The barbecue grill in accordance with claim 13, wherein when
the regulating member is fully pulled outward relative to the
support member, each of the ventilating holes of the regulating
member is separated from a respective one of the ventilating holes
of the support member to form an air seal effect.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a waste collector, and more
particularly to a waste collector for a barbecue grill.
[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0004] A conventional barbecue grill is used to broil food and
comprises a main body having a periphery formed with a plurality of
ventilating holes, a cooking grid mounted in the main body, a lid
pivotally mounted on the top of the main body, and a waste
collector mounted on the bottom of the main body. Thus, when the
lid covers the main body, the lid and the main body form a closed
space to facilitate the cooking grid broiling and cooking the food.
However, each of the ventilating holes of the main body has a fixed
size without a possibility of adjustment, so that the ventilating
effect provided by the ventilating holes of the main body is fixed,
thereby decreasing the cooking efficiency of the barbecue grill. In
addition, the waste collector only has a single function, thereby
limiting the versatility of the waste collector.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0005] The present invention is to mitigate and/or obviate the
disadvantage of the conventional barbecue grill.
[0006] The primary objective of the present invention is to provide
a waste collector having an adjustable ventilating effect.
[0007] Another objective of the present invention is to provide a
waste collector that can regulate the ventilating effect of the
grill body, thereby enhancing the cooking efficiency of the
barbecue grill.
[0008] A further objective of the present invention is to provide a
waste collector, wherein the user only need to drive the regulating
member to move relative to the support member to regulate the
ventilating effect of the grill body, thereby facilitating the user
operating the barbecue grill to cook the food.
[0009] In accordance with the present invention, there is provided
a barbecue grill, comprising:
[0010] a grill body having a bottom face formed with a through
hole;
[0011] a waste collector mounted on the bottom face of the grill
body and facing the through hole of the grill body; wherein
[0012] the waste collector includes a support member mounted on the
bottom face of the grill body and facing the through hole of the
grill body, and a regulating member movably mounted on the support
member;
[0013] the support member has two side walls each formed with a
plurality of elongated ventilating holes each connected to the
through hole of the grill body;
[0014] the regulating member has two side walls each movably
mounted in a respective one of the two side walls of the support
member and each formed with a plurality of elongated ventilating
holes each connected to a respective one of the ventilating holes
of the support member.
[0015] Further benefits and advantages of the present invention
will become apparent after a careful reading of the detailed
description with appropriate reference to the accompanying
drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0016] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a barbecue grill in
accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present
invention;
[0017] FIG. 2 is a partially perspective view of the barbecue grill
as shown in FIG. 1;
[0018] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a waste collector of the
barbecue grill as shown in FIG. 1;
[0019] FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the barbecue grill
as shown in FIG. 1;
[0020] FIG. 5 is a side plan view of the barbecue grill as shown in
FIG. 1;
[0021] FIG. 6 is a schematic operational view of the waste
collector as shown in FIG. 5; and
[0022] FIG. 7 is a schematic operational view of the waste
collector as shown in FIG. 6.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0023] Referring to the drawings and initially to FIGS. 1-5, a
barbecue grill in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the
present invention comprises a grill body 10 having a bottom face
formed with a through hole 15, and a waste collector 20 mounted on
the bottom face of the grill body 10 and facing the through hole 15
of the grill body 10.
[0024] The waste collector 20 includes a support member 30 mounted
on the bottom face of the grill body 10 and facing the through hole
15 of the grill body 10, and a regulating member 40 movably mounted
on the support member 30.
[0025] The bottom face of the grill body 10 is provided with two
opposite substantially L-shaped guide tracks 16 (see FIG. 5), and
the support member 30 of the waste collector 20 is slidably mounted
between the guide tracks 16 of the grill body 10.
[0026] The support member 30 is substantially basin-shaped and has
two side walls each formed with a plurality of elongated
ventilating holes 35 each connected to the through hole 15 of the
grill body 10. Each of the two side walls of the support member 30
has a top edge formed with an outward extended slide plate 31
slidably mounted in a respective one of the guide tracks 16 of the
grill body 10. Each of the two side walls of the support member 30
has two ends each formed with an elongated slide slot 32. Each of
the two side walls of the support member 30 has an end face formed
with a guide groove 33.
[0027] The regulating member 40 is substantially U-shaped and has
two side walls each movably mounted in a respective one of the two
side walls of the support member 30 and each formed with a
plurality of elongated ventilating holes 45 each connected to a
respective one of the ventilating holes 35 of the support member
30. Each of the two side walls of the regulating member 40 is
slidably mounted in the guide groove 33 of a respective one of the
two side walls of the support member 30. Each of the two side walls
of the regulating member 40 has a top edge and a bottom edge each
formed with an inward extended rib 41 to reinforce the strength of
the regulating member 40 and to provide a limit effect to the
support member 30. Each of the two side walls of the regulating
member 40 has two ends each formed with a through hole 42 for
mounting a bolt 43 which is slidably mounted in the respective
slide slot 32 of the support member 30 to lock the regulating
member 40 on the support member 30 and to allow the regulating
member 40 to slide relative to the support member 30. The
regulating member 40 has an end face provided with a handgrip 46
which is mounted on the regulating member 40 by a plurality of
locking screws 47.
[0028] Thus, the regulating member 40 is movable relative to the
support member 30 between a first position as shown in FIG. 5 where
each of the ventilating holes 45 of the regulating member 40 is
aligned with a respective one of the ventilating holes 35 of the
support member 30 to provide the maximum ventilating effect, a
second position as shown in FIG. 6 where each of the ventilating
holes 45 of the regulating member 40 is partially aligned with a
respective one of the ventilating holes 35 of the support member 30
to regulate the ventilating effect, and a third position as shown
in FIG. 7 where each of the ventilating holes 45 of the regulating
member 40 is separated from a respective one of the ventilating
holes 35 of the support member 30 to form an air seal effect.
[0029] In practice, as shown in FIG. 5, when the regulating member
40 is pushed inward relative to the support member 30, each of the
ventilating holes 45 of the regulating member 40 is aligned with a
respective one of the ventilating holes 35 of the support member 30
completely to provide the maximum ventilating effect to the through
hole 15 of the grill body 10, so that the grill body 10 has the
maximum fire.
[0030] As shown in FIG. 6, when the regulating member 40 is pulled
outward slightly relative to the support member 30, each of the
ventilating holes 45 of the regulating member 40 is partially
aligned with a respective one of the ventilating holes 35 of the
support member 30 to reduce the ventilating effect supplied to the
through hole 15 of the grill body 10 so as to regulate the fire of
the grill body.
[0031] As shown in FIG. 7, when the regulating member 40 is fully
pulled outward relative to the support member 30, each of the
ventilating holes 45 of the regulating member 40 is separated from
a respective one of the ventilating holes 35 of the support member
30 to form an air seal effect, so that the grill body 10 has the
minimum fire.
[0032] Accordingly, the waste collector 20 can regulate the
ventilating effect of the grill body, thereby enhancing the cooking
efficiency of the barbecue grill. In addition, the user only need
to drive the regulating member 40 to move relative to the support
member 30 to regulate the ventilating effect of the grill body,
thereby facilitating the user operating the barbecue grill to cook
the food.
[0033] Although the invention has been explained in relation to its
preferred embodiment(s) as mentioned above, it is to be understood
that many other possible modifications and variations can be made
without departing from the scope of the present invention. It is,
therefore, contemplated that the appended claim or claims will
cover such modifications and variations that fall within the true
scope of the invention.
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