U.S. patent application number 12/838489 was filed with the patent office on 2012-01-19 for fast-assembling stove.
Invention is credited to William Home.
Application Number | 20120012091 12/838489 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 45465917 |
Filed Date | 2012-01-19 |
United States Patent
Application |
20120012091 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Home; William |
January 19, 2012 |
FAST-ASSEMBLING STOVE
Abstract
A fast-assembling stove includes a stove body having two
opposite sides to which two foldable cabinets of substantially the
same top levels as a cooking surface are respectively coupled. Each
foldable cabinet includes a collapsible frame rotatably coupled to
inside and outside boards, a back board, a top board, and a bottom
board coupled to circumferences of the inside and outside boards,
and a front door panel. The stove body includes a cooker below
which a central partition board is mounted. The inside board is
shorter than the outside board, so that a gas hose extending from a
gas canister received in the cabinet is allowed to extend through a
gap between the top board and the inside board to couple to the
cooker. A coupler mechanism is formed between top flanges of the
outside board and the back board and the bottom of the top
board.
Inventors: |
Home; William; (Taipei,
TW) |
Family ID: |
45465917 |
Appl. No.: |
12/838489 |
Filed: |
July 18, 2010 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
126/38 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47J 37/0713
20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
126/38 |
International
Class: |
F24C 5/20 20060101
F24C005/20 |
Claims
1. A fast-assembling stove, which comprises a stove body having two
opposite sides to which two foldable cabinets of substantially the
same top levels as a cooking surface of the stove are respectively
coupled, each of the foldable cabinets comprising a collapsible
cabinet frame that is rotatably coupled to an inside board and an
outside board; a back board, a top board, and a bottom board that
are set around and coupled to circumferences of the inside board
and the outside board; and a front door panel, characterized in
that the stove body comprises a cooker and a central partition
board mounted below the cooker, the inside board being shorter than
the outside board, so that when the foldable cabinet receives a gas
canister to position therein, a gas hose is allowed to extend
through a gap formed between the top board and the inside board to
couple to the cooker, the outside board and the back board having
top flanges, which form, with respect to a bottom of the top board,
overlapping faces between which a coupler mechanism that is allowed
to release only through a horizontal movement with respect to the
cooker, fasteners securing the outside board and the top board
together, the top board covering and fixing the foldable cabinet,
the central partition board being fixed through bolting to the two
inside boards.
2. The fast-assembling stove according to claim 1, wherein the
coupler mechanism comprises a plurality of horizontal hooks, which
are formed as projecting upward from the top flanges of the outside
board and the back board and having hook tips pointing away from
the cooker, a plurality of clamping and positioning notches that is
formed in the bottom of the top board to respectively correspond to
the horizontal hooks projecting from the outside board, and a
plurality of clamping and positioning slots that is formed in the
bottom of the top board to respectively correspond to the
horizontal hooks projecting from the back board.
3. The fast-assembling stove according to claim 1, wherein the
cooker comprises a grease collection tray arranged at a bottom
thereof, the grease collection tray being removable from a stove
front side of the cooker for cleaning.
4. The fast-assembling stove according to claim 1, wherein the top
board has a top surface forming a countertop.
5. The fast-assembling stove according to claim 1, wherein the top
board has a top surface forming a cooktop.
6. A fast-assembling stove, which comprises a stove body having two
opposite sides to which two foldable cabinets of substantially the
same top levels as a cooking surface of the stove are respectively
coupled, each of the foldable cabinets comprising a collapsible
cabinet frame that is rotatably coupled to an inside board and an
outside board; a back board, a top board, and a bottom board that
are set around and coupled to circumferences of the inside board
and the outside board; shelf boards; and a front door panel,
characterized in that the stove body comprises a cooker and a
central partition board mounted below the cooker, the inside board
being shorter than the outside board, the outside board and the
back board having top flanges, which form, with respect to a bottom
of the top board, overlapping faces between which a coupler
mechanism that is allowed to release only through a horizontal
movement with respect to the cooker, fasteners securing the outside
board and the top board together, the top board covering and fixing
the foldable cabinet, the central partition board being fixed
through bolting to the two inside boards.
7. The fast-assembling stove according to claim 6, wherein the
coupler mechanism comprises a plurality of horizontal hooks, which
are formed as projecting upward from the top flanges of the outside
board and the back board and having hook tips pointing away from
the cooker, a plurality of clamping and positioning notches that is
formed in the bottom of the top board to respectively correspond to
the horizontal hooks projecting from the outside board, and a
plurality of clamping and positioning slots that is formed in the
bottom of the top board to respectively correspond to the
horizontal hooks projecting from the back board.
8. The fast-assembling stove according to claim 6, wherein the
cooker comprises a grease collection tray arranged at a bottom
thereof; the grease collection tray being removable from a stove
front side of the cooker for cleaning.
9. The fast-assembling stove according to claim 6, wherein the top
board has a top surface forming a countertop.
10. The fast-assembling stove according to claim 6, wherein the top
board has a top surface forming a cooktop.
Description
(a) TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention generally relates to a fast-assembling
stove, which comprises a stove body having opposite sides to which
foldable cabinets that are of substantially the same level of a
cooking surface of the stove are coupled for optionally receiving
therein gas canisters and which comprises top boards of the
cabinets and a central partition board arranged below a cooker of
the stove to securely hold the expanded cabinets in position and
shape, so that a novel structure of stove that is advantageous in
fast assembling, occupying less space after collapsed, safe
sheltering of gas canister from flame, and having a large capacity
is provided.
(b) DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
[0002] After people found that cooked foods are advantageous in
better taste and food sanitation, cooking stoves became an
essential part of human lives. A cooking stove is not necessarily
installed indoors and for people loving outdoor activities, outdoor
cooking facility is commonly installed or temporarily set up in for
example yards or the wilds for facilitating doing cooking outdoor
for people living outdoors or making camping.
[0003] Conventional outdoor cooking stoves are designed for easy
carrying at the expense of sufficiency of article accommodation
space in that knives and choppers, chopping boards, and packs of
food cannot be stored close to the burners for easy access in doing
cooking. Further, the conventional outdoor cooking stoves are often
arranged in such a way that a gas canister is placed under the
burners, making it close to the fire flame. This is undesired due
to the potential hazard it might cause. Further, users often need
to install additional cabinets for storage of articles and
performance of cooking. These cabinets, although small in size, are
not combined with the stove and show no sense of integration. In
addition, such cabinets are often of various sizes so that tops of
the cabinets, which may serve as a countertop, may have a
significant vertical gap with respect to the level of the stove
where cooking is made. This makes the operation awkward.
[0004] In view of these drawbacks of the conventional outdoor
cooking stoves, the present invention aims to provide a
fast-assembling stove that overcomes these problems.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0005] The primary purpose of the present invention is to provide a
fast-assembling stove, which comprises a stove body having two
opposite sides to which two foldable cabinets of substantially the
same top levels as a cooking surface of the stove are respectively
coupled. Each of the foldable cabinets comprises a collapsible
cabinet frame that is rotatably coupled to an inside board and an
outside board; a back board, a top board, and a bottom board that
are set around and coupled to circumferences of the inside board
and the outside board; and a front door panel. The stove body
comprises a cooker under which a central partition board is
mounted. The inside board is shorter than the outside board,
whereby when the foldable cabinet receives a gas canister to
position therein, a gas hose is allowed to extend through a gap
formed between the top board and the inside board to couple to the
cooker. Further, the outside board and the back board have top
flanges, which form, with respect to a bottom of the top board,
overlapping faces between which a coupler mechanism that can be
released through horizontal movement with respect to the cooker.
Fasteners, such as bolts, are provided to secure the outside board
and the top board together, so that the top board covers and fixes
the foldable cabinet. The central partition board is fixed through
bolting to the two inside boards. As such, fast assembling,
occupying less space after being folded, more safely sheltering a
gas canister from flame, and providing a stove of large capacity
are realized as the purposes of the present invention.
[0006] The foregoing objectives and summary provide only a brief
introduction to the present invention. To fully appreciate these
and other objects of the present invention as well as the invention
itself, all of which will become apparent to those skilled in the
art, the following detailed description of the invention and the
claims should be read in conjunction with the accompanying
drawings. Throughout the specification and drawings identical
reference numerals refer to identical or similar parts.
[0007] Many other advantages and features of the present invention
will become manifest to those versed in the art upon making
reference to the detailed description and the accompanying sheets
of drawings in which a preferred structural embodiment
incorporating the principles of the present invention is shown by
way of illustrative example.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0008] FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a fast-assembling
stove according to the present invention.
[0009] FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the fast-assembling stove
according to the present invention.
[0010] FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of circled portion A of FIG.
2.
[0011] FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of circled portion B of FIG.
2.
[0012] FIG. 5 illustrates a first phase of a coupling process of a
coupler mechanism of the fast-assembling stove according to the
present invention.
[0013] FIG. 6 illustrates a second phase of the coupling process of
the coupler mechanism of the fast-assembling stove according to the
present invention.
[0014] FIG. 7 illustrates a third phase of the coupling process of
the coupler mechanism of the fast-assembling stove according to the
present invention.
[0015] FIG. 8 illustrates expanding a collapsible cabinet frame of
the fast-assembling stove according to the present invention.
[0016] FIG. 9 illustrates mounting a back board to a collapsible
cabinet frame of the fast-assembling stove according to the present
invention.
[0017] FIG. 10 illustrates mounting a top board to the collapsible
cabinet frame of the fast-assembling stove according to the present
invention.
[0018] FIG. 11 illustrates mounting a bottom board and shelf boards
to the collapsible cabinet frame of the fast-assembling stove
according to the present invention.
[0019] FIG. 12 illustrates mounting a front door panel to the
collapsible cabinet frame of the fast-assembling stove according to
the present invention.
[0020] FIG. 13 illustrates connecting a central partition board
between two foldable cabinets of the fast-assembling stove
according to the present invention.
[0021] FIG. 14 illustrates the central partition board completely
mounted between the foldable cabinets of the fast-assembling stove
according to the present invention.
[0022] FIG. 15 illustrates a cooker mounted between the foldable
cabinets of the fast-assembling stove according to the present
invention.
[0023] FIG. 16 illustrates a grease collection tray being set under
the cooker of the fast-assembling stove according to the present
invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0024] The following descriptions are exemplary embodiments only,
and are not intended to limit the scope, applicability or
configuration of the invention in any way. Rather, the following
description provides a convenient illustration for implementing
exemplary embodiments of the invention. Various changes to the
described embodiments may be made in the function and arrangement
of the elements described without departing from the scope of the
invention as set forth in the appended claims.
[0025] FIG. 1 shows an overall perspective view of a
fast-assembling stove according to the present invention and FIG. 2
is an exploded view of the fast-assembling stove according to the
present invention. As shown in these drawings, the fast-assembling
stove according to the present invention, generally designated at
10, comprises a stove body having opposite sides to which two
foldable cabinets 20, 30 that are of substantially the same level
as a cooking surface of the stove are respectively coupled. These
foldable cabinets 20, 30 are of symmetrical configuration and
arrangement, and thus only one of them, such as the foldable
cabinet 20, will be described in details as an example. The
description is certainly applicable to the other foldable cabinet.
The foldable cabinet 20 comprises a collapsible cabinet frame 21
that is rotatably coupled to an inside board 22 and an outside
board 23; a back board 25, a top board 26, and a bottom board 29
that are set around and coupled to circumferences of the inside
board 22 and the outside board 23; and a front door panel 24.
Further, shelf boards 27, 28 are selectively mounted inside an
interior space of the cabinet that is delimited by the inside board
22, the outside board 23, and the back board 25.
[0026] The stove body 40 comprises a cooker 41 and a central
partition board 42 mounted below the cooker 41. A grease collection
tray 43 is arranged at the bottom of the cooker. Preferably, the
grease collection tray 43 can be removed from a stove front side
where a user may stay for operating the cooker 41 for cleaning. The
inside board 22 is shorter than the outside board 23, whereby when
the foldable cabinet 20, without the shelf boards 27, 28 removed,
receives a gas canister (which is often of a standard size and
configuration that are shown in the drawings) to position therein,
a gas hose is allowed to extend through a gap 20A formed between
the top board 26 and the inside board 22 for coupling to the cooker
41. The outside board 23 and the back board 25 have top flanges,
which form, with respect to a bottom of the top board 26,
overlapping faces between which a coupler mechanism 50 that can be
released through horizontal movement with respect to the cooker 41.
Fasteners, such as bolts 20B, 20C, are provided to secure the
outside board 23 and the top board 26 together, so that the top
board 26 covers and fixes the foldable cabinet 20 (30). Further,
the top board 26 has a top surface that may serve as a countertop.
In addition, the foldable cabinet 30 of the opposite side of the
stove body has a top board 36 that has a surface that may be
constructed to form a cooktop 30A.
[0027] Details of the coupler mechanism 50 will be described with
reference to FIG. 3, which is an enlarged view of circled portion A
of FIG. 2, and FIG. 4, which is an enlarge view of circled portion
B of FIG. 2. As shown in these two enlarged views, the coupler
mechanism 50 is composed of a plurality of horizontal hooks 23A,
25A, which are formed as projecting upward from the top flanges of
the outside board 23 and the back board 25 and having hook tips
pointing away from the cooker 41 shown in the previous drawing, a
plurality of clamping and positioning notches 26A that is formed in
the bottom of the top board 26 to respectively correspond to the
horizontal hooks 23A projecting from the outside board 23, and a
plurality of clamping and positioning slots 26B that is formed in
the bottom of the top board 26 to respectively correspond to the
horizontal hooks 25A projecting from the back board 25. In a first
phase of a coupling process of the coupler mechanism illustrated in
FIG. 5, an edge of the top board 26 is first aligned with the back
board 25 and the top board 26 is moved along the back board 25 to
approach the outside board 23 as illustrated in a second phase of
the coupling process of the coupler mechanism shown in FIG. 6,
whereby the horizontal hooks 25A projecting from the back board 25
are respectively set at locations corresponding to and entering the
clamping and positioning slots 26B defined in the bottom of the top
board 26. An operator may now feel that the top board 26 is forced
to slightly descend and thus being hooked. At this time, the
horizontal hooks 23A of the outside board 23 are also respectively
set at locations corresponding to and entering side openings of the
clamping and positioning notches 26A. Afterwards, as illustrated in
a third phase of the coupling process of the coupler mechanism
shown in FIG. 7, the top board 26 is pushed toward the outside
board 23 to set the horizontal hooks 23A into the clamping and
positioning notches 26A and the horizontal hooks 25A into the
clamping and positioning slots 26B, whereby the top board 26 is
secured and thus fixes the outside board 23 and the back board 25
in position, and prevents the expanded collapsible cabinet frame 21
and the back board 25 from undesired collapse caused by external
forces.
[0028] FIGS. 8-16 show an assembling process of the stove according
to the present invention. Firstly, the collapsible cabinet frame 21
is expanded, and then the back board 25, the top board 26, the
shelf boards 27, 28, the bottom board 29, and the front door panel
24 are mounted to cover around and couple to the circumferences of
the inside board 22 and the outside board 23. The two foldable
cabinets 20, 30 that are formed through such an expansion and
mounting process are connected to each other by the central
partition board 42 straddling therebetween. The cooker 41 is then
positioned and mounted between the two foldable cabinets 20, 30 in
space above the central partition board 42 with side walls thereof
tightly engaging and bolted to the top boards 26 and the back
boards 25 to complete the assembling process. After the assembling,
due to the arrangements that the movement of the top board 26 for
separating from the outside board 23 and the back board 25 is
constrained by the cooker 41 and the central partition board 42
helps reinforcing connection between the two foldable cabinet 20,
30 at a location below the cooker 41 with an additional advantage
that articles can be stored in an accommodation space formed above
the central partition board 42, advantages of overall structure of
the stove being made stable and sound, carrying and assembling
being easy, gas canisters being safely sheltered from flames,
having a large capacity are thus realized.
[0029] It will be understood that each of the elements described
above, or two or more together may also find a useful application
in other types of methods differing from the type described
above.
[0030] While certain novel features of this invention have been
shown and described and are pointed out in the annexed claim, it is
not intended to be limited to the details above, since it will be
understood that various omissions, modifications, substitutions and
changes in the forms and details of the device illustrated and in
its operation can be made by those skilled in the art without
departing in any way from the spirit of the present invention.
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