Barbecuing device

• US 20070056577A1
• Filed: 09/07/2006
• Published: 03/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: David Chang
• Original Assignee: David Chang
• Inventors: Chang, David
• Application Number:
  US11/517,841
• Publication Number:
  US 20070056577A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 126/25.R
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/0713 with gas burners
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/0745 with motor-driven food supports
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/0786 Accessories

Abstract

A device for barbequing food, said device including: a cabinet for storing a power source; a burner connectable to said power source for cooking said food, and a means for steam cleaning said device.

Claims

1. A device for barbequing food, said device including:

a cabinet for storing a power source;

a burner connectable to said power source for cooking said food, and

a means for steam cleaning said device.

2. The barbequing device of claim 1, wherein the steam cleaning means includes a steam generator and a device for delivering the steam fluidly connected to the steam generator.

3. The barbequing device of claim 2, wherein the steam delivery device includes a discharge nozzle for discharging the steam and a trigger for actuating the steam delivery device.

4. The barbequing device of claim 2, wherein the steam delivery device discharges pressurized steam to clean the outer surfaces of the burner and the barbequing device.

5. The barbequing device of claim 4, wherein the steam delivery device is a steam blowgun.

6. The barbequing device of claim 2, wherein the steam generator is connectable to the power source.

7. The barbequing device of claim 6, wherein the steam generator includes a steam boiler storable in the cabinet.

8. The barbequing device of claim 1, further including a food grilling support for supporting one or more food grilling elements, wherein the food grilling elements are rotatable relative to the support to uniformly expose said food to the heat from said burner.

9. The barbequing device of claim 8, wherein the food grilling support includes holders for retaining the food grilling elements adjacent the burner, said holders being rotatable relative to the food grilling support.

10. The barbequing device of claim 9, wherein the holders are rotationally driven by a transmission means, the transmission means including one or more transmission shafts drivable by a motor.

11. The barbequing device of claim 10, wherein each transmission shaft includes a transmission coupling for rotating a respective holder.

12. The barbequing device of claim 11, wherein the holders are integrally formed with the transmission couplings for receiving respective ends of the food grilling elements.

13. The barbequing device of claim 12, the holders are axially aligned bores formed in the transmission shafts, the bores having shapes complementary to the ends of the food grilling elements for securely holding the food grilling elements so that the food grilling elements rotate with the transmission shafts.

14. The barbequing device of claim 8, wherein the food grilling support includes a bracket for supporting an opposite end of each food grilling element, such that each food grilling element is capable of suspending food above the burner.

15. The barbequing device of claim 14, wherein the bracket includes positioning means for securely holding the food grilling elements on the bracket.

16. The barbequing device of claim 10, wherein the motor is an electric motor connected to an electrical power source, the electrical power source including a thermoelectric generator, solar cells, a steam driven generator or built-in fuel cells.

17. The barbequing device of claim 16, wherein the electric power source is connectable to an accumulator by a charging circuit, and the electric motor is connectable to the accumulator.

18. The barbequing device of claim 1, wherein solar cells are provided on the outer surfaces of the device, or thermoelectric generators are provided on inner and outer surfaces of the device adjacent the burner to maximize the temperature differential between the inner and outer surfaces and increase the efficiency of the thermoelectric generators.

19. A barbequing device according to claim 1, further including a control circuit for controlling the temperature in the burner, a gas-igniting circuit and a safety-guarding circuit, and a steam controlling circuit, wherein said control circuit and said steam controlling circuit are connected to the power source and are equipped with control switches arranged on the device.