CHARCOAL-TYPE COOKER ASSEMBLY WITH PIVOTALLY MOUNTED FIRE BOX
First Claim
1. A charcoal fuel-type cooker assembly comprising a base, a fire box pivotally connected to said base to swing between a generally horizontal position and a generally upright position, said fire box having a bottom wall, side and end walls upstanding from the bottom wall and a movable lid defining substantially airtight enclosure means for the fuel except for openings at opposite ends thereof whereby to establish a draft through the enclosure means when said fire box is disposed in an upright position for starting and burning the fuel contained therein, and means to releasably hold said fire box in the upright position, said fire box having a compartment at one end thereof including a partition wall with openings connected between the end walls, said compartment adapted to receive a starting material for igniting a fuel in the fire box through the openings in said partition wall, said fire box being pivotally connected to the base between the end walls and offset from the center of the box whereby a smaller portion of the box on one side of the pivot counterbalances a larger portion of the box on the other side of the pivot in moving between the horizontal and upright positions, a support surface of the base being disposed under the free end of the larger portion of the fire box for supporting the fire box in a generally horizontal position.
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Abstract
Charcoal fuel-type cooker assemblies are disclosed which have a support base, and a fire box which contains the fuel is supported on the base to swing between an upright position and a horizontal position. The fire box defines a substantially airtight enclosure for the fuel, except for openings at opposite ends, and a compartment at one end of the fire box receives a starting material so that in the upright position a draft is created upwardly through the fire box to increase burning for fuel starting purposes. The fire box has a movable cover which is held closed when upright to seal off a wall of the fire box and the cover affords access into the fire box when horizontally disposed.
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12 Claims
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1. A charcoal fuel-type cooker assembly comprising a base, a fire box pivotally connected to said base to swing between a generally horizontal position and a generally upright position, said fire box having a bottom wall, side and end walls upstanding from the bottom wall and a movable lid defining substantially airtight enclosure means for the fuel except for openings at opposite ends thereof whereby to establish a draft through the enclosure means when said fire box is disposed in an upright position for starting and burning the fuel contained therein, and means to releasably hold said fire box in the upright position, said fire box having a compartment at one end thereof including a partition wall with openings connected between the end walls, said compartment adapted to receive a starting material for igniting a fuel in the fire box through the openings in said partition wall, said fire box being pivotally connected to the base between the end walls and offset from the center of the box whereby a smaller portion of the box on one side of the pivot counterbalances a larger portion of the box on the other side of the pivot in moving between the horizontal and upright positions, a support surface of the base being disposed under the free end of the larger portion of the fire box for supporting the fire box in a generally horizontal position.
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2. A charcoal fuel-type cooker assembly according to claim 1 including means to releasably hold said lid closed when said fire box is disposed in the upright position and release the lid to provide access into the fire box when in the horizontal position.
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3. A charcoal fuel-type cooker assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein said lid iNcludes a lift handle on a front flange, said handle having a hole to receive a lift rod for the opening of the lid while hot.
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4. A charcoal fuel-type cooker assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein said lid and an adjacent fire box wall has means to lock the lid closed in the upright position.
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5. A charcoal fuel-type cooker assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein said lid has a recessed area to facilitate retaining grease while cooking thereon.
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6. A charcoal fuel-type cooker assembly as set forth in claim 1 said fire box being pivotally connected to the base in an offset location adjacent one end and between the opposite ends of the fire box and so that a major portion of the fire box is above the pivot axis and the compartment is below the pivot when disposed in the upright position.
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7. A charcoal fuel-type cooker assembly comprising a hollow rectangular body of sheet iron or the like having a first end wall and defining a substantially airtight enclosure means for a charcoal type fuel except for openings in said first end wall and at the opposite end thereof whereby to establish a draft through the enclosure means when said enclosure means is disposed in an upright position with said first end wall at the top, an extension at one end of the body having a second end wall opposite said first end wall, said extension adapted to receive a material for starting a fire in charcoal placed in the said hollow rectangular body, and an intermediate partition wall with openings between said first and second end walls, the openings in said partition wall being sized for preventing the charcoal from falling out of the said body when the said body is placed in an upright position for starting the charcoal to burn.
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8. A charcoal fuel-type cooker assembly comprising a base, a hollow rectangular fire box formed of a heat conductive sheet material pivotally connected to the base adjacent one end thereof within said base to pivot between a generally horizontal position and a generally upright position, said fire box having substantially closed side walls, a movable cover forming a closure for the top of the box and having closure walls at opposite ends of the cover defining a substantially airtight rectangular enclosure for the fuel except for openings in said closure walls sized to retain the charcoal therein and admit air upwardly through the box, said fire box having an open starting compartment forming an extension at one end thereof to establish a draft upwardly through said compartment openings and said box when disposed in the upright position for starting of a fuel contained in said fire box, said fire box being pivotally connected to the base between the end walls and offset from the center of the box whereby a smaller portion of the box on one side of the pivot counterbalances a larger portion of the fire box on the other side of the pivot in moving between the horizontal and upright positions, a support surface of the base being disposed under the larger portion of the fire box for supporting the fire box in a generally horizontal position, and rod means with inturned ends releasably inserted into said base and said fire box to releasably hold said fire box in said upright position.
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9. A charcoal fuel-type cooker assembly comprising sing a base, a fire box supported on said base and movable between a generally horizontal position and a generally upright position said fire box defining substantially airtight enclosure means for the fuel except for openings at opposite ends thereof whereby to establish a draft through the enclosure means when said enclosure means is disposed in an upright position for starting and burning the fuel contained therein, and means to releasably hold said fire box in the upright position, said enclosure means including a movable lid held closed when said fire box is disposed in the upright position and movable to an open position to provide access into the fire box when in the horizontal position, said fire box including a cloSed bottom wall and end and side walls, upstanding from the outer edge of the bottom wall, each said upstanding side wall and one of said end walls terminating in an upper inturned flange, said lid being substantially flush with the tops of the upstanding end and extending under the rear flange and over the front flange of the side walls to substantially seal off the top of the fire box.
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10. A charcoal fuel-type cooker assembly as set forth in claim 9 including pivot means along the ends of the box extending through the side flanges at the rear end of the lid to pivotally support the lid at the rear of the fire box.
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11. A charcoal fuel-type cooker assembly as set forth in claim 9 including a grill extending across a top opening in the fire box and removably supported under inturned flanges of the upstanding walls.
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12. A charcoal fuel-type cooker assembly comprising a base, a fire box supported on said base and movable between a generally horizontal position and a generally upright position, said fire box defining substantially airtight enclosure means for the fuel except for openings at opposite ends thereof whereby to establish a draft through the enclosure means when said enclosure means is disposed in an upright position for starting and burning the fuel contained therein, and means to releasably hold said fire box in the upright position, said base is being made of a tubular material including a pair of side standards outwardly of the fire box, each side standard including an upright portion, an upper inturned portion and a lower leg portion, and a pivot rod extending through said inturned end portions to removably and pivotally support said fire box on said base.
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