VERTICAL GRILL DEVICE

• US 3,742,838 A
• Filed: 11/01/1971
• Issued: 07/03/1973
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/1971
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fred H. Luschen, Raymond C. Piccony
• Original Assignee: Fred H. Luschen, Raymond C. Piccony
• Inventors: Luschen, Fred H., Piccony, Raymond C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Petrakes, John
• Assistant Examiner(s): Henderson, Arthur O.
• Application Number:
  US05/194,210
• Time in Patent Office: 610 Days
• Field of Search: 99/389,259-260,261-262,339-340,372-375,400,408,421HH,421HV,425,443-444,446 126/25,30
• US Class Current: 99/389
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 2037/0617 with means to adjust the distance between heating plates
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/0718 with vertical fire box

Abstract

A grill device for cooking food by means of heating materials such as charcoal or the like, including a housing adapted to enclose and support a food holding member and a pair of heating material holding members adjustably positionable on opposite sides of the food holding member.

Claims

1. In a verticle grill device for cooking food by means of heating material such as charcoal or the like, the combination of:

a. a base;

b. a box-like housing supported on said base and including;

i. a bottom wall;

ii. opposed pairs of end walls;

iii. opposed pairs of side walls;

iv. a cover hingedly attached to at least one of said side walls;

c. a first member for holding the food to be cooked;

d. a pair of second members for holding the heating material;

e. said end walls having raised center portions which present opposed first recesses aligned longitudinally of the housing with each other for removably receiving opposite end portions of said first member;

f. said end walls also having, on either side of said first recesses, lower side portions which present opposed sets of second recesses aligned longitudinally of the housing with each other for removably receiving opposite end portions of said second members to provide selectively alternate positions for said second members relative to said first members.

2. A device according to claim 1, and including a dripping trough supported on said bottom wall of the housing under said food holding member and having communication with a removable pan detachably positioned on the outside of an end wall of the housing.

3. A device according to claim 1, wherein said end and side walls have inwardly inclined lower portions each presenting a plurality of spaced vent openings therein.

4. A device according to claim 1, wherein said cover is hinged to its related side wall by a hinge arrangement wherein said cover is supported in a horizontal plane when in the open position to serve as a shelf for retaining the food holding and heating material holding members for loading or unloading.

5. A device according to claim 1, wherein said food holding member comprises a basket having projecting outwardly from opposite ends thereof spindle elements, which are receivable in said first recesses of said end walls, and which include handle elements at their outer extremities.