PORTABLE CHARCOAL STOVE

• US 3,765,397 A
• Filed: 03/07/1973
• Issued: 10/16/1973
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/1973
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Raymond Eugene Henderson
• Original Assignee: Raymond Eugene Henderson
• Inventors: Henderson, Raymond Eugene
• Primary Examiner(s): O'Dea, William F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Joyce, Harold
• Application Number:
  US05/338,811
• Time in Patent Office: 223 Days
• Field of Search: 126/25R,25A,9R,25B,59.5 110/1F 99/448,339,340
• US Class Current: 126/25.00R
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/0763 Small-size, portable barbecues
• CPC Class Codes: F24B 3/00 Heaters not covered by group F24B1/00, e.g. charcoal braziers
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 40/928 Cooking stoves using biomass

Abstract

A portable and nestable hibachi type stove having two housings defining a first chamber and a larger second chamber, respectively, each of the housings having a tapered wall configuration extending between a larger open end and a smaller open end. A grate, a rack and one or more draft openings are provided in each housing, with the smaller ends of each housing being of like size and configuration for mating with one another. Either housing can serve as an upper firebox chamber or a lower preignition chamber to allow selection of different size cooking surfaces, and the entire stove structure is demountable and nestable for ease of storage and transportation.

Claims

1. A portable and nestable hibachi type stove comprising:

a first housing defining a first chamber and having a tapered wall configuration extending between a larger open end and a smaller open end generally parallel to said larger end;

at least one draft opening in the wall of said first housing near the larger end thereof;

a second housing defining a second chamber smaller than said first chamber and having a tapered wall configuration sized and shaped to permit nesting of said second housing within said first housing when said stove is not in use;

said tapered wall configuration of said second housing extending between a larger open end and a smaller open end generally parallel thereto;

the smaller open ends of said first and second housings being of like configuration and having means for supporting said housing one atop the other in either a first disposition with said first housing supported by said second housing or in a second disposition with said second housing supported by said first housing;

at least one draft opening in the wall of said second housing near the larger end thereof;

a first grate supportable in said first housing in a position generally parallel to the larger and smaller ends thereof and intermediate said ends;

a first rack removably supportable at the larger end of said first housing;

a second grate supportable in said second housing in a position intermediate to the larger and smaller ends thereof and generally parallel to said ends;

a second rack removably supportable at the larger end of said second housing;

said first and second chambers each being operable as either a preignition chamber or a firebox chamber depending upon the operative arrangement of said chambers in said first or second disposition.

2. A portable and nestable hibachi type stove according to claim 1 wherein said tapered wall configuration of said first and said second housings are each of conical shape having similar tapers.

3. A portable and nestable hibachi type stove according to claim 1 further comprising handles disposed substantially opposite each other on said tapered wall of said first and said second housings respectively.

4. A portable and nestable hibachi type stove according to claim 2 wherein said first and second grates are removable.

5. A portable and nestable hibachi type stove according to claim 1 further comprising a cover plate for the larger end of at least said first housing.

6. A portable and nestable hibachi type stove according to claim 1 wherein said tapered wall configuration of said first and said second housings are each of a pyramidal shaped having similar tapers.

7. A portable and nestable hibachi type stove according to claim 1 wherein said means for supporting said housings one atop the other comprises folded lip members on the smaller open ends of said first and said second housings, said folded lip members being of similar size and configuration for mating.

8. A portable and nestable hibachi type stove according to claim 7 wherein each of said folded lip members of said first and said sEcond housings has at least one draft opening disposed therethrough.

9. A portable and nestable hibachi type stove according to claim 1 wherein each of said first and second housings includes at least one draft opening in the wall of said housing near the smaller end thereof.