Combination hibachi-type grill and rotisserie

• US 4,158,992 A
• Filed: 06/17/1977
• Issued: 06/26/1979
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/1977
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Dannie O. Malafouris
• Original Assignee: Dannie O. Malafouris
• Inventors: Malafouris, Dannie O.
• Primary Examiner(s): O'Dea,William F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Joyce, Harold
• Application Number:
  US05/807,380
• Time in Patent Office: 739 Days
• Field of Search: 99/339, 99/340, 99/421 R, 99/421 P, 99/421 H, 99/421 HV, 126/9 R, 126/9 B, 126/2, 126/3, 126/25 R, 126/25 A, 126/25 B, 126/25 C, 126/372, D 7/107, D 7/108, D 7/109, D 7/110
• US Class Current: 99/421.0HV
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/0745 with motor-driven food supports

Abstract

A combination hibachi-type grill and rotisserie comprises at least one fuel tray mounted on a base. Securing means demountably secures a pair of brackets to opposite sides of the tray in vertical arrangement. Mounting means on the brackets rotatably receives a spit longitudinally of the tray. Drive means coupled to the spit drives the same at a predetermined rotational speed.

Claims

1. In combination with a portable, folding, hibachi-type grill comprising a base and a pair of dished fuel trays arranged end-to-end and hinged to the base for pivotal movement between a raised vertical storage and fuel-igniting position and a lowered horizontal cooking position, the trays having horizontal lips projecting longitudinally outward from their ends opposite their hinged ends, a demountable rotisserie assembly comprising:

(a) a pair of elongated brackets each having an inwardly extending flange at one end, an inwardly extending bearing plate adjacent but spaced from said flange, and a clamp screw extending through a threaded opening in the flange for releasably clamping one of said horizontal lips between the bearing plate and clamp screw, whereby to secure the brackets in substantially vertical position on opposite longitudinal ends of the hinged trays,

(b) a spit member,

(c) mounting means rotatably mounting the spit member at a selected one of a plurality of elevations on the brackets longitudinally of the trays to cause the spit member to extend horizontally between said horizontal lips completely across said fuel trays and base, said mounting means including a first bracket containing a plurality of vertically spaced slots extending angularly downward from one side edge thereof, and a second bracket containing a plurality of vertically spaced apertures, the apertures being of key-hole shape with the narrow portion extending downward from the wide portion and the wide portion being aligned horizontally with the inner end of an associated slot contained in the first bracket, said spit member being rotatably supported at one end in one of said slots,

(d) drive means for rotating the spit member at a predetermined rotational speed,

(e) means mounting the drive means adjacent the spit member, said drive mounting means including a pin projecting from the drive means for reception in the narrow portion of a first one of said key-hole apertures, the pin having on its outer end an enlarged head which is smaller than the wide portion of the key-hole aperture and larger than the narrow portion of the key-hole aperture, and

(f) coupling means coupling the drive means to the other end of said spit member, said coupling means including a non-circular opening contained in the drive means for registration with the wide portion of another one of said apertures for driving reception of an end of the spit.

2. Apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein said spit means includes fork means for supporting food portions longitudinally of the spit member above said base and each of said fuel trays, respectively.