Grill-unit used mainly with charcoal burning

• US 5,722,388 A
• Filed: 04/29/1996
• Issued: 03/03/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Elke Petra, Klaus-Dieter Butow
• Original Assignee: Elke Petra, Klaus-Dieter Butow
• Inventors: Butow, Klaus-Dieter, Petra, Elke
• Primary Examiner(s): Dority, Carroll B.
• Application Number:
  US08/638,760
• Time in Patent Office: 673 Days
• Field of Search: 126/25 R, 99/444
• US Class Current: 126/25.00R
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/0763 Small-size, portable barbecues

Abstract

A Grill-Unit is described, preferably for charcoal burning, with a coal duct with a vertical U cross sectional form and lateral air vents, a grease trap tray inserted into the ducts'"'"' outer walls, with tapering guide walls rising upward from the ducts'"'"' outer walls to form a cover. The upper portion of the cover has vertical air trap walls, which form a grid conduit upon the base of which the grating is located. The main points are, that two parallel with one another extended coal ducts (3) are arranged at the bottom of the Grill-Unit, and that both coal ducts sit in between a vertical back wall (1) and a removable front wall (20) parallel to the vertical wall. By removing the front wall during operation of the unit, access to the inner portion of the unit is possible if desired, for example the grease trap tray (11) may be emptied, spices and sauces may be brought in, and as well the coals may be stirred about, since they are also layed out in the coal duct box-form, in a special design.

Claims

1. A grill unit, comprising:

a vertical back wall;

a front wall, two side pieces forming two parallel coal ducts arranged to extend between the front wall and the back wall, each of the coal ducts having a U-shaped cross-section with inner walls and outer walls having lateral vent holes therein, means for removably mounting the front wall to the side pieces;

a grease trap tray supported on the inner walls;

said two side pieces including an upwardly tapered cover above the outer walls, the cover having a top end; and

, said two side pieces including vertical air trap walls arranged at the top end of the cover so as to form a grate opening with the front and back walls.

2. A grill unit according to claim 1, wherein the outer walls of the coal ducts are fixed to the back wall.

3. A grill unit according to claim 2, wherein the outer walls have front corners formed with vertical slots, the front wall being slideably arranged in the vertical slots of the outer walls.

4. A grill unit according to claim 3, wherein the front wall has a rearwardly projecting support piece that projects from the front wall at a right angle and is engageable with the cover.

5. A grill unit according to claim 2, wherein each of the coal ducts has a lower horizontal slot that extends between the inner wall and the outer wall, the front wall being horizontally slideable in the slots.

6. A grill unit according to claim 3, and further comprising a handle mounted on an outer surface of the front wall.

7. A grill unit according to claim 1, and further comprising an inwardly projecting, essentially horizontal support block in a transition area between the top end of the tapered cover and the vertical air trap walls, and a grill grid arranged on the support block.

8. A grill unit according to claim 1, wherein the coal ducts are configured to be open toward the front wall, and further comprising a separate coal box arranged in each of the coal ducts, each coal box having lateral vent holes, the coal boxes being slideable into the coal ducts from the front, each of the coal boxes having an upper outer edge that extends horizontally.

9. A grill unit according to claim 8, wherein each of the coal ducts has a floor between the inner and outer walls, the coal boxes being configured to sit on a respective duct floor.

10. A grill unit according to claim 8, wherein each of the coal ducts has a floor between the inner and outer walls, and further comprising slide support seats arranged inside the coal duct walls, the outer edges of the coal boxes being supported on the slide support seats of a respective coal duct so that a bottom of the coal box is slightly spaced above the coal duct floor.

11. A grill unit according to claim 7, wherein the support block is welded to the transition area.

12. A grill unit according to claim 7, wherein the support block is formed by a folded edge of the cover and the air trap walls.

13. A grill unit according to claim 10, wherein air vents are provided in the duct floors and the duct walls up to a height of the support seats.

14. A grill unit according to claim 1, and further comprising a mounting frame having at least three legs, the mounting frame being configured to support a bottom of the coal ducts.

15. A grill unit according to claim 1, and further comprising means for hanging the grill unit.