Summary of the invention
By the present invention, can satisfy or surpass these and other objects, the invention is characterized in a kind of portable open air stove of demountable structure.In one embodiment, by adopting lug and slot configurations, this screen is easy to be installed on the strut.Another feature is to select adjustable for height cooking grill.Also a feature is that screen part comprises at least one access door, and should screen part with can be with other any one screen partly the mode of exchange install.Also a feature is, can select hanger ashes gatherer, and this gatherer can be installed on the stove pedestal.
Especially, the invention provides a kind of portable stove device, this stove device comprises a pedestal, is used for supporting and burning combustible material.Scaffold is sized to support this pedestal, and comprises one or more frame units.One or more vertical support member are with the position of base supports at vertical built on stilts, and this vertical support member comprises at least one vertical strut usually, and this strut can be fixed on the framework, and preferably has one or more slits.This stove has one or more screen parts, and each screen part can be installed on the strut, and one or more lugs are preferably arranged.In a preferred embodiment, this lug is arranged to the engagement that can match with the slit on the strut of its size and structure.In the time of on being installed in strut, these one or more screen parts form cage, and are arranged to when forming cage around this combustible material.In a preferred embodiment, lid is sized to cover this cage.
In another embodiment, lid can be transformed into safe, the folding cap in the second place from the bell in primary importance.Pit on lid links to each other with each strut with opening.When the engagement of strut and respective dimple,, determined primary importance so that when this lid remained on the position that covers cage.When each strut slidably with respective openings engagement so that when this lid is contacted with pedestal, determined the second place.
Another embodiment has introduced two or more screen parts, and this screen part can be installed on the strut, and formation cage when being installed in strut on the time.This cage is arranged to around incendiary material.At least one screen part comprises at least one door, and should screen part with can be with other any one screen partly the mode of exchange be installed on the strut.
Compared with prior art, open air stove of the present invention has a plurality of advantages.Because it is made up of demountable structure, this stove is easy under the situation of instrument assemble a long way off and dismantle not having, for example the frictional fit by strut and frame unit and be enclosed in the slit on the strut by shielding lug on the part.
So that when storing, the screen of side partly is easy to take off when removable unit, and in the bowl of this stove of packing into.And pass through lid and protect this screen part; make it can not be exposed to the bad weather neutralization and be subjected to contingent damages, therefore, opening allows this lid to fall and slides along strut; so that place on this bowl, thereby will shield in the space that partly is stored between this lid and the bowl.
Compare with the unit of prior art, be easier in this stove, cook, because this cooking highly can be regulated.When stove fire is too hot or too cold,, can regulate cook temperature at an easy rate by changing the distance of cooking surface distance stove fire.Even when screen part arrange in place after, cook temperature also can change, thereby holds Mars and ashes better, particularly in the winter time.
Specific embodiment
Fig. 1 has represented a kind of preferred portable open air stove of the present invention, totally with 10 expressions, places on the ground 12.Stove 10 has pedestal 14, and this pedestal 14 is designed to support therein and the combustible material that burns.Usually, this stove 10 is used for burning wood.But, it is wooden that stove 10 of the present invention is not limited to burning.Arbitrarily combustible material can burn in the pedestal 14 of this stove, comprises but is not to limit: wooden, charcoal or round log shape combustion mouth, this round log shape combustion mouth obtains fuel by replenishing the supply natural gas.Can select, when wood or charcoal are taken fire, adopt gas ignitor to come aid lighting, and do not adopt ignition substance, igniting liquid etc.Preferably, pedestal 14 is a plate-like or bowl-shape, because this shape helps upwards reflection of heat, and just ashes are fallen on this bowl side, and concentrate on the bottom of this pedestal.
Whole unit tilted and ashes are poured in the suitable containers so that dispose, this is to remove the ashes still stayed in this pedestal 14 and a kind of method of combustible material not after burning-out.But, ash disposal mouth 16 (Fig. 7) is preferably arranged, so that undesirable material can be removed simply in the bottom of this pedestal 14 from pedestal.When if pedestal 14 is spill, preferably this ash disposal mouth 16 is arranged in the bottommost of this curved surface, from fire because ashes that fall and chip will concentrate on this zone.
Below with reference to Fig. 2 and 2A, in order to concentrate ashes, stove assembly 10 of the present invention can select to comprise an ash accepting machine 18, and this ash accepting machine 18 down is installed on the described pedestal 14, and aligns with this ash disposal mouth 16 usually.Usually, the cylindrical container of a cheap metal just can be well as this ash accepting machine 18, because it is easy to make.In order to regulate the combustion air flow that flows to stove fire, preferably this ash accepting machine comprises a plurality of passages 19.Passage controller 20 can selectively be controlled the amount that increases or reduce combustion air, and this passage controller 20 is a porose ring preferably, and this porose ring can select to stop up passage 19.The shape of this ash accepting machine 18 is unimportant, as long as this container is enough big, so that can cover ash disposal mouth 16, and this container is arranged to by 21 supportings of the ash accepting machine mounting bracket on the pedestal 14.Any material may be used to constitute this ash accepting machine 18, as long as this material can bear the temperature from the hot ashes and the little combustion bits of stove fire.Preferably adopt metal, especially work as this metal and be coated with the protection coating, this protection coating is porcelain coating or other cramic coat for example.Preferably, handle 22 is installed on this ash accepting machine by the seat leg 24 as thermal break, so that can turn this ash accepting machine 18 simply when ash accepting machine 18 is warmmer.
Ash accepting machine 18 can be installed on the pedestal 14 by any device known in the art.Preferably, ash accepting machine mounting bracket 21 is positioned on the convex of pedestal 14, and is in and makes this ash accepting machine 18 and ash disposal mouth 16 positions aligning.Be more preferably, mounting bracket 21 is arranged so that radially extending flange or the edge 26 on ash accepting machine 18 can slidably mesh with the ash accepting machine mounting bracket 21 that becomes shape.This edge 26 can comprise straight flange 27, as shown in Figure 3, so that mesh with this ash accepting machine mounting bracket 21 better.
Under ignition temperature, the moisture that may exist does not have the iron or the steel surface of protection with quick oxidation, and this moisture is for example from wooden or airborne moisture.Therefore, the surface of pedestal 14 is coated with protective material usually, for example porcelain or other cramic coat, to prevent this pedestal 14 since weather or be loaded on wherein stove fire and oxidation.When pedestal 14 had coating, the user can select the sand sand is placed pedestal 14, and as thermal break below stove fire, so that the protection polished surface, it is new the same that it is looked like.
Again with reference to figure 2, in order to prevent that the sand sand from falling or being filled in the ash accepting machine 18 by ash disposal mouth 16, stove device 10 can select to comprise that is cut a sand sand device, and this section sand sand device is totally with 30 expressions, its size is set to removably be arranged on the pedestal 14, so that close ash disposal mouth 16.Cutting sand sand device 30 preferably includes: a flashboard 32, and this flashboard 32 is sized to cover this ash disposal mouth 16; And an insulated handle 34, so that can remove this flashboard easily.
Below with reference to Fig. 2 and 2A, the silt trap mounting bracket is positioned on the convex of pedestal 14, so that this silt trap 30 is held in place.Be more preferably, an independent support can be carried out the function of ash accepting machine mounting bracket 21 and silt trap mounting bracket, and it is sized to keep ash accepting machine 18 and silt trap 30 simultaneously.In order to realize this purpose, silt trap 30, ash accepting machine 18 and mounting bracket 21 are sized to like this, be that silt trap 30 and ash accepting machine 18 can remain on this mounting bracket 21 simultaneously, and in silt trap 30 or the ash accepting machine 18 can also be taken off, simultaneously another is stayed put.This can give the flexibility of user's maximum, and can save the space.Especially, in a preferred embodiment, support 21 comprises inside projection, and this inside projection will replace one flange or the shelf 38 that is used for installing ash accepting machine 18 and silt trap flashboard 32 well.
Forward Fig. 1 and 3 to, pedestal 14 has one or more legs 40 to support, and this leg 40 is by totally being held in place with 42 scaffolds of representing.One or more frame units 44 make leg 40 spaced apart, and make grill assembly 10 stable.Leg 40 supporting bases 14, thus make its vertical built on stilts 12.Make pedestal 14 built on stilts 12 can not only protect ground and make its heat effects that is not subjected to stove fire, and can make pedestal 14 remain on height more easily, so that the user takes care of stove fire.
Can select, leg 40 is arranged to be equipped with wheel 46, and this wheel 46 is with or without wheel shaft 47, so that make stove unit 10 move to another place from one.Also can be without wheel, and preferably, two legs 40 can be equipped with backing plate 48, this backing plate 48 provides the additional surface area that contacts with ground 12.Backing plate 48 helps the weight of stove 10 more is evenly distributed on mud ground or the hag face.Can also be arranged to make backing plate 48 and leg 40 that screw thread is arranged, so that undertaken than minor adjustment by the total length of 48 pairs of legs 40 of backing plate, thereby this stove 10 is lain on the uneven ground 12.
Stove 10 of the present invention also comprises one or more vertical strut or strut parts 50 usually, and this strut or strut part 50 can be fixed on the scaffold 42.Although for convenience, leg 40 and strut 50 are represented with reference number respectively by its function should be known in preferably, they are single, the part of vertical support member 40,50 usually, but they can separate physically also when suitable.For example, as shown in Figure 3, leg 40 is ends that contact with ground 12 of bar or pipe, and strut part 50 are identity elements, away from the opposite end on ground 12.In the label of this specification, leg 40 is usually vertical support member parts between ground 12 and scaffold 42, and strut part 50 be this vertical usually support member, on the scaffold 42 (when as during Fig. 3 orientation) part.It is also conceivable that this common vertical support member 40,50 can be selected to be made of a plurality of part (not shown), for example two parts can be fixed together to form whole vertical support member by screw thread or alternate manner.
No matter the structure of leg 40 and strut 50 how, they are spaced apart by scaffold 42 and frame unit 44.Scaffold 42 can link to each other with strut 50 with this leg 40 by the device of any appropriate.In a preferred embodiment, this feature realizes that so promptly bottom bracket 53 has two halves, and per half part has the frusto-conical cross-section shape and the interior semi-circular shape of convex, this interior semi-circular shape and vertical support member 40,50 engagements.Scaffold 42 has at least two turnings, and there is the spill frusto-conical cross-section shape 54 of tubulose at each turning, and be arranged to hold a pair of half of holder part 53 and with this to half of holder part 53 secure engagement.The system of the type is in U.S. Patent No. 3,757,705 and 3,523, and the suspension wire shelf described in 508, the document is incorporated herein by reference.In preferred structure, frame unit 44 has equal lengths, thereby makes support 40 and strut 50 around pedestal 14 equal spacings.
Strut 50 has joint 56, is used for installing screen part 60.Preferably, this joint 56 for example is a slit for not needing instrument in use, and screen part 60 will be suspended on (Fig. 4) on this slit.Each joint 56 can be the integral part of corresponding strut 50, and for example when directly being cut into slit on this strut 50, when perhaps this joint can be the separate component that is fixed on this strut, platen bracket comprised a slit.In most preferred joint 56, the slit that on each strut 50, has many rows axially to remove, thus a plurality of screen parts 60 can be installed on the same strut 50.
Another preferred form is, as shown in Figure 3, utilizes at least one totally with the stabilizing members of 64 expressions, and pedestal 14 is shelved on this stabilizing member.Usually, leg 40 supports this pedestal 14 with any manner known in the art.Adopt stabilizing member 64 add additional support will for stove 10, thereby prevent that it is from from a side direction opposite side deflection.The position that this stabilizing member 64 also provides the edge 66 that is used to make pedestal 14 to shelve, thereby the weight of supporting base 14 and it is held in place by gravity.Aliging with vertical support member 40,50 in hole 67 on the edge 66, and slidably meshes with this vertical support member 40,50.Stabilizing member 64 is installed on this strut 50, preferably utilizes fixture 53 and tubulose spill frustoconical shape 54 with scaffold 42 same-types.Also can consider other mounting structure, but detachable member (not needing instrument) preferably.Also can select, heat insulation bat-handle 70 is installed on base framework 64 or the scaffold 42, thereby can move this stove 10 as required when this unit is still warm.
Below with reference to Fig. 3 and 4, preferably, this screen part 60 is made of screen cloth 72 and connector 74, and this screen cloth 72 is made by refractory material, this connector form can with on each strut 50, need slit joint 56 engagement that matches.One or more screen parts 60 are installed on the strut 50, so that form the cage around pedestal 14, thereby play the effect of the Mars that holds hot ashes or stove fire.Screen part 60 is installed on the strut 50, preferably is suspended on the strut, and and can't help pedestal 14 supporting.Owing to multiple reason, metal is the preferred structure material of this screen part 60.Metal is relatively cheap raw material, and is easy to form screen.When these screen part 60 layouts were in place, the gap of this screen 72 can not be small enough to interrupt the supply of combustion air to stove fire.
Preferably, metal edges or framework 80 to keep its shape better, are perhaps simplified the installation of this connector 74 around this screen 72.As an annex or an integral part of this screen part 60, connector 74 usually but be not to constitute by shielding 72 identical materials with this.The size of this connector 74 and structure be arranged to a strut 50 on joint 56 engagement that matches.When adopting preferred slit 56, this connector 74 preferably becomes the shape of lug, and this lug can insert this slit, and makes screen part 60 descend a little, and like this, this lug firmly remains in the slit.Because screen part 60 is installed on a plurality of struts 50, each side in screen part 60 has at least two group connectors 74 usually, preferably on framework 80.It is also conceivable that this lug connector 74 is positioned on the strut 50, and slit 56 is positioned on the framework 80.
One or more screen parts 60 comprise at least one door 82, as shown in figs. 1 and 4.Use door 82 to add wood and take care of stove fire under the situation of not taking off this screen part 60 being convenient to, this screen part can be hot.The door 82 of any kind can adopt.A kind of door 82 of simple form comprises the frame part of screen 72, and this frame part has hinge 84 (Fig. 4), thereby it can be swung, and also has a lock bolt 86, and this lock bolt can make a maintenance close.In a preferred embodiment, provide two such doors.But, also can consider single door 82.As required, also can consider other door.
In a preferred embodiment, comprise door 82 is housed that screen part 60 all being installed on any a pair of adjacent struts 50 with mode that any other screen part is exchanged.When strut 50 equal spacings, screen part 60 all is identical size, therefore can simplify the assembling process of this stove unit 10.The screen part 60 interchangeable users of making can select any one screen part 60 and it is installed on the adjacent arbitrarily strut 50.Therefore, the advantage of this stove 10 is when this unit of assembling, not need to seek some the screen part 60 that must pack between any two specific struts 50.
This stove 10 also comprises a lid 90, and the size of this lid is sent out to be set to and covered this cage 76.Although this lid 90 is not necessary for any specific shape, cheese is suitable especially, is preferred therefore.A key character of this stove 10 is can be with this lid 90 from being transformed into as shown in Figure 5 safe, folding cap in the second place at the bell of primary importance as shown in Figure 6.When lid 90 in use and stove fire when burning, it is an important protector, is used for Mars and flying dust are loaded on cage 76, as shown in Figure 1.This primary importance is determined by the lid 90 that covers this cage 76.Preferably, a plurality of circumferential isolated cheese pits 92 are positioned on this lid 90, and as locator.When strut 50, when preferably more blunt and round upper end 93 places in this pit 92, lid 90 is fixed on the top of cage 76.
The second place (Fig. 5) is determined by the lid 90 that contacts with pedestal 14.Only when not having stove fire and will shield part when pulling down, this lid 90 just places the second place so that storage.Therefore, the contact of the sealing between lid 90 and the pedestal 14 is not very crucial.But, in order to store or to provide best protection to avoid weather effect during the second place, preferably the diameter of this lid 90 is enough to extend to the edge of pedestal 14 or surpasses susceptor edges, and like this, water can not enter below this lid 90 and in pedestal 14 bottoms and accumulate.
In order to place the second place that contacts with pedestal 14, lid 90 and strut 50 must fit in and make the position of strut 50 can not hinder the motion of lid 90 to this position.With reference to figure 4, when lid 90 enough wide, thereby when covering cage 76 fully, as preferred embodiment, this lid 90 has lid opening 94, this lid opening 94 is arranged to can be slidably and 50 engagements of a strut.This makes lid 90 can be towards ground 12 move downward, and contacts with pedestal 14, as shown in Figure 5.Preferably, lid opening 94 lays respectively at the adjacent of respective dimple 92, and all lid openings 94 are all in the same side of each respective dimple.
When adopting preferred bowl-type and cheese, this lid axially rotates, and is positioned at the second place, and pedestal 14 and lid 90 form a chamber, and this chamber can be as storing purpose.In order to protect storage when not using, screen part 60 is taken off and is placed in the pedestal 14 (preferably as shown in Figure 5) from strut 50, makes lid 90 be reduced to the second place again, thereby covers this screen part.When this stove 10 is used in hope, take off lid 90, will shield part 60 and be fixed on the strut 50, again lid 90 is put back into primary importance.
Below with reference to Fig. 7, when the grill assembly that select to use totally with 100 expressions, stove of the present invention also is suitable for cooking.Cooking grate 102 is by totally remaining on the stove fire with 104 suspension brackets of representing.This cooking grate 102 is sized to be loaded in the cage 76, a certain amount of food can be housed so that cook simultaneously.Preferably, this cooking grate 102 is Height Adjustable to a plurality of distances from pedestal 14.A kind of method of regulating this cooking height is that grate links to each other with this suspension line by the length of adjusting suspension line 106.Suspension line 106 most preferably is to be made by metal bracelet by being applicable to that any materials in the stove makes.Preferably, this suspension line 106 is installed on the cooking grate 102, to improve the stability of this cooking grate 102 at a plurality of somes place.
With reference to figure 8,, can improve the stability of this cooking grate 102 by selecting to add one or more positioning pointers 108 and check plate 110.Positioning pointer 108 is stretched out from cooking grate 102, and cooperates with a strut 50, so that reduce to cook the rotation of grate around suspension line 106.Preferably, the two pairs of positioning pointers 108 are arranged in the opposite side of cooking grate 102, and can be at an easy rate when this cooking grate 102 raises or reduces along the length direction slip of strut 50.The number of pointer and structure can change to adapt to instructions for use.Check plate 110 is mounted on one or more struts 50 or is installed in ridge on the suspension bracket 104, and it has determined the minimum recommended cooking position of this cooking grate 102 on stove fire, and allows this grate to shelve to be in a horizontal position.
Suspension bracket 104 can be installed and be supported on one or more struts 50, as shown in Figure 7.Preferably, this suspension bracket 104 slidably with strut 50 engagement that matches, like this, it can assemble under the situation of the instrument that does not use any kind and dismantle.For this reason, preferably, this tubulose suspension bracket 104 has pair socket 109, and this is arranged to by sliding on strut 50 upper ends 93 and the engagement that matches of corresponding a pair of strut 50 socket 109.The height and the size of suspension bracket 104 are unimportant, as long as its height is enough to make cooking grate 102 to remain on enough height place above the pedestal 14, preventing to burn food, and this unit should be enough firm, so that can support the weight of the cooking grate 102 that has loaded food.Preferably, the adjustable height of these suspension bracket 104 feasible cooking grates 102.For example, preferably this suspension bracket comprises a bar 112 that rotatably inserts in this suspension bracket 104, and also has one handle 114, thereby forms capstan winch, but, can consider that also other is used to change the device of the height of cooking grate 104.
Therefore, obviously, portable open air stove 10 described here is easy to assembling or dismounting under the situation of tool using not.The structure of this feature has strut 50, and this strut 50 keeps screen parts 60, and this screen part 60 is easy to take off, and is stored between pedestal 14 and the lid 92 so that protect.Can select hanger assembly 100 to be used for stove 10, so that can cook at the adjustable-height place of distance cooking stove fire.But, can consider the stove 10 that provides basic, it does not have one or more in ash accepting machine 18, silt trap 30 and the hanger assembly 100 yet.
Although by the agency of the specific embodiments of portable open air stove, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that under the situation that does not break away from broad aspect of the present invention and can change and change that this broad aspect is as described in the claim subsequently.