EP0109144A2 - Appareil de cuisson convertible - Google Patents

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EP0109144A2
EP0109144A2 EP83304905A EP83304905A EP0109144A2 EP 0109144 A2 EP0109144 A2 EP 0109144A2 EP 83304905 A EP83304905 A EP 83304905A EP 83304905 A EP83304905 A EP 83304905A EP 0109144 A2 EP0109144 A2 EP 0109144A2
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firebox
support member
cooking unit
oven
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Paul William Hait
Dan Rohrer
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PYROMID Inc
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24B—DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES FOR SOLID FUELS; IMPLEMENTS FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH STOVES OR RANGES
    • F24B1/00—Stoves or ranges
    • F24B1/20—Ranges
    • F24B1/202—Ranges specially adapted for travelling
    • F24B1/205—Ranges specially adapted for travelling collapsible
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24C—DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES ; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F24C1/00—Stoves or ranges in which the fuel or energy supply is not restricted to solid fuel or to a type covered by a single one of the following groups F24C3/00 - F24C9/00; Stoves or ranges in which the type of fuel or energy supply is not specified
    • F24C1/16—Stoves or ranges in which the fuel or energy supply is not restricted to solid fuel or to a type covered by a single one of the following groups F24C3/00 - F24C9/00; Stoves or ranges in which the type of fuel or energy supply is not specified with special adaptation for travelling, e.g. collapsible

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  • Cooking units which are assembled for use and disassembled for enclosure in a container for facilitating the transportation thereof have been heretofore available. Other cooking units are customarily used on patios for barbequing and the like. Such cooking units have provisions for disassembling or collapsing to promote easy storage.
  • the arrangement of parts of a cooking unit that is used in outdoor cooking is considerably different than the arrangement of parts for cooking units used for patio cooking.
  • a convertible cooking unit that may be arranged in a compact form for ease in transporting and storage and is capable not only of being used in a camping atmosphere to perform the heating and cooking chores that are required around a campfire, but also of being used to carry out specialized cooking operations, such as hibachi cooking, that are associated with patio functions.
  • a cooking unit includes a truncated pyramidal firebox and a truncated pyramidal support member, which is disposed on the firebox to enable the cooking unit to perform various cooking procedures.
  • An oven is disposed below the firebox or, in the alternative, the oven is disposed above the firebox and the support member to enhance the versatility of the cooking unit.
  • an oven with a drawer is provided.
  • the collapsed or folded truncated pyramidal firebox, the collapsed or folded truncated support member, a flat grill, a flat griddle, a flat diffuser, and a collapsed or folded windbreak are disposed above the oven and below the cover in compact form for storage and transporting.
  • the cover is releasably secured to the top of the oven to retain the folded firebox, the folded support member, the flat grill, the flat griddle, the flat diffuser and folded windbreak between the oven and the cover in the compact form.
  • the extended truncated pyramidal firebox, the extended truncated pyramidal support and diffuser are disposed above the oven, whereby the oven is used as a base and for cooking.
  • the cover serves as a base with the extended truncated pyramidal firebox and the extended truncated pyramidal support member disposed above the cover.
  • a diffuser is disposed in the extended truncated pyramidal support member above the extended truncated pyramidal firebox.
  • the oven is disposed above the truncated pyramidal support member.
  • the convertible cooking unit 10 comprises an oven 15 made, in the preferred embodiment, of stainless steel.
  • the oven 15 includes a suitable stainless steel drawer 16.
  • At the rear wall 17 of the oven 15 is a suitable opening 18.
  • At the rear wall of the drawer 16 is a yieldable latch 19.
  • the latch 19 engages the rear wall 17 surrounding the opening 18, the drawer 16 is retained in the closed position within the oven 15.
  • the latch 19 is urged away from the rear wall 17 against its yieldable action, the drawer 16 is moved manually to an open position or a position extending forwardly of a front wall 20 of the oven 15.
  • a handle 25 On the front wall 24 of the drawer 16 of the oven 15 is a handle 25 which is swingably mounted on the front wall 24 by suitable ears 26. The ears 26 are attached to the front wall 24.
  • a suitable large flat grill 35 Disposed above the oven 15, when the convertible cooking unit 10 is in the compact mode, is a suitable large flat grill 35 (Figure 4).
  • the large grill 35 includes parallel longitudinal rows of openings 36 spaced equal distances apart in the transverse direction.
  • the grill 35 in the preferred embodiment, is made of stainless steel.
  • the windbreak 40 is disposed above the large grill 35 .
  • the windbreak 40 includes three panels 41-43 to form in the extended position upright panels 41-43 defining a rear and adjacent sides.
  • the side panels 41 and 42 are hingedly attached to opposite ends of the rear panel 43 ( Figure 17).
  • the windbreak 40 reduces heat loss during the cooking operation. Toward this end, a blast of wind would have a lesser tendency to blow heat from the cooking surface that would generally be utilized for cooking purposes.
  • the opening between the side panels 41 and 42 would generally face the direction in which the wind blows.
  • the griddle 50 Disposed on the top of the windbreak 40 and an exposed section of the large grill is a griddle or sauce pan 50.
  • the griddle 50 is a flat member of preferably stainless steel with upstanding flanges around the perimeter thereof to form a quadrilateral configuration.
  • the griddle 50 can interchangeably be used in lieu of the large grill 35 for performing various cooking procedures.
  • a diffuser 55 is disposed on the griddle 50 and has a quadrilateral configuration.
  • the diffuser 55 is a flat member made, in the preferred embodiment, of stainless steel with openings 56 formed in the vicinity of the sides thereof, but inwardly of the edges thereof.
  • the openings 56 define a quadrilateral configuration.
  • the diffuser 55 serves to distribute heat from a concentrated or localized source uniformly or evenly throughout a broader area or cooking surface, such as the griddle 50 or the large grill 35.
  • a folded or collapsed truncated pyramidal support member 60 is disposed on one section of the diffuser 55.
  • the truncated pyramidal support member 60 comprises, in the preferred embodiment, six stainless steel panels 61-66.
  • Adjacent panels 61 and 62 are hinged together to form a truncated panel, when extended.
  • Confronting adjacent panels 63 and 64 are hinged together and form a truncated panel when extended.
  • Panels 65 and 66 are truncated panels formed with suitable openings for venting of heat and the conduction of air.
  • the panel 65 is hinged at its opposite ends to panels 62 and 64, respectively.
  • the panel 66 is hinged at its opposite ends to panels 61 and 63, respectively.
  • the support member 60 In the extended or unfolded condition for use during a cooking operation, the support member 60 assumes a truncated pyramidal configuration. To fold the support member 60 for the compact mode, the panels 61, 62 and 63, 64 are folded along their respective hinge connections inwardly (Figure 3) for placement on a section of the diffuser 55.
  • the extended or unfolded truncated pyramidal support member not only supports a cooking surface, such as the griddle 50 or the large grill 35, but also conducts the heat so as to apply the heat over a broader cooking surface, such as the griddle 50 or the large grill 35.
  • a folded or collapsed truncated pyramidal firebox 70 is disposed on a section of the diffuser 55 for the storage and transport compact mode. There will be a slight overlapping relation between the folded truncated pyramidal firebox 70 and the folded truncated pyramidal support member 65 in the compact mode, in the exemplary embodiment.
  • the truncated pyramidal firebox 70 in the preferred embodiment, is made of stainless steel and comprises panels 71-76 ( Figure 6). Adjacent panels 71 and 72 are hinged together to form a truncated panel when extended. Confronting adjacent panels 73 and 74 are hinged together to form a truncated panel, when extended. Panels 75 and 76 ( Figure 8) are truncated panels.
  • the panel 75 is hinged at its opposite ends to panels 72 and 74, respectively.
  • the panel 76 is hinged at its opposite ends to panels 71 and 73, respectively.
  • the firebox 70 assumes a truncated pyramidal configuration so as to be suitable for use during a cooking operation ( Figure 1).
  • the panels 71, 72 and 73, 74 are folded along their respective hinged connections inwardly ( Figure 3) for placement"on a section of the diffuser 55.
  • Fuel is placed in the firebox 70 on the top wall 30 of the oven 15, when extended for cooking operations, to generate the heat for cooking operations (Figure 2).
  • the truncated pyramidal configuration of the firebox 70 serves to concentrate or converge the generated heat and to direct or focus the heat on a cooking surface.
  • Hingedly attached to the panel 75 at the top thereof is a small grill 80.
  • the small grill 80 when folded over the top of the firebox 70, when extended, forms a cooking surface.
  • the small grill 80 rests against the panel 75 to provide a greater access area for the circulation of heat and air through the extended firebox 70.
  • Hingedly attached to the panel 76 at the bottom thereof is a damper or access door 81.
  • the damper or access door 81 when disposed against the panel 76, covers an access opening 82 formed in the panel 76.
  • the damper 81 is pivoted about its horizontally disposed hinge away from the panel 76, thereby enabling the increase of flow of air through the opening 82 of the firebox 70.
  • Fuel may be placed within the firebox 70 through the access opening 82.
  • a handle 83 is journalled for rotation on the damper 81 through ears 84. By gripping the handle 83, the damper 81 can be moved about the horizontally disposed hinge at the lower end of the panel 76.
  • a cylindrical opening 85 is formed in the damper 81.
  • Attached to the handle 83 for rotatable movement therewith is a disc 86.
  • the disc serves to regulate the exposure of the opening 85 for controlling the circulation of air through the opening 85.
  • the disc 86 also functions as a damper, when the damper 81 covers the access opening 82.
  • a cover 100 ( Figure 5) is disposed above the firebox 70 and the support member 60 during the compact mode.
  • Depending flanges 101 (Figure 4) form a quadrilateral configuration and extend outwardly and alongside the upstanding flanges 31 of the oven 15 during the compact mode.
  • Fixed to the top wall of the cover 100 is a flexible latch 102 that has a lower angular member 103 to grip the front upstanding flange 31 of the oven 15 to releasably secure or lock the cover 100 to the oven 15.
  • a compact cooking unit 10 is provided for storage and for transportation ( Figure 1 and 2).
  • the rear depending flange 101 of the cover 100 includes a lip or channel shaped member along its lower edge. The lip or channel shaped member is retained in a channel shaped edge along the rear upstanding flange 31 of the oven 15. In this manner, the rear of the cover 100 is releasably secured and pivotally connected to the rear of the oven 15.
  • the free end of the flexible latch 102 is moved away from the upstanding front flange 31 of the oven 15 to free itself from locking engagement therewith.
  • the cover 100 is lifted in pivotal manner about the lip on the rear depending flange 101 thereof ( Figure 3).
  • the cover 100 is now moved forwardly to release the lip at the rear thereof from the oven 15.
  • the lip at the rear thereof is placed in the channel shaped edge along the rear upstanding flange 31 of the oven 15 to be retained therein ( Figure 5).
  • the cover 100 is pivoted downwardly about the rear lip thereof until the latch 102 grips the upstanding front flange 31 of the oven 15 to be retained thereby.
  • the cover 100 may be used as a flat griddle.
  • the cover 100 may be employed as a sauce pan.
  • the oven 15 forms the base of the convertible cooking unit 10 in Figures 8 and 9.
  • the firebox 70 is unfolded or extended and is disposed on the top wall 30 of the oven 15 between the upstanding flanges 31 thereof.
  • the small grill 80 is pivoted to cover the central opening through the truncated pyramidal firebox 70. Fuel is placed in the firebox 70 on top of the top wall 30 of the oven 15 to generate the heat for cooking.
  • the convertible cooking unit as illustrated in Figures 6, 10 and 11, provides for the oven 15 and the large grill 35.
  • the oven 15 forms the base of the convertible cooking unit 10.
  • the firebox 70 is unfolded or extended and is disposed on the top wall 30 of the oven 15 between the upstanding flanges 31 thereof.
  • the small grill 80 is again pivoted to cover the central opening of the truncated pyramidal firebox 70.
  • the support member 60 is unfolded or extended to assume a truncated pyramidal configuration.
  • the truncated pyramidal support member 60 is placed on the firebox 70 with the narrow opening thereof at the bottom thereof.
  • the extended firebox 70 and the extended support member 60 are aligned axially with the narrow end of the firebox 70 received by the narrow end of the support member 60.
  • the pyramidal support member 60 is inverted with respect to the pyramidal firebox 70.
  • the diffuser 55 is now disposed in the truncated pyramidal support member 60 and is horizontally disposed.
  • the large grill 35 is disposed on the truncated pyramidal support member 60.
  • the griddle 50 can be used in lieu of the large grill 35 ( Figure 12).
  • the cover 100 may be employed as a griddle and used in lieu of the griddle 50 ( Figure 7).
  • the convertible cooking unit 10 provides for the oven 15, to be disposed at the top of the cooking unit 10.
  • the cover 100 is employed as the base of the cooking unit 10.
  • the flanges 101 of the cover 100 are now upstanding.
  • the firebox 70 is disposed on the cover 100 within the upstanding flanges 101 thereof.
  • the truncated pyramidal support member 60 is placed on the firebox 70 with the narrow end thereof receiving the firebox 70.
  • Disposed within the truncated pyramidal support member 60 is the diffuser 55.
  • the drawer 16 is removed from the oven 15.
  • the oven 15 is disposed on the truncated pyramidal support member 60 with the flanges 101 thereof depending and surrounding the top of the panels 61-66 of the support member 60.
  • the drawer 16 is reinserted into the oven 15.
  • the cooking unit 10 as illustrated in Figure 16 is similar to the cooking unit 10 illustrated in Figure 12.
  • the windbreak 40 is employed to conserve the heat applied to the cooking surface, such as the griddle 50.
  • the cover 100 can be disposed on the windbreak 40 to provide an overhead horizontal protecting wall.

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US440984 1982-11-12
US06/440,984 US4508094A (en) 1982-11-12 1982-11-12 Convertible cooking unit
US06/502,689 US4531505A (en) 1983-06-09 1983-06-09 Convertible cooking unit with an oven
US502689 1983-06-09

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EP0109144A2 true EP0109144A2 (fr) 1984-05-23
EP0109144A3 EP0109144A3 (en) 1985-05-29
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GB2230429A (en) * 1989-04-07 1990-10-24 Jones John F Barbecue bucket
US5653162A (en) * 1995-03-20 1997-08-05 Lunde; Howard Leroy Smoker-grill
WO1998033011A1 (fr) * 1997-01-24 1998-07-30 Wallace Burak Bruleur jetable
GR1009547B (el) * 2018-04-26 2019-06-24 Ιακωβος Σωζου Κωνσταντινιδης Μεταφερομενη ψησταρια διπλης λειτουργιας

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DE17491C (de) * 1880-09-07 1882-03-28 E. A. SCHOTT in Kreiensen Anwendung der einschnürung an heizschächten auf einen heiz- und kochapparat
US3765397A (en) * 1973-03-07 1973-10-16 R Henderson Portable charcoal stove
US4140099A (en) * 1977-03-28 1979-02-20 Newport Duane B Foldable stove
CA1122088A (fr) * 1979-11-07 1982-04-20 Frank Linke Appareil portable de cuisson et de fumaison

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DE17491C (de) * 1880-09-07 1882-03-28 E. A. SCHOTT in Kreiensen Anwendung der einschnürung an heizschächten auf einen heiz- und kochapparat
US3765397A (en) * 1973-03-07 1973-10-16 R Henderson Portable charcoal stove
US4140099A (en) * 1977-03-28 1979-02-20 Newport Duane B Foldable stove
CA1122088A (fr) * 1979-11-07 1982-04-20 Frank Linke Appareil portable de cuisson et de fumaison

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2230429A (en) * 1989-04-07 1990-10-24 Jones John F Barbecue bucket
US5653162A (en) * 1995-03-20 1997-08-05 Lunde; Howard Leroy Smoker-grill
WO1998033011A1 (fr) * 1997-01-24 1998-07-30 Wallace Burak Bruleur jetable
GR1009547B (el) * 2018-04-26 2019-06-24 Ιακωβος Σωζου Κωνσταντινιδης Μεταφερομενη ψησταρια διπλης λειτουργιας

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DE3380123D1 (en) 1989-08-03
EP0109144A3 (en) 1985-05-29

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