MXPA05000310A

MXPA05000310A - Device for lighting charcoal.

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Publication number: MXPA05000310A
Application number: MXPA05000310A
Authority: MX
Inventors: Christian Auberger
Original assignee: Christian Auberger
Priority date: 2002-07-05
Filing date: 2003-06-27
Publication date: 2005-03-31
Also published as: AT502012A4; EP1519671A1; US20050224065A1; PL373170A1; JP2005532438A; AT502012B1; CN1665435A; WO2004004526A1; CA2491571A1; AU2003281190A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for lighting charcoal with the aid of an ignitable, after-expanding material, especially a wood-based substance, comprising a cage which receives the charcoal and comprises a peripheral wall (1) which is provided with through openings (12) and made of the after-expanding material.

Description

AN APPARATUS FOR LIGHTING CHARCOAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION The invention relates to an apparatus for igniting coal with the aid of a flammable sustainable material, especially a wood-based material.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Different ignition auxiliary materials are used to ignite coal, which consist of either a fuel in paste or liquid fixed, easily flammable or a vehicle impregnated with a highly flammable fuel. The disadvantage in relation to said known ignition auxiliary materials is that they form locally limited pockets of fire, which produces nests of individual coals of which a quantity of logs is necessary which then gradually include all the total coal. This mostly requires the use of jet air. An additional factor is that said auxiliary ignition materials meet the requirements 2 respective related to the neutrality of taste and smell and the freedom of non-harmful effects related to the use of food. Wood materials meet these requirements, but it is necessary to ignite the coal with the help of chips or wood shavings because the wood material needs to be ignited first and with the use of flames and smoke gases the coal applied to the fire of the wood needs to be heated to the temperature of inflammation. In addition, the ignition of coal in a stack of uniform trunks with the help of wood fire depends on the type in which the wood is piled and the amount of wood used and therefore the skill and experience of a person who lights the fire .

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The invention is therefore based on the object of providing an apparatus for igniting coal of the kind mentioned above, so that a uniform set of trunks is achieved without considering the ability of a person to ignite the coal, and this without using air with burst. 3 This object is achieved by means of the invention with a cage receiving the carbon comprising a circumferential wall which is provided with through-hole openings and is made of a sustainable material. As a result of this measure, the material for igniting the carbon forms a cage enclosing the coal, the coal to be ignited is held together inside the circumferential wall of the cage and heated on all sides by burning the circumferential wall, with the through-hole openings in the circumferential wall which ensure not only a favorable supply of combustion air for the ignition cage, but also for the coal to be enclosed by said cage. The combustion of the circumferential wall of the cage leads to an accumulation of heat in the region of the coal enclosed by the cage, which ensures a set of trunks that penetrates the stacked coal in one form if it has to employ additional burst air. As the amount of carbon to be used on average is predetermined at least by the receiver volume of the cage and the amount of material used to form the wall 4 circumferential, you can adjust to this amount of coal, if you get many convenient conditions to light the coal required for a roasting procedure. Although the basic shape of the cage is not important for the successful ignition of coal, a cage comprising a circumferential wall with a polygonal configuration composed of straight walls is still recommended because it is easier to produce generally straight walls. Said walls may consist of cartons in which through-hole openings have been drilled, drilled or knurled. To avoid the waste involved in cutting the through holes, circumferential walls of the cage can conveniently consist of rods that are separated from each other and placed one on top of the other and that are made of a suitable material, so that The through-hole openings between the rods are obtained automatically. The joining of the rods within the walls of the cage can occur in different ways, for example by fitting the rods to corner pillars. In particular, simple construction conditions are obtained in relation to the above when the ends of the rods of the walls of the adjacent cage lie alternately on each other and are joined together, so that said rods of one of the walls act as spacers for the rods of the other wall. The ends of the stacked rod also ensure sufficient cohesion of the cage during ignition of the coal due to an increased amount of fuel in the corner region. Although the rods of the walls of the adjacent cage can be joined together in the region of the stacked end in different ways, especially convenient construction conditions are obtained when the ends of the stacked rods are joined by penetrating wooden pegs because in this case Bonding means will also burn completely without leaving residues. The wooden dowels can be held securely in the through holes where the rods are received to prevent the joints from sticking together. The cage mainly does not require a floor, if said cage is placed on a grate that receives the coal. The floor of the cage, however, offers advantages because before it is 6 burn the floor of the cage, the coal is held by it. Said cages can therefore also form a packing unit together with the coal. To ensure that a simple and uncomplicated floor can be inserted for the cage, said cage can comprise a floor made of cardboard which in the case of a configuration of the walls of the cage made of rods preferably is held between two lower layers of rods To ignite the cage that receives the coal, you can use auxiliary ignition materials. In relation to the above, the circumferential wall of the cage can be impregnated at least in sections with an easily flammable fuel, with wax, which is the obvious natural fuel option. It is also possible for the cage to include auxiliary ignition materials in its corner regions on the floor side, where the auxiliary ignition materials are impregnated with an easily flammable fuel and consisting of cotton threads that are saturated with wax. The cipferencial wall will usually consist of wood. It is also convenient to process other suitable materials 7 such as straws or reeds, if available respectively.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES The subject matter of the invention is shown in the figures by way of example, in which: Figure 1 shows an apparatus according to the invention for igniting coal in a simplified, partially raised side view, and Figure 2 shows the apparatus according to figure 1, in a top view.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED MODALITIES The illustrated apparatus consists in accordance with the described embodiment of a cage with a circumferential wall 1 which is square in configuration and comprises cage walls 2 and 3 which are opposed to each other in pairs. Said cage walls 2 and 3 each are composed of rods 4 made of cut wood chips which are separated and arranged one above the other. For this purpose, the ends of the rods 4 of the adjacent cage walls 2, 3 are placed 8 alternating one on the other, as shown in figure 1. Spigots 5 are provided to join the rods of the adjacent walls 2, 3, whose pegs penetrate the rods 4 into aligned through holes 6. To avoid the use of glue, a non-positive fixing of the wooden pins 5 in the through holes 6 is sufficient. The cage 1 is not under tension in the direction of the wooden pins 5. A floor 9 made of cardboard is inserted between the two layers of rod lower 7, 8, whose floor is also penetrated by the wooden dowels 6. The coal to be ignited can therefore be poured on the floor 9 between the cage walls 2, 3 before the walls of the cage are ignited. 2, 3. The ignition auxiliary materials 10 can be provided to ignite the walls of the cage 2, 3, which auxiliary ignition materials can consist of a cotton cord 11 which is saturated with wax and which is wrapped around the the pilars s of the corner that is formed by the ends of rod super positions and hold each other by twisting the ends of the rope. It ensures a sufficiently even ignition of the 9 circumferential wall 1, igniting said auxiliary ignition materials 10 in the region of all the corners of the cage. Another possibility for igniting the circumferential wall of the cage is to impregnate the rods 4 of the individual cage walls 2, 3 with an easily flammable fuel such as wax, so that the rods 4 alone can be ignited easily. A saturation of the lower rod layers would be sufficient in this case since the very high flares and the smoke gases will ensure a rapid ignition of the upper rod layers. As a result of the circumferential wall 1 that can be ignited on all sides, leading to the rapid formation of a set of trunks in the coal that expands on the total cage arrangement without having to also use air in burst. The combustion air is guided through the through-hole openings 12 to the expanded set of logs in the coal, the through-hole openings of which are obtained between the stacked rods 4 of the individual walls 2, 3 so as to exist in the interior. favorable ignition conditions also within the circumferential wall 1. It should be understood that the invention is not limited to the illustrated embodiment because it is simply relevant to produce a cage with a circumferential wall forming through-hole openings for the combustion area, whose wall is representative of a fuel sufficient to ignite the coal and consists of a suitable material readily available, as it is specially formed by wood. The circumferential wall may also be made of other combustible materials such as straw or reeds. It is simply necessary to take into account that the cipferencial wall leads to a sufficient storage of fuel to be able to ignite a large amount of coal in a stack of logs which is determined by the volume of reception of the cage. The contour of the cage does not play any important role related to the function, although a square figure arrangement ensures simple construction conditions, especially when the walls are composed of individual rods.

Claims

eleven NOVELTY OF THE INVENTION Having described the present invention is considered as a novelty and, therefore, the content of the following is claimed as a priority: CLAIMS

1. - An apparatus for igniting coal with the aid of a suitable flammable material, especially a wood-based material, characterized by a cage receiving coal and comprising a circumferential wall (1) which is provided with through-hole openings (12) and it is made of suitable material.

2. - The apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the circumferential wall (1) is polygonal and is composed of straight walls (2, 3).

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the walls (2, 3) of the circumferential wall (1) of the cage consist of rods (4) that are 12 stacked one on top of the other at a distance from each other and that they are made of a suitable material.

4. - The apparatus according to claim 3, characterized in that the ends of the rods (4) of the adjacent cage walls (2, 3) are stacked alternately and are joined together.

5. - The apparatus according to the rei indication 4, characterized in that the ends of the stacked rods (4) are joined to each other, through wooden dowels (5) that penetrate it.

6. - The apparatus according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the cage has a floor (9) made of cardboard.

7. - The apparatus according to claims 3 and 6, characterized in that the cardboard forming the floor (9) is held between two lower layers (7, 8) of the rods.

8. - The apparatus according to one of the claims 1 to and characterized in that the circumferential wall (1) of the cage is impregnated at least in sections with a highly flammable fuel. 13

9. - The apparatus according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the cage carries auxiliary ignition materials (10) in its corner region on the floor side, whose auxiliary ignition materials are impregnated with an easily flammable fuel .