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US 10,244,895 B2Granted
Automated grill cleaning system
OwnerMark Fleminginventor
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Abstract
An automated grill cleaning system for automatically cleaning a grill in a cooker includes a cooking unit that may be used to cook. The cooking unit has a housing and a grill is positioned in the housing. The housing has an outer wall. A cleaning unit is coupled to the cooking unit and the cleaning unit is positioned on the outer wall. The cleaning unit selectively engages the grill. The cleaning unit urges itself to travel along the grill to abrade debris from the grill.
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An automated grill cleaning system comprising:
- a cooking unit being configured to cook, said cooking unit having a housing and a grill being positioned in said housing, said housing having an outer wall, said outer wall of said housing having an exposed edge, said outer wall having a first lateral side, said grill being substantially aligned with said exposed edge;
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- a cleaning unit being coupled to said cooking unit, said cleaning unit being positioned on said outer wall, said cleaning unit selectively engaging said grill, said cleaning unit urging itself to travel along said grill wherein said cleaning unit is configured to abrade debris from said grill, said cleaning unit comprises a mount being removably coupled to said housing, said mount comprising:
- a first arm having a first end, a second end and an exterior surface extending between said first end and said second end, said exterior surface having a first side, a second side and a third side, said second side coextensively abutting said exposed edge of said outer wall, said first arm being positioned on said first lateral side of said outer wall having said third side facing said grill, said first arm being substantially hollow, said third side having a slot extending therethrough, said slot being substantially coextensive with said first arm.
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An automated grill cleaning system comprising:
- a cooking unit being configured to cook, said cooking unit having a housing and a grill being positioned in said housing, said housing having an outer wall;
- a cleaning unit being coupled to said cooking unit, said cleaning unit being positioned on said outer wall, said cleaning unit selectively engaging said grill, said cleaning unit urging itself to travel along said grill wherein said cleaning unit is configured to abrade debris from said grill, said mount includes a first arm, said first arm having a third side;
- said cleaning unit comprises a scrubber being movably coupled to said mount, said scrubber being positioned to frictionally engage said grill thereby facilitating said scrubber to remove the debris from said grill, said scrubber comprising a cleaning member having a primary end and a secondary end, said cleaning member comprising a first half slidably engaging a second half such that said cleaning member has a slidably adjustable length, said primary end being rotatably coupled to said third side of said first arm, said cleaning member being selectively positioned in a stored position having said cleaning member being coextensive with said first arm, said cleaning member being selectively positioned in a deployed position having said cleaning member extending over said grill.
An automated grill cleaning system comprising:
- a cooking unit being configured to cook, said cooking unit having a housing and a grill being positioned in said housing, said housing having an outer wall;
- a cleaning unit being coupled to said cooking unit, said cleaning unit being positioned on said outer wall, said cleaning unit selectively engaging said grill, said cleaning unit urging itself to travel along said grill wherein said cleaning unit is configured to abrade debris from said grill, said cleaning unit comprises a mount being removably coupled to said housing, said mount includes a first arm;
- said cleaning unit includes a drive being positioned within coupled to said mount such that said drive urges said scrubber along said grill wherein said scrubber is configured to remove the debris from said grill, said drive comprising a plurality of first pulleys, each of said first pulleys being rotatably coupled to said first arm, each of said first pulleys being positioned within said first arm, said first pulleys being spaced apart from each other and being distributed along said first arm;
- a slot extending through said first arm;
- a first belt being positioned around each of said first pulleys;
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- a retainer being coupled to said first belt, said retainer extending outwardly from said slot, said primary end of said cleaning member being rotatably coupled to said retainer.
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