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US 11,231,178 B2Granted
Removable burn pot
AssigneeDansons US, LLC
InventorChris James
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Abstract
The presently disclosed embodiments include a burner assembly for a cooking appliance that features a pullout including a removable burn pot. The pullout allows a user to easily remove the burn pot to empty burned ash and clean any residual materials from the burn pot. The pullout features a keyway design to aid in retention and easy removal from a cooking appliance. The pullout couples to a fuel chamber that houses an auger for supplying a fuel source and an ignitor. The pullout includes a gasket that provides a sealing engagement between the pullout and the cooking appliance.
Claims10
A cooking appliance comprising:
- a body defining at least one recess;
- a hopper configured to hold a fuel source;
- a fuel chamber coupled to the hopper;
- a pullout comprising at least one keyway surface, at least one recessed surface adjacent to the at least one keyway surface, a burn pot, and a plate, the pullout removably coupled to the recess of the body, and the burn pot removably engaging the fuel chamber,
- wherein the at least one keyway surface corresponds to at least one notch defined in the recess of the body, and the at least one recessed surface is sized and shaped to match a corresponding tab defined in the recess of the body;
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- wherein the at least one keyway surface comprises a flexible coupling to pullout.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.