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US 12,298,010 B2Granted
Pellet auger release system
AssigneeW.C. Bradley Co.
InventorsAnthony Hamilton, Bruce Roberts, Donnie Terkalas, Sleiman Abdallah, William Dixon
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Abstract
A system has a drive mechanism affixed to an auger to selectively impart rotational forces to the auger for movement of pellet fuel for a cooking grill, and a lever arm affixed in a pivoting relationship to the drive mechanism and to a fixed location separate from the drive mechanism such that manipulation of the lever arm results in longitudinal movement of the auger.
Claims12
A system comprising:
- a drive mechanism affixed to an auger to selectively impart rotational forces to the auger for movement of pellet fuel for a cooking grill;
- and
- a lever arm affixed in a pivoting relationship to the drive mechanism and to a fixed location separate from the drive mechanism such that manipulation of the lever arm results in longitudinal movement of the auger;
- wherein:
- the lever arm further comprises a lower transverse segment extending to a handle and a middle segment extending upward to an upper segment;
- the upper segment is rotationally connected to the drive mechanism on an upper portion thereof;
- and
- the upper segment is rotationally connected to a bracket on an air plenum as the fixed location separate from the drive mechanism.
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A system comprising:
- a drive mechanism affixed to an auger to selectively impart rotational forces to the auger for movement of pellet fuel for a cooking grill;
- a lever arm affixed in a pivoting relationship to the drive mechanism and to a fixed location separate from the drive mechanism such that manipulation of the lever arm results in longitudinal movement of the auger;
- and
- an auger tube in which the auger rotates and through which the pellet fuel travels, the auger tube having a fixed relationship with respect to the fixed location separate from the drive mechanism such that longitudinal movement of the auger results in longitudinal movement of the auger within the auger tube;
- wherein the fixed location separate from the drive mechanism comprises an air plenum through which the auger tube and auger travel to a fire pot provided combustion air from the plenum.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.