Ash cleanout system
AssigneeLogan Outdoor Products, LLC
InventorsS. Ty Measom, Brett Bennett
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Abstract
A cooking grill with a cooking chamber, pellet fuel combustion unit, and ash cleanout system for releasing retained ash from the combustion unit through an access door without requiring the disassembly of the upper components of the grill. The combustion unit has a first end with a first end opening, and a second end with a second end opening. The ash cleanout system includes an access door adjacent to the second end, operable by a user from a position external to the cooking chamber through a pull link, and capable of a first position wherein the second end opening is closed to generally retain ash within the pellet fuel combustion unit, and a second position wherein the second end opening is open to release the retained ash to a separate removal location.
Claims20
An ash cleanout system comprising:
- a solid fuel combustion chamber configured to combust solid fuel and produce ash;
- an access opening formed in a panel of the solid fuel combustion chamber;
- an access door dimensioned to entirely close the access opening;
- an external housing surrounding the solid fuel combustion chamber;
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- an actuator coupled to the access door, the actuator extending beyond the external housing and being operable by a user to translate the access door from a first position, in which the access door entirely closes the access opening to retain ash within the solid fuel combustion chamber, to a second position, in which the access door does not entirely close the access opening to release ash from the solid fuel combustion chamber.
An ash cleanout system comprising:
- a pellet fuel combustion chamber configured to combust pellet fuel and produce ash;
- an access opening formed in a bottom panel of the pellet fuel combustion chamber;
- an access door dimensioned to close the access opening;
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- a pull link assembly coupled to the access door and comprising a pull rod extending from the access door, wherein the pull link assembly is configured to slide the access door from a first position, in which the access opening is closed to retain ash within the pellet fuel combustion chamber, to a second position, in which the access opening is at least partially revealed to release ash from the pellet fuel combustion chamber.
A wood pellet fueled cooking grill having an ash cleanout system comprising:
- a grate;
- a pan section disposed under the grate, the grate configured to be removably secured to the pan section;
- a pellet fuel combustion chamber disposed in the pan section and configured to combust pellet fuel and produce ash;
- an access opening formed in a bottom panel of the pellet fuel combustion chamber;
- an access door dimensioned to close the access opening;
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- a pull link assembly coupled to the access door and comprising a pull rod extending from the access door, wherein the pull link assembly is configured to slide the access door from a first position, in which the access opening is closed to retain ash within the pellet fuel combustion chamber, to a second position, in which the access opening is at least partially revealed to release ash from the pellet fuel combustion chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.