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US 12,440,869 B2Granted
Screening bucket for wood cooking pellets
AssigneeGeorgia Torrefaction Technology LLC
InventorMark Keith Vaughn
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Abstract
A screening bucket for wood cooking pellets with a spring-loaded sifting screen to facilitate the separation of wood dust from the cooking pellets stored in the bucket. The user pours a supply of wood pellets into the bucket, and the dispenses the pellets from the screening bucket into the grill or stove as needed. The wood pellets are dispensed through a pellet port in the lid of the bucket, while the dust is discharged through a dust port in the bottom of the bucket. A spring-loaded sifting screen captured on a retainer pin near the bottom pf the bucket allows to use to shake and tap the bucket to facilitate separation of the dust from the pellets.
Claims19
A screening bucket for wood cooking pellets, comprising:
- a container defining a top, a bottom, and an interior;
- a lid removably attached to the top of the container comprising a pellet port sized for dispensing wood pellets from the interior of the container through the lid;
- a sifting screen spaced apart from the bottom of the container dividing the interior of the container into a pellet holding section and a dust collection section;
- a retainer pin capturing the sifting screen to the bottom of the container while allowing the sifting screen to move along the retainer pin of the retainer;
- one or more shaker springs positioned between the sifting screen and the bottom of the container biasing the sifting screen away from the bottom of the container;
- a dust port through the bottom of the container for discharging wood dust shed by wood pellets;
- wherein the sifting screen has a mesh size causing wood pellets in the pellet holding section to remain above the sifting screen while allowing wood dust shed by the wood pellets to pass through the sifting screen into the dust collection section;
- wherein movement of the sifting screen along the retainer in response to jostling and tapping of the container facilitates movement of the wood dust from the pellet holding section into the dust collection section.
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A screening bucket for wood cooking pellets, comprising:
- a container defining a top, a bottom, and an interior;
- a lid removably attached to the top of the container comprising a pellet port sized for dispensing wood pellets from the interior of the container through the lid;
- a sifting screen spaced apart from the bottom of the container dividing the interior of the container into a pellet holding section and a dust collection section;
- a retainer pin capturing the sifting screen to the bottom of the container while allowing the sifting screen to move along the retainer pin of the retainer;
- one or more shaker springs positioned between the sifting screen and the bottom of the container biasing the sifting screen away from the bottom of the container;
- a dust port through the bottom of the container for discharging wood dust shed by wood pellets;
- a handle retained by the container for lifting while tapping, jostling, tilting and tipping over the container;
- a removable fitting sized to selectively fit in the pellet port;
- a removable plug sized to selectively fit in the dust port;
- a retainer securing a head of the retainer pin to the bottom of the container;
- wherein the sifting screen has a mesh size causing wood pellets in the pellet holding section to remain above the sifting screen while allowing wood dust shed by the wood pellets to pass through the sifting screen into the dust collection section;
- wherein movement of the sifting screen along the retainer in response to jostling and tapping of the container facilitates movement of the wood dust from the pellet holding section into the dust collection section.
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A screening bucket for wood cooking pellets, comprising:
- a container defining a top, a bottom, and an interior;
- a lid removably attached to the top of the container comprising a pellet port sized for dispensing wood pellets from the interior of the container through the lid;
- a sifting screen spaced apart from the bottom of the container dividing the interior of the container into a pellet holding section and a dust collection section;
- a retainer pin capturing the sifting screen to the bottom of the container while allowing the sifting screen to move along the retainer pin of the retainer;
- one or more shaker springs positioned between the sifting screen and the bottom of the container biasing the sifting screen away from the bottom of the container;
- a dust port through the bottom of the container for discharging wood dust shed by wood pellets;
- wherein the sifting screen has a mesh size causing wood pellets in the pellet holding section to remain above the sifting screen while allowing wood dust shed by the wood pellets to pass through the sifting screen into the dust collection section;
- wherein movement of the sifting screen along the retainer in response to jostling and tapping of the container facilitates movement of the wood dust from the pellet holding section into the dust collection section;
- further comprising a support grid positioned against the sifting screen, biased by the shaker springs away from the bottom of the container, and configured to move with the sifting screen along the retaining pin.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.