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US 2020/0046166 A1Published application
Cooking grill with hood lighting
AssigneeHestan Commercial Corporation
InventorsHans F. Wenzel, Ray Nilssen
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Abstract
A grill or BBQ appliance that is generally intended for outdoor use has a pivoting hood disposed in hinged connection with a grill body, both of which are raised above a firebox that receives a food support grate. The hood may include overhanging lights configured to provide optimal lighting through a range of hood positions.
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A grilling apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- a grill body comprising a firebox adapted to burn a source of fuel, the firebox comprising an upper rim, wherein the grill body is adapted to support a food grate along a lateral plane defining a food supporting region above the firebox;
- a hood comprising a forward end, a right side, a left side, a front cavity between a double wall portion of the forward end, and a face extending between the forward end and rearward portions of the right and left sides, wherein the hood is pivotably mounted to the grill body and pivotable above the food supporting region between a closed position and one or more open positions, wherein, in the closed position, the hood is spaced away from and extends above a forward portion of the food supporting region, and wherein the forward end of the hood translates rearward to progressively uncover at least a forward sub-portion of the forward portion of the food supporting region when the hood is pivoted toward the open position;
- at least a first light module and a second light module, the first light module mounted within the front cavity along a right lateral half of the hood and the second light module mounted within the front cavity along a left lateral half of the hood, wherein the first and second light modules comprise respective one or more first halogen lights and one or more second halogen lights to illuminate the food supporting region from an underside of the hood when the hood is in an open position, and wherein when the hood is in the closed position the first and second light modules are positioned forward of an interior forward edge of the upper rim of the firebox such that the first and second light modules are offset from a vertical column of heat that rises from the firebox when the source of fuel is burned;
- one or more wires electrically coupled to the first and second light modules and extending between the grill body and the hood to deliver power to the one or more first and second halogen lights;
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- a switch electrically coupled to the one or more wires and operable to control delivery of power to the one or more first and second halogen lights, wherein the switch is selectively actuatable by a user to power the one or more first and second halogen lights on and off.
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A grilling apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- a grill body comprising a firebox adapted to burn a source of fuel, the firebox comprising an upper rim, wherein the grill body is adapted to support a food grate along a lateral plane defining a food supporting region above the firebox;
- a hood comprising a forward end, a right side, a left side, a front cavity between a double wall portion of the forward end, and a face extending between the forward end and rearward portions of the right and left sides, wherein the hood is pivotably mounted to the grill body and pivotable above the food supporting region between a closed position and one or more open positions, wherein, in the closed position, the hood is spaced away from and extends above a forward portion of the food supporting region, and wherein the forward end of the hood translates rearward to progressively uncover at least a forward sub-portion of the forward portion of the food supporting region when the hood is pivoted toward the open position;
- a light module mounted to the hood within the front cavity and comprising a light to illuminate the food supporting region from an underside of the hood when the hood is in an open position, wherein when the hood is in the closed position the light module is positioned forward of an interior forward edge of the upper rim of the firebox such that the light module is offset from a vertical column of heat that rises from the firebox when the source of fuel is burned;
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- one or more wires electrically coupled to the light module for conducting electrical power thereto, the one or more wires extending between the grill body and the hood.
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A grilling apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- a grill body comprising a firebox adapted to burn a source of fuel, the firebox comprising an upper rim, wherein the grill body is adapted to support a lower food grate along a lateral plane defining a food supporting region above the firebox;
- a rear housing extending over and above a rearward portion of the food supporting region, the rear housing comprising at least one infrared burner and an upper food support grate, in which the upper food support grate extends above and parallel to a rearward sub-portion of the first food support grate;
- a hood comprising a forward end, a right side, a left side, a front cavity between a double wall portion of the forward end, and a face extending between the forward end and rearward portions of the right and left sides, wherein the hood is pivotably mounted to the rear housing and pivotable above the food supporting region between a closed position and one or more open positions, wherein, in the closed position, the hood is spaced away from and extends above a forward portion of the food supporting region, and wherein the forward end of the hood translates rearward to progressively uncover at least a forward sub-portion of the forward portion of the food supporting region when the hood is pivoted toward the open position;
- at least a first light module and a second light module, the first light module mounted within the front cavity along a right lateral half of the hood and the second light module mounted within the front cavity along a left lateral half of the hood, wherein the first and second light modules comprise respective one or more first halogen lights and one or more second halogen lights to illuminate the food supporting region from an underside of the hood when the hood is in an open position, and wherein when the hood is in the closed position the first and second light modules are positioned forward of an interior forward edge of the upper rim of the firebox such that the first and second light modules are offset from a vertical column of heat that rises from the firebox when the source of fuel is burned;
- one or more wires electrically coupled to the first and second light modules and extending between the grill body and the hood to deliver power to the one or more first and second halogen lights.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.