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US 2022/0142405 A1Published application
Pellet feeder shut-off mechanism for pellet grills and smokers
AssigneeW.C. Bradley Co.
InventorsThomas Kessler, RAMIN KHOSRAVI RAHMANI, ANTHONY HAMILTON
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Abstract
A pellet fuel delivery channel spans between a pellet fuel hopper and a firepot. A door selectively blocks fuel pellets from leaving the hopper and entering the fuel delivery channel.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a pellet fuel delivery channel spanning between a pellet fuel hopper and a firepot;
- and
- a door selectively blocking fuel pellets from leaving the hopper and entering the fuel delivery channel.
The system of claim 3, wherein the sleeve is rotatable about the auger tube by an electric motor.
A system comprising:
- a cooking chamber having a cooking grate;
- a firepot utilizing pelletized fuel to heat the cooking chamber;
- a cabinet outside the cooking chamber having a hopper for receiving the pelletized fuel;
- a delivery channel moving pelletized fuel from the hopper to the firepot;
- and
- a pellet fuel shutoff door selectively blocking pelletized fuel from entering into the delivery channel from the fuel hopper.
3 more elements
The system of claim 12, wherein the delivery channel is defined by an auger tube having an opening that receives pelletized fuel from the fuel hopper when the shutoff door is in an open position.
A method comprising:
- providing a firepot that burns pelletized fuel in a cooking chamber for cooking food on a cooking grate within the cooking chamber;
- providing a fuel hopper outside the cooking chamber;
- providing a fuel delivery channel between the fuel hopper and the cooking chamber;
- and
- providing a door that selectively blocks fuel from the hopper from entering the fuel delivery channel.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.