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US 4,282,854 AGranted
Charcoal lighter
AssigneeAuto Fire Corporation
InventorGarner B. Byars
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AssigneeAuto Fire Corporation
InventorGarner B. Byars
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The improved charcoal starter features a tubular housing having upper and lower rims, the latter intended to rest in a barbecue type charcoal burner. A grate is pivoted along its edge to an intermediate portion of the housing and has a leg depending perpendicularly from the opposite edge for a distance equal to the distance between the grate pivot and the lower rim of the housing. A bail-like handle is detachably pivoted to the upper portion of the housing. When the housing is lowered by the handle into the charcoal burner, the burner first contacts the leg and causes the grate automatically to turn to its horizontal position ready to receive charcoal for igniting. Subsequently, when the housing is lifted by the handle, the grate automatically is tilted by gravity to dump the ignited charcoal into the burner. An added feature of the starter is that the handle doubles as a support for a cooking pot so that the starter may be used as a camp stove. This feature is achieved by removing the handle from its pivot openings and seating the handle across the upper rim of the housing, notches being provided in the handle to retain the housing and handle in fixed relation.
A charcoal starter comprising a tubular housing of substantial height having an upper rim and a lower rim and adapted to rest vertically with its lower rim disposed on a subjacent supporting surface, a grate pivoted in the housing, depending leg means fixedly secured to the grate and having a lower edge by lying in the plane of said lower rim of the housing when the grate is substantially horizontal, said leg depending below said lower rim when the housing is lifted above the supporting surface, and handle means attached to an upper portion of said housing, said handle means comprising means for removably attaching said handle means to said housing and means for seating said handle means on the upper rim of said housing for supporting a pot or pan, whereby said handle means may be grasped to lower the housing onto said supporting surface causing the lower edge of said leg means to engage the supporting surface and automatically turn the grate to its horizontal position ready to receive charcoal for igniting, and subsequent grasping and lifting of said handle means automatically causes the grate, by gravity to tilt downwardly about its pivot to dump the ignited charcoal onto the supporting surface.
A charcoal starter, comprising a tubular housing of substantial height having a grate disposed therein between its upper and lower rims, and handle means attached to an upper portion of said housing, said handle means attached to an upper portion of said housing, said handle means including a bail-like member detachably pivoted to the housing and removable therefrom and means for seating said handle means on the upper rim of the housing for supporting a pot or pan.
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