Outdoor cooking grill provided with vending apparatus
OwnerTodd W. Cliffordinventor
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Abstract
The housing includes a horizontally disposed grate which is rigidly secured to a front frame plate, opposing side walls and rear wall, all welded together. A front access door is hingedly mounted on the front frame plate and a lock is provided to secure the two together. A coin/bill acceptor and a digital display are mounted on the access door and are electrically connected to a control circuit. A solenoid-actuated shut-off valve is interposed in a gas conduit between the burner and a propane or LPG tank coupling. The shut-off valve is responsive to the control circuit which receives inputs from the coin/bill acceptor and a flame detector and which also controls a flame igniter and the digital display.
Claims12
In a cooking grill equipped with a food-positioning rack, a burner disposed below the rack for distributing a flame, a conduit for conveying a cooking fuel to the burner and a coupling for connecting the conduit to a source of cooking fuel, that improvement which comprises:
- a) an electrically actuated fuel shut-off valve interposed on the conduit between the coupling and the burner;
- b) a control circuit electrically connected to the fuel shut-off valve;
- c) money-receiving means electrically connected to the control circuit;
- d) connective means for electrically connecting the control circuit to a source of electricity;
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- e) a housing adapted to protect the aforesaid components from theft and vandalism.
In a cooking grill equipped with a food-positioning rack, a burner disposed below the rack for distributing a flame, a conduit for conveying a cooking fuel to the burner and a coupling for connecting the conduit to a source of cooking fuel, that improvement which comprises:
- (a) an electrically actuated fuel shut-off valve interposed on the conduit between the coupling and the burner;
- (b) a control circuit electrically connected to the fuel shut-off valve;
- (c) money-receiving means electrically connected to the control circuit;
- (d) connective means for electrically connecting the control circuit to a source of electricity;
- (e) a housing adapted to protect the aforesaid components from theft and vandalism;
- (f) a manually operable fuel flow control device is mounted on the housing and is operatively connected to the conduit between the burner and the shut-off valve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.