Grill

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10098501-B2
Application number	US-201615175162-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 7, 2016
Priority date	Jun 12, 2015
Publication date	Oct 16, 2018
Grant date	Oct 16, 2018

Abstract

A grill includes a base seat and a grill mechanism. The grill mechanism is mounted to the base seat, and includes a lower grill unit, an upper grill unit pivoted to the lower grill unit, and an auxiliary heating unit disposed on one of the upper and lower grill units. The grill mechanism is operable to rotate relative to the base seat to a draining position. The auxiliary heating unit includes an auxiliary heating pan heated by heat emitted from the one of the upper and lower grill units, and an affixing member mounted to the auxiliary heating pan for holding a food disposed on the auxiliary heating pan.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A grill comprising a base seat and a grill mechanism, said grill mechanism being rotatably mounted to and disposed substantially horizontally on said base seat, and including a lower grill unit, an upper grill unit that is disposed above and pivotally connected to said lower grill unit, and an auxiliary heating unit that is disposed on and in thermal contact with one of said upper and lower grill units, said lower grill unit including a lower pan module that is rotatably mounted to and disposed substantially horizontally on said base seat, and a lower heating module that is disposed on said lower pan module, said upper grill unit including an upper pan module that is pivoted to said lower pan module, and an upper heating module that is disposed on said upper pan module, said grill mechanism being operable to rotate relative to said base seat to a draining position where said lower pan module is substantially vertically disposed, said auxiliary heating unit including an auxiliary heating pan that is heated by heat emitted from the one of said upper and lower grill units, and an affixing member that is mounted to said auxiliary heating pan, that is made of a flexible material, and that has a portion spaced apart from said auxiliary heating pan for resiliently abutting against a food disposed on said auxiliary heating pan.

2. The grill as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said lower pan module has a lower grill space that is formed in a top surface thereof, and an oil-draining opening that is formed in a side surface thereof, that is in spatial communication with said lower grill space, and that is disposed under said lower grill space when said grill mechanism is at the draining position, so as to allow oil to be drained from said lower grill space through said oil-draining opening.

3. The grill as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said upper grill unit further includes a handle that is connected fixedly to said upper pan module for being operated so as to rotate said grill mechanism to the draining position.

4. The grill as claimed in claim 3 , wherein said base seat includes left and right side frames that are spaced apart from each other in a first direction, and a base frame that is connected between said left and right side frames, said left side frame being formed with a pivot hole, said right side frame being formed with a pivot groove that is formed in a top surface of said right side frame, that extends in the first direction and through said right side frame, and that is aligned with said pivot hole in the first direction, said lower pan module having a first axle portion that rotatably engages said pivot hole in said left side frame, and a hemicylindrical second axle portion, said handle of said upper grill unit having a hemicylindrical connecting axle portion that cooperates with said second axle portion of said lower pan module to form a cylindrical axle rotatably engaging said pivot groove in said right side frame, and a handle portion that is connected fixedly to said connecting axle portion for manual operation.

5. A grill comprising a base seat and a grill mechanism, said grill mechanism being rotatably mounted to and disposed substantially horizontally on said base seat, and including a lower grill unit, an upper grill unit that is disposed above and pivotally connected to said lower grill unit, and an auxiliary heating unit that is disposed on and in thermal contact with one of said upper and lower grill units, said lower grill unit including a lower pan module that is rotatably mounted to and disposed substantially horizontally on said base seat, and a lower heating module that is disposed on said lower pan module, said upper grill unit including an upper pan module that is pivoted to said lower pan module, and an upper heating module that is disposed on said upper pan module, said grill mechanism being operable to rotate relative to said base seat to a draining position where said lower pan module is substantially vertically disposed, said auxiliary heating unit including an auxiliary heating pan that is heated by heat emitted from the one of said upper and lower grill units, and an affixing member that is mounted to said auxiliary heating pan for holding a food disposed on said auxiliary heating pan,
wherein said lower pan module has a lower grill space that is formed in a top surface thereof, and an oil-draining opening that is formed in a side surface thereof, that is in spatial communication with said lower grill space, and that is disposed under said lower grill space when said grill mechanism is at the draining position, so as to allow oil to be drained from said lower grill space through said oil-draining opening, and
wherein said auxiliary heating pan has a first side edge that is proximate to said oil-draining opening, said affixing member being substantially U-shaped, and having two distal end portions that are fixedly connected to said first side edge of said auxiliary heating pan, a middle portion of said affixing member being spaced apart from said auxiliary heating pan.

6. The grill as claimed in claim 5 , wherein said affixing member has two installation segments that are fixedly connected to said first side edge of said auxiliary heating pan, and an abutment segment that interconnects distal ends of said installation segments and that is spaced apart from said auxiliary heating pan for resiliently abutting against the food disposed on said auxiliary heating pan.

7. The grill as claimed in claim 5 , wherein said auxiliary heating pan further has two mounting portions that are spaced apart from each other in the first direction and that are disposed adjacent to said first side edge of said auxiliary heating pan, said affixing member having two installation segments that are respectively connected to said mounting portions of said auxiliary heating pan, and an abutment segment that interconnects distal ends of said installation segments and that is spaced apart from said auxiliary heating pan for resiliently abutting against the food disposed on said auxiliary heating pan.

8. The grill as claimed in claim 5 , wherein said auxiliary heating pan further has a second side edge that is opposite to said first side edge and that is distal from said oil-draining opening, two positioning protrusions that are spaced apart from each other in the first direction and that are disposed adjacent to said second side edge of said auxiliary heating pan, and two mounting portions that are aligned in the first direction and that are disposed adjacent to said first side edge of said auxiliary heating pan, said affixing member having two installation segments that are respectively and pivotally connected to said mounting portions of said auxiliary heating pan, and an abutment segment that is connected to said installation segments and that extends toward said second side edge to resiliently and separably abut against said positioning protrusions.

9. A grill comprising a base seat and a grill mechanism, said grill mechanism being rotatably mounted to and disposed substantially horizontally on said base seat, and including a lower grill unit, an upper grill unit that is disposed above and pivotally connected to said lower grill unit, and an auxiliary heating unit that is disposed on and in thermal contact with one of said upper and lower grill units, said lower grill unit including a lower pan module that is rotatably mounted to and disposed substantially horizontally on said base seat, and a lower heating module that is disposed on said lower pan module, said upper grill unit including an upper pan module that is pivoted to said lower pan module, and an upper heating module that is disposed on said upper pan module, said grill mechanism being o

Assignees

• Tsann Kuen Zhangzhou Entpr Co

Inventors

• Chang Wenyu

Classifications

• A47J37/0704 Primary

  with horizontal fire box · CPC title

• A47J37/041

  with food supports rotating about a horizontal axis (A47J37/042 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A47J43/18

  Holding or clamping devices for supporting fowl, venison, or other meat, or vegetables, during cooking or during subsequent cutting · CPC title

• A47J2037/0617

  with means to adjust the distance between heating plates · CPC title

• A47J37/0611

  the food being cooked between two heating plates, e.g. waffle-irons · CPC title