Claims
- 1. A charcoal-fired, smokeless roaster comprising:
- (a) an upper support surface extending horizontally and having an opening contained therein;
- (b) a roasting unit comprising an outer box having an opened upper end and an elongated lower end, said outer box being mounted and supported within said opening in said upper support surface by end edges thereon, an annular top plate circumscribing and supported by said end edges on said outer box, an inner box having an opened upper end and a closed lower end contained and supported in the outer box by side edges thereon, said inner and outer boxes defining a suction passage of constant width therebetween, a dust pan detachably supported within the lower end of said inner box, a charcoal container having an opened upper end contained and supported in said inner box by side edges thereon, said charcoal container additionally having an upper cylindrical wall, wavy recesses formed in an upper section of said upper cylindrical wall, a ceramic lining disposed on inside surfaces of said charcoal container, a grill supported by said ceramic lining and a bottom grate for supporting charcoal, said top plate and said upper cylindrical wall defining an air suction space therebetween;
- (c) a movable draft pipe vertically, slidably fitted on an outer surface of said outer box lower end, said movable draft pipe being capable of introducing outside air into gas exhausted from said roasting unit and regulating a suction force applied to said roasting unit;
- (d) an exhausting unit in fluid communication with said suction passage and said air suction space through said outer box lower end and said movable draft pipe;
- (e) an air supply pipe having one end in fluid communication with a lower part of said inner box and the other end projecting through and extending outside the outer box; and
- (f) an air supply duct connected to said other end of said air supply pipe by a connecting pipe, said air supply duct having a controllable blower incorporated therein for regulating the amount of outside air introduced into said inner box through said air supply pipe.
- 2. A charcoal-fired smokeless roaster according to claim 1, wherein the lower end of said outer box is formed in the shape of a funnel tapering toward said movable exhaust pipe.
- 3. A charcoal-fired smokeless roaster according to claim 1, wherein the vertical position of said movable exhaust pipe is adjustable to provide a gap appropriate for introducing fresh air therethrough into said exhaust pipe between the lower end of said outer box and said exhaust pipe.
Priority Claims (1)
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62-106586 |
Jul 1987 |
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Parent Case Info
This application is related to U.S. Ser. No. 119,815, still pending.
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