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US3106150A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Portable barbecue device

Assignee: The Sta-Rite Manufacturing Co
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Filing: 1957-09-17
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Granted: 1963-10-08
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Expires: 1977-09-17
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Lee B Gaeke

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-06 12:38
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47J; A47J37/00; A47J37/04; A47J37/041; A47J37/06; A47J37/07; A47J37/0745

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 163 words
A BARBECUE UNIT COMPRISING A BASE, A RECTANGULARLYSHAPED FIREBOX HAVING ONE OPEN SIDE, A GRILL FASTENED OVER SAID OPEN SIDE, MEANS FOR FASTENING SAID FIREBOX ON SAID BASE WITH SAID GRILL FACING HORIZONTALLY THEREOF, A PAIR OF ARCUATE-SHAPED ARMS CARRIED BY OPPOSITE SIDE WALLS OF THE FIREBOX AND PROJECTING OUTWARDLY BEYOND THE GRILL ON THE OPEN SIDE OF THE FIREBOX AT SUBSTANTIALLY RIGHT ANGLES TO THE PLANE OF SAID GRILL, A SPIT MEMBER EXTENDING BETWEEN THE OUTER END PORTIONS OF SAID ARMS IN SPACED RELATION TO SAID GRILL ON THE OPEN SIDE OF THE FIREBOX, MEANS FOR ADJUSTING SAID SPIT MEMBER RELATIVE TO SAID GRILL, A HOT AIR ENGINE MOUNTED ON ONE WALL OF SAID FIREBOX, A HEAT SENSITIVE PORTION OF SAID ENGINE PROJECTING INTO A HEATED PORTION OF SAID FIREBOX, MEANS CONNECTING THE OUTPUT OF SAID ENGINE TO SAID SPIT FOR TURNING SAID SPIT, AND MEANS FOR PIVOTING SAID FIREBOX AND SAID ATTACHED ENGINE TO A VERTICAL POSITION RELATIVE TO SAID BASE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 163 words
A BARBECUE UNIT COMPRISING A BASE, A RECTANGULARLYSHAPED FIREBOX HAVING ONE OPEN SIDE, A GRILL FASTENED OVER SAID OPEN SIDE, MEANS FOR FASTENING SAID FIREBOX ON SAID BASE WITH SAID GRILL FACING HORIZONTALLY THEREOF, A PAIR OF ARCUATE-SHAPED ARMS CARRIED BY OPPOSITE SIDE WALLS OF THE FIREBOX AND PROJECTING OUTWARDLY BEYOND THE GRILL ON THE OPEN SIDE OF THE FIREBOX AT SUBSTANTIALLY RIGHT ANGLES TO THE PLANE OF SAID GRILL, A SPIT MEMBER EXTENDING BETWEEN THE OUTER END PORTIONS OF SAID ARMS IN SPACED RELATION TO SAID GRILL ON THE OPEN SIDE OF THE FIREBOX, MEANS FOR ADJUSTING SAID SPIT MEMBER RELATIVE TO SAID GRILL, A HOT AIR ENGINE MOUNTED ON ONE WALL OF SAID FIREBOX, A HEAT SENSITIVE PORTION OF SAID ENGINE PROJECTING INTO A HEATED PORTION OF SAID FIREBOX, MEANS CONNECTING THE OUTPUT OF SAID ENGINE TO SAID SPIT FOR TURNING SAID SPIT, AND MEANS FOR PIVOTING SAID FIREBOX AND SAID ATTACHED ENGINE TO A VERTICAL POSITION RELATIVE TO SAID BASE.

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