Automatic barbecue-grille cleaner

Claim 1

A barbecue-grille cleaner including: a liquid-sealable container, said liquid-sealable container having a cover portion and a body portion; and, a base adapted to receive said container; said cover portion having suspension means for supporting a barbecue-grille in non-rotatable relationship therewith when said barbecue-grille is to be cleaned; said body portion having a bottom; a liquid-sealed rotary joint supported centrally in said bottom; a spindle passing through and rotatably supported in said rotary joint; said spindle having first and second ends, said first end terminating in a brush-receiving coupler, said second end terminating in a driven element, said driven element including a plurality of sockets exposed for receiving driving pins; said base including a driving element rotatably supported centrally therein, said driving element having a plurality of driving pins therein sized and positioned to cooperate with said sockets in said driven element when said container is received by said base; said body portion including, in addition, a brush having a base portion and a cleaning element portion; said base portion being adapted to engage said brush-receiving coupler of said spindle centrally of said base portion; said cleaning element portion extending upwardly from said base portion for engagement with a barbecue-grille to be cleaned; the length of said suspension means being such that said barbecue-grille to be cleaned engages said cleaning member of said brush forcefully when said cover portion carrying said barbecue-grille is in operating engagement with said body portion of said container.