Cooking device
US7426885B2 · kind B2 · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 23, 2004 |
| Grant date | Sep 23, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 8, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA23B4/052
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A smoker having a smoke generating material loader which preferably is insertable and retractable through a housing aperture and is adjustable between a no dump state and a dump state once inserted, preferably relative to a receiver tray that is closer to a heat source, as in an electric heat resistance bar, to cause smoke generation of smoke generating material received from the loader when placed in a dump state. The loader preferably has one or more seal off end caps or sections relative to the receiving housing aperture to provide a heat retention function. A preferred embodiment features a nested arrangement between the inserted loader and receiver tray and preferably the receiver tray is in a sliding supported relationship with the loader as in a semi-cylindrical loader main body in contact with one or more concave supporting surfaces of the receiver tray. The receiver tray also preferably has opposing shielding walls extending up from opposite sides of an apertured base receiving tray. The opposing shields also preferably having an upper constricted opening in close proximity to a rotating loader main body and at a common height with the constricting opening brought about by…
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