DE29922400U1 - Grill or broiler with grate bars and cleaning container for them - Google Patents

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RICHTER, WERDERMANN & GERBAULET

EUROPEAN PATENT ATTORNEYS · PATENT ATTORNEYS EUROPEAN TRADEMARK ATTORNEYS HAMBURG ■ BERLIN DIPL-ING. JOACHIM RICHTER · BERLIN

DIPL.-ING. HANNES GERBAULET · HAMBURG DIPL.-ING. FRANZ WERDERMANN · - 1986

NEW WALL IO 2O354 HAMBURG S? (O4O) 34 00 45/34 OO 56 FAX (040) 35 24 15

KURFÜRSTENDAMM IO719 BERLIN @ (03O) 8 82 74 31 FAX (030) 8 82 32 IN COOPERATION WITH MAINITZ & MAINITZ LAWYERS ■ NOTARIES

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P 99655 III 5813

HAMBURG

15.12.1999

Applicant: 1) PETERMANN, Petra Hardesbystraße 10 D-24966 Sörup (DE)

2) PETERMANN, Marcus Hardesbystrasse 10 D-24966 Sörup (DE)

Title:

Grill or roasting rack with grate bars and cleaning container
for this

The invention relates to a grill or roasting rack with grill bars and cleaning container
for these according to the preamble of claim 1.

Garden and party grills as well as baking / roasting ovens, ie kitchen stoves for
Household purposes and commercial kitchens, are equipped with a grate that
consists of a frame with grate bars firmly attached to it.

Cleaning these grills or roasting racks is often difficult because their dimensions mean they cannot be cleaned in dishwashers and kitchen sinks are too large to allow the racks to be completely submerged in the cleaning water mixed with cleaning agent. Cleaning must therefore be carried out by turning the rack several times in the sink, which often results in the cleaning water being splashed and the surrounding area of the sink having to be cleaned separately. In addition, cleaning the rack properly of burnt fat from the grilled or roasted food is very time-consuming if proper cleaning is to be achieved.

It is therefore an object of the invention to design a grill or roasting grate according to the type described above in such a way that the cleaning process is significantly improved and simplified and that perfect cleaning of the grate is achieved.

This object is achieved by a grill or roasting rack with the features specified in the characterising part of claim 1.

According to this, the invention in a grill or roasting grate consists in that the grate bars are detachably held in the frame of the grate.

Such a design of a grill or roasting grate is particularly advantageous in that the grate bars can be removed from the frame of the grate for cleaning purposes and can be easily cleaned, for example, in a sink or even in a dishwasher, without having to carry out a complex and time-consuming cleaning procedure.

After cleaning, the grate bars are simply placed back into the frame and the grill or roasting rack is available again.

Further advantageous embodiments of the invention are the subject of the subclaims.

In order to hold the individual grate bars in the frame of the grill or roasting grate, the approximately square, rectangular, circular or semi-circular frame of the grate has holders or supports for the grate bars on two opposite frame sections, the free ends of which rest on the holders or supports.

These brackets or supports have semicircular, square or rectangular profiles that correspond to the cross-sectional profiles of the grate bars and are designed to be open at the top as an insertion opening for the grate bars. The profiles forming the brackets or supports are arranged on two opposing frame sections of the frame and are preferably designed so that the grate bars are held by means of a clamp fit. For this purpose, the upper insertion openings of the profiles of the brackets or supports are dimensioned somewhat smaller than the widest diameter of the grate bars, so that the ends of the grate bars can be inserted into the profiles of the brackets or supports with slight pressure.

According to a special embodiment of the invention, the frame of the grate forms the side walls of a grill.

The invention further relates to a cylindrical, quiver-like container for holding a dirt and grease-dissolving active substance for cleaning the dirty grate bars, which are introduced into the container filled with cleaning water for cleaning purposes, so that it is possible for grease and dirt residues on the surfaces of the grate bars to be removed from them.

Embodiments of the invention are illustrated in the drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic view of a grill or roasting rack with

partially removed grate bars,

Fig. 2 a view from above of the grill or roasting rack,

Fig. 3 is a vertical section along line III - III in Fig. 2,

Fig. 4 a vertical section along line III - III in Fig. 2, but with the grate bars removed,

Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic view of a grill before installation

the grate bars,

Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic view of a grill with partially inserted grate bars,

Fig. 7 is a diagrammatic view of a grill with inserted

Grate bars and

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Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic view of a cleaning container for

the grate bars.

The grill or roasting grate 100 consists according to Fig. 1 and 2 of a frame 10 made of metallic material with the side parts 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d and of a number of grate bars 20 arranged parallel and at a distance from one another, which also consist of a metallic material and which are arranged and held with their free ends 20a, 20b in holders or supports 15 which are arranged on two opposite frame sections 11, 12 of the frame 10 or are formed on these frame sections.

The frame 10 of the grill or roasting rack 100 can be square, rectangular, circular or semi-circular, with the brackets or supports 15 being formed on two opposite frame sections 11, 12 on the facing wall surfaces of the frame sections. The brackets or supports 15 have semi-circular or square or rectangular profiles

16, which are open at the top and thus have insertion openings

17 for the grate bars 10. The holders or supports 15 preferably have a U-profile. The profiles 16 that form the holders or supports 15 correspond to the cross-sectional profiles of the grate bars 20 (Fig. 3 and 4). The edges that delimit the insertion openings 17 of the holders or supports 15 preferably have a distance that is somewhat smaller than the largest diameter of the grate bars 20, so that the grate bars are inserted with their free ends into the holders or supports with slight pressure, so that even when the grill or roasting grate is being transported, the grate bars cannot fall out of the frame 10.

According to a further embodiment according to Fig. 5 to 7, the frame 10 of the grate 100 with its grate bars 20 forms the side walls 50a, 50b, 50c, 50d of a grill 50 which has feet 51. In this embodiment, the holders or supports 15 for the grate bars 20 are arranged on two opposite sides of the grill 50 or are formed in the side walls.

For cleaning purposes, the grate bars 20 are arranged in a cylindrical, quiver-like container 60 which is provided with a dirt and grease-dissolving active substance 25 (Fig. 8). This container 60 is closed at the bottom and closed at the top by means of a cap-shaped cover part 61, with a removable sieve 62 arranged between the cover part 61 and the upper peripheral edge 60a of the container 60. If the cleaning container 60 is filled with a liquid dirt and grease-dissolving active substance 65, the bundle 25 of grate bars 20 is inserted into the interior of the cleaning container 60, whereupon the sieve 62 is placed on top and the container is closed by means of the cover part 61. The dirt and grease-dissolving active substance in the interior of the container 60 dissolves dirt and grease particles from the grate bars, and the cleaning process can be further increased by shaking the container. The cleaning fluid is removed from the container 60 by removing the lid part 61. The sieve 62 that remains on the container prevents the individual grate bars 20 from slipping out of the container 60. In the open or closed state, the container 60 can be stored together with the grate bars and then removed for reuse. After cleaning, however, the grate bars can also be immediately removed from the container 60 and placed back into the frame 10 or the grill 50. The container

The housing body 160 of the cleaning container 60 is preferably made of plastic, but other suitable materials may also be used.

Claims (8)

1. Grill or roasting grate, consisting of a frame with a number of grate bars arranged parallel to one another, characterized in that the grate bars ( 20 ) are detachably held in the frame ( 10 ) of the grate ( 100 ). 2. Grill or roasting grate according to claim 1, characterized in that the approximately square, rectangular, circular or semicircular frame ( 10 ) of the grate ( 100 ) has holders or supports ( 15 ) for the grate bars ( 10 ) on two opposite frame sections ( 11 , 12 ), which are supported with their free ends ( 20a , 20b ) in the holders or supports ( 15 ). 3. Grill or roasting grate according to claim 2, characterized in that the holders or supports ( 15 ) have semicircular or square or rectangular profiles ( 16 ) which correspond to the cross-sectional profiles of the tubular bars ( 20 ) and which are open at the top as an insertion opening ( 17 ) for the grate bars ( 20 ) for insertion of the grate bars ( 20 ). 4. Grill or roasting grate according to claim 3, characterized in that the side edges delimiting the individual insertion openings ( 17 ) of the holders or supports ( 15 ) have a distance which is slightly smaller than the largest cross-section of a grate bar ( 20 ). 5. Grill or roasting grate according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the frame ( 10 ) of the grate ( 100 ) form the side walls ( 50 a, 50 b, 50 c, 50 d) of a grill ( 50 ). 6. Grill or roasting grate according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that for cleaning purposes of the grate bars ( 20 ) these are arranged in a cylindrical, quiver-like container ( 60 ) for receiving a liquid dirt and grease-dissolving active substance ( 65 ), which is closed at the bottom and closed at the top by means of a cap-shaped cover part ( 61 ), wherein a removable sieve ( 62 ) is arranged between the cover part ( 61 ) and the upper peripheral edge ( 60a ) of the container ( 60 ). 7. Cleaning container for grate bars of a grill or roasting grate with the features of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the cleaning container ( 60 ) consists of a cylindrical, quiver-like container body ( 160 ) for receiving a liquid dirt and grease-dissolving active substance ( 65 ), which is closed at the bottom and closed at the top by means of a cap-shaped cover part ( 61 ), the container ( 60 ) having at least a length corresponding to the length of the grate bars ( 20 ) of the grate ( 100 ). 8. Cleaning container according to claim 7, characterized in that a removable sieve ( 62 ) is arranged between the lid part ( 61 ) and the upper peripheral edge ( 60a ) of the container body ( 160 ).