Barbecue grill apparatus

Abstract

A barbecue grill apparatus includes a first folding plate, a second folding plate, a rotating connector and a first heater. The first folding plate has a first top part, a first middle part and a first bottom part. The second folding plate has a second top part, a second middle part and a second bottom part. The rotating connector connects the first bottom part and the second bottom part for the first folding plate and the second folding plate to rotate along the rotating connector to spread with a first angle to be an open mode and to rotate along the rotating connector to collapse with a second angle to a close mode. In the open mode, a grill bracket is placed between the first folding plate and the second folding plate. The first heater placed in the first middle part to emit heat toward the grill bracket.

Claims

1. A barbecue grill apparatus, comprising: a first folding plate with a first top part, a first middle part and a first bottom part; a second folding plate with a second top part, a second middle part and a second bottom part; a rotating connector for connecting the first bottom part and the second bottom part for the first folding plate and the second folding plate to rotate along the rotating connector to spread with a first angle to be an open mode and to rotate along the rotating connector to collapse with a second angle to a close mode, wherein in the open mode, a grill bracket is placed between the first folding plate and the second folding plate; and a first heater placed in the first middle part to emit heat toward the grill bracket.

2. The barbecue grill apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a second heater placed in the second middle part to emit heat toward the grill bracket.

3. The barbecue grill apparatus of claim 2, wherein a first mesh is placed upon the first heater and a second mesh is placed upon the second heater for heat of the first heater and the second heater to emit heat passing through the first mesh and the second mesh toward the grill bracket.

4. The barbecue grill apparatus of claim 2, wherein the first heater and the second heater receives electrical power to generate heat.

5. The barbecue grill apparatus of claim 2, wherein far-infrared reflecting material is applied on inner side of the first folding plate and the second folding plate.

6. The barbecue grill apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a first bottom support and a second bottom support respectively disposed on outer side of the first bottom part of the first folding plate and the second bottom part of the second folding plate, wherein the first bottom support and the second bottom support are extended to stand on a bottom surface to keep a folding space defined by the first folding plate and the second folding plate in the open mode with an opening facing upwardly.

7. The barbecue grill apparatus of claim 6, wherein the first bottom support and the second bottom support are rotated with respect to the first folding plate and the second folding plate to spread for standing on the bottom surface.

8. The barbecue grill apparatus of claim 7, wherein the first bottom support is rotatable to be collected in a first exterior container of the first bottom part of the first folding plate in the close mode, wherein the second bottom support is routable to be collected in a second exterior container of the second bottom part of the second folding plate in the close mode.

9. The barbecue grill apparatus of claim 7, wherein a first bottom fixing lever has two ends respectively fixed to the first folding plate and the first bottom support and a second bottom fixing lever has two ends respectively fixed to the second folding plate and the second bottom support to keep the first bottom support and the second bottom support to spread.

10. The barbecue grill apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a bottom plate, wherein the bottom plate has two wings and a base part, wherein the two wings are extended from two opposite sides of the base part of the bottom plate, wherein the two wings respectively leaning on inner sides of the first folding plate and the second folding plate to keep the first folding and the second folding plate to spread in the open mode.

11. The barbecue grill apparatus of claim 10, wherein the base part of the bottom plate is a water tray for holding water.

12. The barbecue grill apparatus of claim 10, wherein two wind shielding plates with trapezoidal shape are placed on two opposite sides of the base part to form an expanding structure to keep the first folding plate and the second folding plate to spread in the open mode.

13. The barbecue grill apparatus of claim 12, wherein the two wind shielding plates are detached from the bottom plate to collapse the bottom plate.

14. The barbecue grill apparatus of claim 12, wherein there are two cavities respectively on top side of the two wind shielding plates for disposing a grill lever.

15. The barbecue grill apparatus of claim 10, wherein the two wings are rotatable with respect to the base part to collapse the bottom plate.

16. The barbecue grill apparatus of claim 15, wherein two elongated holding plates are respectively on inner sides of the two wings, wherein the grill bracket is placed upon the two elongated holding plates.

17. The barbecue grill apparatus of claim 1, wherein a first inner surface of the first folding plate and a second inner surface of the second folding plate are used for shielding oil dropped on the first inner surface and the second inner surface.

18. The barbecue grill apparatus of claim 1, wherein a temperature sensor is disposed on the first folding plate to detect a grill temperature.

19. The barbecue grill apparatus of claim 18, wherein when a detected temperature of the temperature sensor is larger than a first threshold, the first heater is stopped to be heated.

20. The barbecue grill apparatus of claim 1, wherein in the close mode, the first folding plate and the second folding plate are stacked one another.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0062] FIG. 1 illustrates a barbecue apparatus embodiment in an open mode.

[0063] FIG. 2 illustrates the barbecue apparatus embodiment in a close mode.

[0064] FIG. 3 illustrates another view of the barbecue apparatus embodiment.

[0065] FIG. 4 illustrates an example of a bottom plate.

[0066] FIG. 5 illustrates an example showing a grill lever placed on the bottom plate.

[0067] FIG. 6 illustrates an example showing a grill net placed upon the base plate.

[0068] FIG. 7 illustrates another view of the barbecue embodiment showing the heaters.

[0069] FIG. 8 illustrates another bottom plate example.

[0070] FIG. 9 shows another barbecue apparatus.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0071] In FIG. 9, a barbecue grill apparatus includes a first folding plate 601, a second folding plate 602, a rotating connector 603 and a first heater 617.

[0072] The first folding plate 601 has a first top part 6011, a first middle part 6012 and a first bottom part 6013.

[0073] The second folding plate 602 has a second top part 6021, a second middle part 6022 and a second bottom part 6023.

[0074] The rotating connector 603 connects the first bottom part 6013 and the second bottom part 6023 for the first folding plate 601 and the second folding plate 602 to rotate along the rotating connector 603 to spread with a first angle 6031 to be an open mode and to rotate along the rotating connector to collapse with a second angle to a close mode.

[0075] The rotating connector 603 may be a separate component like a rotation shaft for coupling the first folding plate 601 and the second folding plate 602. In some other embodiments, the rotating connector 603 may be part of one or both of the first folding plate 601 and the second folding plate 602.

[0076] In the close mode, the first folding plate 601 is stacked on the second folding plate 602. The grill operation is available in the open mode, in which the first folding plate 601 and the second folding plate 602 are spread with a spreading angle.

[0077] In the open mode, a grill bracket 608 is placed between the first folding plate 601 and the second folding plate 602.

[0078] The first heater 617 is placed in the first middle part 6012 to emit heat toward the grill bracket 608. The first middle part 6012 and the second middle part 6022 refer to any portion between two ends of the first folding plate 601 and the second folding plate 602.

[0079] In some embodiments, the barbecue grill apparatus may also include a second heater 618 placed in the second middle part 6022 to emit heat toward the grill bracket 608.

[0080] In some embodiments, a first mesh 619 is placed upon the first heater 617 and a second mesh 620 is placed upon the second heater 618 for heat of the first heater 617 and the second heater 618 to emit heat passing through the first mesh 619 and the second mesh 620 toward the grill bracket. The first mesh 619 and the second mesh 620 have multiple holes for far-infrared lights to pass through the holes to reach the grill bracket 608. In such design, not only air is heated but the far-infrared approach is used for carrying heat to increase heat efficiency.

[0081] In some embodiments, the first heater 617 and the second heater 618 receive electrical power to generate heat.

[0082] In some embodiments, far-infrared reflecting material 6015, 6025 is applied on inner side of the first folding plate 601 and the second folding plate 602.

[0083] In some embodiments, the barbecue grill apparatus may also include a first bottom support 613 and a second bottom support 614 respectively disposed on outer side of the first bottom part 6013 of the first folding plate 601 and the second bottom part 6023 of the second folding plate 602.

[0084] The first bottom support 613 and the second bottom support 614 are extended to stand on a bottom surface 632, e.g. a table surface, to keep a folding space 630 defined by the first folding plate 601 and the second folding plate 602 in the open mode with an opening 631 facing upwardly.

[0085] In some embodiments, the first bottom support 613 and the second bottom support 614 are rotated with respect to the first folding plate 601 and the second folding plate 602 to spread for standing on the bottom surface 632.

[0086] In some embodiments, the first bottom support 613 is rotatable to be collected in a first exterior container 6131 of the first bottom part 6013 of the first folding plate 601 in the close mode.

[0087] The second bottom support 614 is rotatable to be collected in a second exterior container 6231 of the second bottom part 614 of the second folding plate 602 in the close mode.

[0088] In some embodiments, a first bottom fixing lever 611 has two ends respectively fixed to the first folding plate 601 and the first bottom support 6013 and a second bottom fixing lever 612 has two ends respectively fixed to the second folding plate 602 and the second bottom support 614 to keep the first bottom support 613 and the second bottom support 614 to spread.

[0089] In some embodiments, the barbecue grill apparatus may also include a bottom plate 606.

[0090] The bottom plate 606 has two wings 604, 605 and a base part 607.

[0091] The two wings 604, 605 are extended from two opposite sides of the base part 607 of the bottom plate 606.

[0092] The two wings 604, 605 respectively lean on inner sides of the first folding plate 601 and the second folding plate 602 to keep the first folding plate 601 and the second folding plate 602 to spread in the open mode.

[0093] In some embodiments, the base part 607 of the bottom plate 606 is a water tray for holding water.

[0094] In some embodiments, two wind shielding plates 610 with trapezoidal shape are placed on two opposite sides of the base part 607 to form an expanding structure to keep the first folding plate 601 and the second folding plate 602 to spread in the open mode.

[0095] When the bottom plate 606 is placed into the spreading space between the first folding plate 601 and the second folding plate 602, the bottom plate 606 falls by gravity and stop by the first folding plate 601 and the second folding plate 602, and thus keep the spreading angle fixed.

[0096] In some embodiments, the two wind shielding plates 610 are detached from the bottom plate 606 to collapse the bottom plate 606.

[0097] In other words, the bottom plate 606 may be folded to collapse to a smaller size for convenient storage.

[0098] In some embodiments, there are two cavities 6091 respectively on top side of the two wind shielding plates 610 for disposing a grill lever 609.

[0099] In some embodiments, the two wings 604, 605 are rotatable with respect to the base part 607 to collapse the bottom plate 606, which makes it to have a much smaller size to storage.

[0100] In some embodiments, two elongated holding plates 671, 672 are respectively on inner sides of the two wings 604, 605.

[0101] The grill bracket 608 is placed upon the two elongated holding plates 671, 672.

[0102] In some embodiments, a first inner surface of the first folding plate and a second inner surface of the second folding plate are used for shielding oil dropped on the first inner surface and the second inner surface.

[0103] In some embodiments, a temperature sensor 681 is disposed on the first folding plate 601 to detect a grill temperature.

[0104] In some embodiments, when a detected temperature of the temperature sensor is larger than a first threshold, the first heater 617 is stopped to be heated.

[0105] In some embodiments, in the close mode, the first folding plate 601 and the second folding plate 602 are stacked one another.

[0106] Please refer to FIG. 1, which shows a barbecue grill apparatus.

[0107] In FIG. 1, the barbecue grill apparatus includes a heater 2, an oil shielding cover 5, a temperature sensor 12, two folding plates 1, a mesh 1, a water tray 3, two bottom supports 4, two fixing levers 41, two wind shielding plates 6, cavity 61 on the wind shielding plate 6, a spreading space 9.

[0108] FIG. 2 shows a close mode and the same reference numerals among drawings refer to same components.

[0109] FIG. 3 shows another view of the barbecue grill apparatus. In addition the components explained above, a net plate 10 is used for holding food to be grilled. The container 7 is used for holding the heater 2. There are holes 51 for passing heat of the heater 2.

[0110] FIG. 4 shows the water tray 3 that has two elongated plates 55 for holding a grill bracket. There are holes 51 for passing heat of the heater.

[0111] FIG. 5 shows another view by placing a grill lever 11. Other components are explained above and are not repeated again for brevity.

[0112] FIG. 6 shows another way to use the barbecue grill apparatus. In FIG. 6, a net plate 10 is placed on two elongated plates of the folding plates 1.

[0113] FIG. 7 shows another view of the embodiment mentioned above. The rotating connector is a hinge 8.

[0114] FIG. 8 shows another example of a bottom plate. In FIG. 8, there is a transparent cover 52 on the wings. The wings are coupled to the base plate via grooves 63.

[0115] The foregoing description, for purpose of explanation, has been described with reference to specific embodiments. However, the illustrative discussions above are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed. Many modifications and variations are possible in view of the above teachings.

[0116] The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the techniques and their practical applications. Others skilled in the art are thereby enabled to best utilize the techniques and various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated.

[0117] Although the disclosure and examples have been fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be noted that various changes and modifications will become apparent to those skilled in the art. Such changes and modifications are to be understood as being included within the scope of the disclosure and examples as defined by the claims.