Patents
US 11940153 B2: Fuel conditioner for grill
- Granted
- 2024-03-26
- Filed
- 2021-02-04 application 17167804
- Type
- Utility · 13 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A cooking apparatus can include an enclosure defining a heating chamber configured to be heated and used for cooking food, a burn box proximate to the enclosure and which is configured to provide heat to the heating chamber, a hopper fluidly coupled to the burn box and configured to hold fuel, and a fuel conditioner disposed between the hopper and the burner to condition the fuel prior to burning in the burner. The fuel conditioner can be, for example, a wood chipper configured to reduce the size of the fuel.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg240326.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GMG Products, LLC 10 patents | US company or organization | Lakeside, OR | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David W. Baker | Lakeside, OR | 17 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Wang Ping | 红钢城街道, CN | 9 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| F24B | Domestic stoves or ranges for solid fuels ; implements for use in connection with stoves or ranges | F24B13/04 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A47J | Kitchen equipment; coffee mills; spice mills; apparatus for making beverages | A47J36/32 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B02C | Crushing, pulverising, or disintegrating in general; milling grain | B02C4/08 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| F23B | Methods or apparatus for combustion using only solid fuel | F23B40/02 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| F23K | Feeding fuel to combustion apparatus | F23K1/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| F23N | Regulating or controlling combustion | F23N1/005 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| F23G | Cremation furnaces; consuming waste products by combustion | F23G2209/261 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-31 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | JKV LLC signed 2024-01-12 | GMG PRODUCTS, LLC LAKESIDE, OR | 66314/116 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2022-09-29 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | PING, WANG signed 2022-09-20 BAKER, DAVID signed 2022-09-21 | JKV LLC SCOTTSDALE, AZ | 61257/335 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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