US 12,234,991 B2
Pellet grill
Paul J. Simon, Elizabethtown, KY (US); Michael R. Giebel, Joplin, MO (US); and Xianjia Fan, Zhongshan (CN)
Assigned to WH PRODUCTS, LLC, Columbus, OH (US)
Filed by Halo Products Group, LLC, Elizabethtown, KY (US)
Filed on Jul. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/222,732.
Application 18/222,732 is a continuation of application No. 17/694,097, filed on Mar. 14, 2022, granted, now 11,703,228.
Application 17/694,097 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/683,152, filed on Feb. 28, 2022, granted, now 11,553,818, issued on Jan. 17, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/161,230, filed on Mar. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0358407 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47J 37/07 (2006.01); B08B 9/045 (2006.01); F23B 40/04 (2006.01); F24B 1/20 (2006.01); F24B 13/04 (2006.01)
CPC F24B 1/207 (2013.01) [A47J 37/0704 (2013.01); A47J 37/0786 (2013.01); B08B 9/045 (2013.01); F23B 40/04 (2013.01); F24B 13/04 (2013.01); B08B 2209/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An outdoor cooking or heating device, comprising:
a solid fuel hopper;
a burn pot;
an auger system including a first auger blade and a second auger blade and an auger shaft connecting the first auger blade and the second auger blade; and
one or more pins disposed between the first auger blade and the second auger blade and connected to the auger shaft, said one or more pins extending away from the auger shaft in an orthogonal direction,
wherein the first auger blade has a first pitch configured to convey solid fuel in a first direction and the second auger blade has a second pitch configured to convey solid fuel in a second direction, and wherein the first direction and the second direction are different directions.