US 12,460,137 B2
Charcoal making apparatus
Hayami Shimada, Osaka (JP); and Eiko Kodaka, Yamanashi (JP)
Assigned to MONJYU CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 18/572,690
Filed by MONJYU CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Sep. 3, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/032518
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 20, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/032174, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 9, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0368473 A1, Nov. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. C10B 53/02 (2006.01); C10B 49/02 (2006.01)
CPC C10B 53/02 (2013.01) [C10B 49/02 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A charcoal making apparatus comprising:
a charcoal making furnace;
a flue gas device; and
a passage connecting the charcoal making furnace and the flue gas device to each other, wherein
the charcoal making furnace includes
a base, and
a charcoal making unit mounted on the base,
the charcoal making unit includes
an inner unit that includes
a first cage that houses a charcoal making target and is open at an upper surface and
a second cage that houses a kindling material and is located above the base and below the first cage, and
a casing that includes side walls and un upper wall and covers an upper surface and a side surface of the inner unit,
the side walls of the casing include a first furnace opening and a second furnace opening each of which is located at positions corresponding to the second cage,
the first furnace opening is openable and closable and allows inside and outside of the charcoal making unit to communicate with each other when it is open,
the second furnace opening that is openable and closable and allows inside and outside of the charcoal making unit to communicate with each other and communicate with the passage when it is open,
a boundary between the first cage and the second cage is at least partially made of a mesh,
the upper wall of the casing includes a lid that is openable and closable and inside and outside of the charcoal making unit to communicate with each other.