Patent ID: 9635978
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: A47J,F24B,Y10S

Claim:
1. In a cooking grill that has a grate for supporting food to be cooked and a pellet fuel combustion unit beneath the grate with a combustion housing supporting a combustion chamber where pellet fuel is burned to ash, the improvement comprising: an access opening formed in a bottom panel of said combustion chamber, said access opening disposed substantially directly beneath said combustion chamber; an access door dimensioned to entirely close said access opening; a pull link assembly for moving said access door from a first position in which said access opening is blocked to a second position in which said access opening is open to allow accumulated ash in said combustion chamber to fall therethrough; a stop catch mechanism releasably engaging said pull link assembly to enable actuation of said pull link assembly only when said stop catch mechanism is released; said pull link assembly including a pull rod extending from said access door in said longitudinal direction, and a knob secured to a distal end of said pull rod; said pull rod protruding from a sidewall of said cooking grill, said stop catch mechanism being secured to said sidewall adjacent to said pull rod; said stop catch mechanism including a plate having a clevis opening adjacent to said pull rod, and an annular detent recess formed on said pull rod and disposed to be engaged by said clevis opening.