Patent ID: 9117325
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: F24B,G01F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A charcoal dispensing device comprising: a base; a post attached to and extending upwardly from said base; a drawer frame coupled to a top end edge of said post; a hopper attached to said drawer frame, said hopper being configured to store and dispense a plurality of charcoal briquettes; a slot positioned in said drawer frame; and a first drawer being slidably insertable into said slot, said first drawer being configured to receive charcoal from said hopper when said first drawer is positioned within said slot, said first drawer being configured to dispense charcoal outwardly therefrom when said first drawer is extended outwardly of said drawer frame; said slot being one of a plurality of slots such that said first drawer is slidably insertable into an associated one of said slots; and a second drawer being slidably insertable into an associated one of said slots, said second drawer being configured for holding a plurality of bags; an aperture positioned in a top surface of said drawer frame, a lower perimeter edge of said hopper being positioned around said aperture wherein said aperture is configured to dispense charcoal outwardly from said hopper; said first drawer being positioned below said aperture when said first drawer is positioned within said associated one of said slots; a dividing wall extending through said first drawer and defining a front compartment and a rear compartment, said front compartment having an open top and an open bottom, said open top of said front compartment being positioned below said aperture when said first drawer is positioned in said associated one of said slots wherein said front compartment is configured to receive charcoal from said hopper through said open top of said front compartment; a slit extending into a front wall of said first drawer, said slit being positioned proximate said open bottom of said front compartment; and a dispensing plate being slidably insertable into and out of said slit, said dispensing plate extending over and fully covering said open bottom of said front compartment when said dispensing plate is fully retracted into said slit, said dispensing plate being configured to selectively release charcoal from said front compartment when said first drawer is extended outwardly of said drawer frame and said dispensing plate is extended outwardly of said slit.