Patent ID: 8485176

Claim:
A fuel support adjusting device for use with a cooking apparatus, comprising: an adjustment mechanism drivingly connected with a fuel support receivable in a cooking container, said adjustment mechanism including a handle section and an interconnected shaft assembly connected with said handle section including a first interconnected shaft combination comprising a first shaft section, a second shaft section extending generally in a common direction of extension as said first shaft section and an interconnecting section connecting said first and second shaft sections, said interconnected shaft assembly further comprising a first joining section extending between said handle section and first shaft section, a second joining section extending between said first shaft section and said interconnecting section, and a third joining section extending between said interconnecting section and said second shaft section, and said first, second and third joining sections arranged such that a vertical height adjustment of said handle generates a rotation of said first shaft section relative to said first position retention device and a swinging motion in said interconnecting section and a height and longitudinal adjustment in said second shaft section, and a first position retention device in position retention engagement with said first shaft section such that an adjustment in height position of said handle section generates a rotation of said first shaft section relative to said first position retention device and a change in height in said second shaft section which is in height position changing engagement with said fuel support, and said interconnected shaft assembly arranged such that a height change of said handle section will be opposite in direction as a height change in said connected fuel support.