Device for lighting charcoal

Abstract

An apparatus for igniting charcoal with the help of an inflammable sustainable material, especially a material based on wood, consists of a cage which receives the charcoal and comprises a circumferential wall (1) which is provided with pass-through openings (12) and is made of the sustainable material.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The invention relates to an apparatus for igniting charcoal with the help of an inflammable sustainable material, especially a material based on wood DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART [0002] Different igniting aids are used for igniting charcoal, which consist either of an easily inflammable, fixed, pasty or liquid combustible or of a carrier impregnated with an easily inflammable combustible. The disadvantage in connection with such known igniting aids is that they form locally limited pockets of fire which produce individual nests of embers from which it is necessary to kindle a stock of embers which will then gradually include the entire charcoal. This mostly requires the use of blast air. An additional factor is that such igniting aids must meet respective requirements concerning the neutrality of taste and odor and the freedom of harmless effects concerning their use in connection with foodstuffs. Wood materials meet such requirements, but it is necessa...

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Benefits of technology

[0003] The invention is thus based on the object of providing an apparatus for igniting charcoal of the kind mentioned above in such a way that a uniform stock of embers is achieved irrespective of the skill of a person igniting the charcoal, and this without having to use blast air.

[0005] Since as a result of this measure the material for igniting the charcoal forms a cage enclosing the charcoal, the charcoal to be lit is held together within the circumferential wall of the cage and is heated on all sides by the burning circumferential wall, with the pass-through openings in the circumferential wall ensure not only a favorable supply of combustion air for the lit cage, but also for the charcoal enclosed by the cage. The combustion of the circumferential wall of the cage leads to a bundling of the heat in the region of the charcoal enclosed by the cage, which ensures a stock of embers which penetrates the stacked charcoal in an even fashion without having to employ additional blast air. Since the quantity of charcoal to be used on the average is predetermined at least roughly by the receiving volume of the cage and the quantity of material used for forming the circumferential wall can be adjusted to this quantity of charcoal, very advantageous conditions for igniting the charcoal required for a barbequing process are obtained.

[0006] Although the basic shape of the cage is not relevant for the successful igniting of the charcoal, a cage is still recommended which comprises a circumferential wall with a polygonal configuration composed of straight walls because straight walls are generally easier to produce. Such walls can consist of boards into which the pass-through openings for the combustion air have been punched, drilled or milled. In order to avoid the waste entailed by the cutting of the pass-through holes, the walls of the circumferential walls of the cage can advantageously consist of rods which are spaced from one another and situated above one another and are made of a sustainable material, so that the pass-through openings between the rods are obtained automatically.

[0007] The joining of the rods into cage walls can occur in different ways, e.g. by fastening the rods to corner pillars. Especially simple constructional conditions are obtained in this connection when the ends of the rods of adjacent cage walls lie above one another in an alternating fashion and are joined with each other, so that the rods of the one wall act as spacers for the rods of the other wall. The stacked rod ends also ensure a sufficient cohesion of the cage during the igniting of the charcoal due to the larger quantity of combustible in the corner region.

Problems solved by technology

The disadvantage in connection with such known igniting aids is that they form locally limited pockets of fire which produce individual nests of embers from which it is necessary to kindle a stock of embers which will then gradually include the entire charcoal.

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