Grill cleaner apparatus

Abstract

A grill cleaner apparatus for cleaning a grill using rotary power from an external source such as a hand drill, having a drive shaft and cleaning wheels such as wire brush wheels, with a forward cleaning wheel rotating with the drive shaft and cleaning grill bars, and two side cleaning wheels rotating perpendicular to the drive shaft and cleaning grill bars and additionally propelling the grill cleaner forward.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]This invention provides a grill cleaner apparatus for cleaning a grill using rotary power from an external source such as a hand drill.[0002]Existing powered grill cleaners can be expensive, clumsy, or ineffective at cleaning barbeque-type grills, especially when the grills are being used at remote locations. Grill cleaners powered with internal motors require either a source of electricity or the management of a grill-cleaner battery, and they are expensive, heavy, and subject to heat damage to the electrical components. In contrast, rotary power devices such as battery-powered hand drills are common, portable, and have battery management systems already existing.[0003]Many grill cleaners fail to extend sufficiently far down through the grill bars to clean the lower parts of the bars, which can become thickly coated with baked-on residue. For the user, moving a powered grill cleaner along the grill bars at an optimal speed can be physically taxing b...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

The grill cleaner is a device that uses a hand drill to clean a grill. It has cleaning wheels that rotate and a drive shaft that spins them. There are also two side cleaning wheels that move perpendicular to the drive shaft and move the grill cleaner forward. The device has a body that holds the drive shaft and is supported by bearings. The cleaning wheels have a shaft that rotates, and there are gears that transfer the power from the drill to the wheels. The cleaning wheels are removable and attached through mounts. The technical effect of this invention is that it allows for easy and effective cleaning of grills using a hand drill and removable cleaning wheels.

Problems solved by technology

Existing powered grill cleaners can be expensive, clumsy, or ineffective at cleaning barbeque-type grills, especially when the grills are being used at remote locations.

Grill cleaners powered with internal motors require either a source of electricity or the management of a grill-cleaner battery, and they are expensive, heavy, and subject to heat damage to the electrical components.

Many grill cleaners fail to extend sufficiently far down through the grill bars to clean the lower parts of the bars, which can become thickly coated with baked-on residue.

For the user, moving a powered grill cleaner along the grill bars at an optimal speed can be physically taxing because of the weight of the grill cleaner, the rotation of brushes counter to the direction of movement, trying to move too fast, or taking too long at the task by moving too slowly.

The brushes or cleaning surfaces of grill cleaners necessarily accumulate a lot of greasy charred residue, and must themselves be cleaned, which can be difficult where the brushes cannot be easily removed and reinstalled.

Brushes will wear out or become damaged, and obtaining new special-design brushes can be expensive and cumbersome.

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