摘要 |
The present invention 10 discloses a barbecue ash discharge system comprised of a funnel-like device 18 having a length of outlet conduit 22 suspended under a barbecue grill 16 having a vent forming an outlet aperture 42 in the barbecue grill housing. The present invention provides for a plurality of methods for suspending the funnel-like device 18 under the barbecue grill 16 that may be dependent upon the support structure for the barbecue grill. A first funnel-like device 18 has a funnel harness with a plurality of straps 30 having hooks 34 positioned on the distal ends of the straps whereby the funnel is suspended beneath the barbecue grill 16 by attaching the hooks 34 to the lip 32 of the barbecue grill 16. A second funnel-like device has a flange 54 extending around the periphery thereof whereby a plurality of butterfly clips or the like 52 can be frictionally attached to the legs 50 of the barbecue grill 16 with the jaws 56 of the clips 52 engaging the funnel-like flange 54. A third funnel-like device has a rigid wire support ring member 60 forming an integral part of the rim of the enlarged end of the funnel-like 18 device. Extending from and attached to the wire support ring member 60 are a plurality of hooks 58 that frictionally engage the legs 50 of the barbecue grill. The present invention 10 additionally provides for a selectively removable screening element 46 that can be placed within the cavity of the funnel-like device to prevent clumping and discharge of large particles within the water ash slurry.
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