| 摘要 |
A novel combination fire grate and fireplace cooking apparatus is described wherein a modular design facilitating the use of any of a variety of sizes of fossil fuels, e.g. coal, charcoal or wood, may be efficiently burned, while at the same time providing a heat source for cooking food placed on a cooking grill or grills which track along adjacent fireplace grate members. A novel compression assembly of modular fireplace grate members facilitates the use of the present invention in fireplaces of any width, as well as the easy disassembly and assembly of the unit for shipping or to adjust the unit to accept various sizes of fuels. A lightweight handle with a novel coupling configuration is provided for repositioning the cooking grill with respect to the fire, and/or for removing the cooking grill and food from the fire. This coupling means is designed to quickly and positively engage the cooking grill when inserted from a direction approximately perpendicular to the cooking surface. As the handle is then displaced arcuately towards the plane of the cooking surface, a novel hook-shaped tip portion and basal portion of the coupling means of the handle matably engage appropriately formed surfaces on the cooking grill because the secure inner connection of the handle and cooking grill. Further arcuate displacement of the handle then causes a tracking portion formed on the cooking grill to disengage from stops to thereby allow the cooking grill to be moved freely to any of a variety of cooking positions, or to be removed entirely for serving.
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