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.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A grill cleaner apparatus for cleaning a grill having grill bars with rotary power from an external source, the grill cleaner comprising:
 (i) a body unit having a front, back, top, bottom, and sides;   (ii) at least two bearing supports mounted in said body unit, each having a mounted bearing;   (iii) a drive shaft mounted in said body unit and through said bearing supports with said bearings, and extending from the back of said body unit, adapted for attachment to an external source of rotary power;   (iv) at least one transverse shaft mounted in said body unit perpendicular to said drive shaft and extending to the sides of said body unit;   (v) two additional said bearings, each mounted on a side of said body unit at said transverse shaft;   (vi) at least one driving gear mounted on said drive shaft, adapted to transfer rotary power from said drive shaft;   (vii) at least one driven gear mounted on said transverse shaft, adapted to engage said driving gear to transfer rotary power to said transverse shaft;   (viii) a forward cleaning wheel having a wheel axle, adapted to clean grill bars;   (ix) two side cleaning wheels, each having a wheel axle, adapted to clean grill bars and to propel said grill cleaner forward;   (x) three wheel-axle mounts, mounted at the front end of said drive shaft and at the ends of said transverse shaft, adapted to removably couple said wheel axles to said drive shaft and said transverse shaft;   (xi) a wheel cover at the top of said body unit, adapted to cover said forward cleaning wheel and said side cleaning wheels; and   (xii) a handle at the top of said body unit, adapted for manual movement of said grill cleaner.   
     
     
         2 . The grill cleaner apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising at least one additional bearing support having a mounted bearing mounted near said transverse shaft. 
     
     
         3 . The grill cleaner apparatus of  claim 1 , where said at least one transverse shaft further comprises one transverse shaft. 
     
     
         4 . The grill cleaner apparatus of  claim 1 , where said at least one driving gear further comprises one driving gear. 
     
     
         5 . The grill cleaner apparatus of  claim 1 , where said at least one driven gear further comprises one driven gear. 
     
     
         6 . The grill cleaner apparatus of  claim 1 , where said driving gear and said driven gear together comprise a worm gear. 
     
     
         7 . The grill cleaner apparatus of  claim 1 , where said forward cleaning wheel and said side cleaning wheels are wire brush wheels. 
     
     
         8 . The grill cleaner apparatus of  claim 1 , where said forward cleaning wheel further comprises being further adapted make contact with the upper half of the grill bars. 
     
     
         9 . The grill cleaner apparatus of  claim 1 , where said side cleaning wheels further comprise being adapted to extend between and below the grill bars. 
     
     
         10 . A grill cleaner apparatus for cleaning a grill having grill bars with rotary power from an external source, the grill cleaner comprising:
 (i) a body unit having a front, back, top, bottom, and sides;   (ii) two bearing supports mounted in said body unit at the front and back, each having a mounted bearing;   (iii) a drive shaft mounted in said body unit and through said bearing supports with said bearings, and extending from the back of said body unit, adapted for attachment to an external source of rotary power;   (iv) a transverse shaft mounted in said body unit perpendicular to said drive shaft and extending to the sides of said body unit;   (v) two additional said bearings, each mounted on a side of said body unit at said transverse shaft;   (vi) a driving gear mounted on said drive shaft, adapted to transfer rotary power from said drive shaft;   (vii) a driven gear mounted on said transverse shaft, adapted to engage said driving gear to transfer rotary power to said transverse shaft;   (viii) at least one additional said bearing support having a mounted bearing mounted in said body unit adjacent to said transverse shaft;   (ix) a forward cleaning wheel having a wheel axle, adapted to clean grill bars;   (x) two side cleaning wheels, each having a wheel axle, adapted to clean grill bars and to propel said grill cleaner forward;   (xi) three wheel-axle mounts, mounted at the front end of said drive shaft and at the ends of said transverse shaft, adapted to removably couple said wheel axles to said drive shaft and said transverse shaft;   (xii) a wheel cover at the top of said body unit, adapted to cover said forward cleaning wheel and said side cleaning wheels; and   (xiii) a handle at the top of said body unit, adapted for manual movement of said grill cleaner.   
     
     
         11 . The grill cleaner apparatus of  claim 10 , where said driving gear and said driven gear together comprise a worm gear. 
     
     
         12 . The grill cleaner apparatus of  claim 10 , where said forward cleaning wheel and said side cleaning wheels are wire brush wheels. 
     
     
         13 . The grill cleaner apparatus of  claim 10 , where said forward cleaning wheel further comprises being further adapted make contact with the upper half of the grill bars. 
     
     
         14 . The grill cleaner apparatus of  claim 10 , where said side cleaning wheels further comprise being adapted to extend between and below the grill bars.