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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4460818 | Drain safety interlock for fryers Safety interlock for operating handle of drain valve of deep fat fryer which blocks valve-opening movement of operating handle and is movable to unblocking position and thereby shuts off fry pot burner, subsequent valve-opening movement of handle maintain... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4459902 | Deep fat cooking apparatus Apparatus for the cooking of foods, includes a chamber for holding a volume of cooking oil and defining a cooking region therein for receiving food to be cooked. The chamber includes a wall having an opening therethrough for placement of food into the coo... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4450757 | Automatic machine for cooking soup-paste, rice, pot herbs or other food-stuffs in water An automatic machine for cooking food such as soup-paste, rice or pot herbs, in which a support structure with a base and an upper working plane is provided with an open cooking tank contained within the support structure above the base and below the work... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4444095 | Deep fat fryer system Deep fat fryer system of cabinet with plurality of separate fryers having oil supply conduits and drain means including selectively operable drain valves and extra large snap-out manifold, and a portable filter unit having motor driven pump mounted thereo... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4438683 | Apparatus for dispensing individual orders of a hot food product and components usable therewith An apparatus and method for dispensing individual orders of a hot food product. The apparatus is designed to use a food product provided in a dehydrated form, such food product being readily reconstituted by the addition of a liquid. The apparatus include... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4439459 | Convection food heating Disclosed are an improved method and apparatus for convection heating which enables rapid heating of foods to obtain a fried taste, texture and appearance without using large amounts of oil or encountering the other disadvantages of frying. According to a... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4430925 | Pressure vessel with improved security A rotatably supported pressure vessel is disclosed for treating product under high pressure. A pressure medium is supplied to the pressure vessel through two separate supply conducts feeding the pressure medium under different pressures. When supplying th... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4392418 | Cooking apparatus An apparatus for cooking large quantities of a food product such as corn. To ensure that the individual particles of the food product being prepared will not stick together and will be uniformly cooked, each particle is surrounded by water at a controlled... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4324173 | Filter system for frying apparatus Frying apparatus including a fry pot and a filter system operable during a cleaning cycle for dislodging food particles which cling to the fry pot and for removing food particles suspended in the cooking oil is disclosed. The filter system includes a show... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4296310 | Cooking device with water detecting means A pressure fryer having a vessel adapted to cook a food product within a bath of cooking oil. Means are provided for detecting the presence of water in the vessel and the bath and for automatically disabling the heater of the fryer if water is present in ... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4282423 | Deep fat fryer having a solid-state control circuit A solid-state control circuit for selectively operating a deep fat fryer in a normal cook mode, a lower temperature hold mode, a fat melt mode and a safety thermostat test mode. During operation in the cook mode, a reference bias voltage is coupled to one... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4278872 | Temperature controller with pulsed heating during idle A temperature controller for use with a fryer of the type comprising a vat containing cooking oil and heater, such as a gas burner or electrical heating element, for heating cooking oil comprises a temperature probe for sensing the temperature of the cook... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4273991 | Pressure cooker A pressure cooker particularly adapted for use as a pressure fryer. The cooker's tank is electrically heated by a novel electrical resistance heater and heat reflector structure. The cooker also includes a novel cover and cover hold-down mechanism.... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4270598 | Apparatus for processing seafood An apparatus for processing seafood, suitable for use in small ships, is disclosed. The apparatus includes a closed container having an opening and a fluid tight closure to cover the opening. Cooking water and cold brine are stored in separate reservoirs ... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4246955 | Pressure cooking appliance with thermal exchange fluid A domestic pressure cooking appliance includes a heat exchanger connected to means for regulating flow of a liquid phase thermal exchange fluid which is heated and cooled by thermal sources separate from the pressure cooker. For cleaning and handling conv... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4214514 | Cooker for individual portions of particulate foodstuff A cooker for foodstuff in particulate form, in particular pasta, comprises a plurality of perforate pots, each of which is of a size to cook an individual portion. The pots are individually movable vertically in a tank between a raised position and a lowe... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4210123 | Filter system for frying apparatus Frying apparatus including a fry pot and a filter system operable during a cleaning cycle for dislodging food particles which cling to the fry pot and for removing food particles suspended in the cooking oil is disclosed. The filter system includes a show... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4189504 | Method of cooking foods A method and apparatus for cooking corn is disclosed whereby corn particles are immersed in water in a cooking vessel to form a mass of corn particles, and the water is circulated throughout said mass. The temperature of the mass is raised and the corn pa... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4175482 | Automatic high-pressure flash cooker An automatic high-pressure flash cooker comprising a cylindrically shaped steaming chamber, which is set in a slanted position with its lower end open, and a drain collector which has at its upper end a perforated plate permitting passage of water and is ... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4173215 | Apparatus for steaming foods An apparatus for steaming food at substantially atmospheric conditions. This apparatus comprises a steam chamber means for filling the chamber with steam, which filling means comprises means for introducing water into the bottom of the steam chamber, and ... | 11/06/1979 |
| 4084492 | System for providing like cooking medium volume in successive cooking cycles A preselected volume of a liquified cooking medium is supplied to a continuous-flow system serving a cooking chamber. In the course of heating the supplied cooking medium prior to the cooking cycle, an overflow device is operative to remove that volume of... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4064796 | Cooking apparatus Apparatus for cooking various food items. The apparatus includes an enclosed cooking compartment disposed a spaced distance above a reservoir which contains a quantity of cooking oil. A rack is provided for suspending the items of food at spaced apart dis... | 12/27/1977 |
| 4050447 | Deep fat fryer heated fat supply reservoir and fat replenishment device An auxiliary fat container near a deep fat fryer lowers to a convenient height for filling with an entire replenishment package of solidified cooking fat. A heater within the auxiliary container melts and elevates the temperature of the replenishment fat ... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4047476 | Apparatus for cooking food articles This invention provides novel apparatus for cooking food articles. Basically, the novel apparatus of the present invention comprises: a chamber; support means for locating food articles within the chamber with substantially all of their exterior surfaces ... | 09/13/1977 |
| 3992984 | Steam pressure cooker with manually operable pressure venting A steam pressure cooker is provided with a normally open drain valve connected to the bottom of the cooker pressure vessel and having a relatively large flow capacity to drain liquids and food particles. A separate exhaust pipe of restricted capacity is a... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3968741 | Cooking oil recovery system Continuously flowing cooking oil is recovered by passing the oil through a series of filters, one of which contains a carbonaceous material, such as bone char. The oil may be simultaneously heated during each filtering step, and the acidity of the oil may... | 07/13/1976 |
| 3951131 | Pressure vessel with multiple outlet connections A pressure vessel arranged for use as a steam cooker and employing multiple outlet connections is disclosed. One of the outlet connections is located in the vessel floor and is of such flow capacity as to freely pass collected food particles, water and st... | 04/20/1976 |
