Constant temperature fryer/cooker assembly
Patent 4623544 Issued on November 18, 1986. Estimated Expiration Date: 
August 3, 2004. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
August 3, 2004. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 3210193 3410199 3688683 3701313 3750560 3839951 Fry kettle with integral continuous filter System for providing like cooking medium volume in successive cooking cycles Filter system for frying apparatus Patent #: 4324173 InventorApplicationNo. 06/637573 filed on 08/03/1984US Classes:426/233, Preparing solid product in final form by heating426/438, Heat treatment of food material by contact with glyceridic fat or oil, e.g., potato chip frying, etc.426/523, Cooking, e.g., broiling, baking, etc.99/330, Of cooking fluid99/331, Of heat or heater99/403, Boiler or deep fat fryer type99/408With crumb or sediment segregating or handlingExaminersPrimary: Yeung, GeorgeAttorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassA47J 37/12 (20060101)AbstractA fryer/cooker assembly for cooking fast foods and the like at a predetermined constant temperature and without contamination between various types of food products includes a kitchen cabinet assembly having a cooking pan at an upper portion thereof which is removable for cleaning. The cooking pan is provided with a dispersing pipe substantially around the complete inner circumference thereof. This pipe has a plurality of oil dispersing holes, each hole being at approximately 30° to the cooking pan bottom. A baffle plate over the dispersing pipe provides a gap between the lower edge thereof and the cooking pan bottom of approximately 1/4 inch.A heater/heat exchange unit of high efficiency, high temperature output receives, through appropriate piping, cooking oil to be heated to a desired set temperature. Temperature probes in the pan and the oil input to the heater/heat exchanger coupled with thermostat control structure accurately maintain the temperature of the cooking oil at preferably 325° during operation of the assembly.Further important structure includes a bypass type oil filtering structure, a static pipe oil flow structure at each of the ends of the dispersing pipe, removable components for each of cleaning, easy access doors for appropriate components, and all mounted in a stainless steel cabinet for nice appearance, cleanliness and ease of maintenance. | |
