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US 12,004,690 B2Granted
Deep fat fryer frypot
AssigneeThe Frymaster Corporation
InventorsJustin T. Baker, Eric Pitchford, Ralph Macy, Henry Preston Hutson, Jr.
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Abstract
A frypot of a commercial deep fat fryer includes a foam deck and a front wall that is a downward extending vertical face of the frypot. The foam deck and the front wall are formed by sheet metal that has a radius bend between the foam deck of the frypot and the front wall. The radius has a bend radius of between 0.25 inches and 1.5 inches.
Claims16
A frypot of a commercial deep fat fryer comprising:
- a foam deck;
- and
- a front wall that is a downward extending vertical face of the frypot,
- wherein the foam deck and the front wall are made of a sheet metal that has a radius bend between the foam deck of the frypot and the front wall,
- wherein the radius bend has a bend radius of between 0.25 inches and 1.5 inches, and
- wherein the sheet metal has a thickness, and the thickness of the sheet metal at the foam deck, the radius bend, and the front wall are substantially equal.
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A method of forming a frypot, comprising:
- bending sheet metal by a punch and a press break die to form a radius bend between a foam deck and a front wall that is a downward extending vertical face of the frypot, the radius bend between the foam deck of the frypot and the front wall having a bend radius between 0.25 inches and 1.5 inches.
A frypot of a commercial deep fat fryer comprising:
- a foam deck;
- a front wall that is a downward extending vertical face of the frypot;
- and
- a radius bend between the foam deck of the frypot and the front wall,
- wherein the foam deck, the radius bend, and the front wall are made of a single sheet of sheet metal,
- wherein the radius bend has a bend radius of between 0.25 inches and 1.5 inches, and
- wherein the sheet metal has a thickness, and the thickness of the sheet metal at the foam deck, the radius bend, and the front wall are substantially equal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.