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US 3,937,136 AGranted
Filter device for deep fat fryer
OwnerElton D. Coxinventor
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A filter device intended to be fitted into a deep fat fryer to filter foreign particles from the hot liquid fat used in the cooking process. The device includes a pan that contains the liquid fat in which the food to be cooked is placed. The bottom of the pan is provided with an opening through which the fat passes outwardly as the pan is lifted from the deep fat fryer. Nestled within one embodiment of the pan and extending over at least a portion of the bottom thereof is a unit which establishes in part at least one channel through which also passes the fat as the pan is lifted. Another embodiment has the unit depending from the bottom of the pan. In either embodiment, a filter, having progressively smaller sized holes, is disposed within the channel for capturing and separating ever decreasing smaller size foreign particles from the fat.
In combination with a deep fat fryer having a deep fat container for holding a quantity of liquid fat used in the frying process, of a submergible filtering device, for filtering foreign particles from the liquid fat, said submergible filter device comprising a pan for accomplishing the cooking process therein, said pan being provided with at least one opening disposed adjacent the lowermost portion thereof, means for facilitating submergence and emergence of said pan into and out of the liquid fat, the liquid fat being caused to pass through said opening to fill said pan with the fat as said pan is being submerged therein and to empty said pan as it is being emerged therefrom, a unit removably engaging said pan and cooperating with said opening thereof for directing the outwardly flowing liquid fat along a predetermined course, said unit having at least one substantially horizontally disposed plate-like member positioned a spaced distance from the bottom of said pan and establishing at least one channel defined in part by said pan and said unit, said unit being provided with a passageway leading into said channel with said passageway being disposed remote from said opening;
A submergible filtering device for fitting into a deep fat fryer to filter foreign particles from the liquid fat used in the cooking process, said filtering device comprising a pan for accomplishing the cooking process therein, said pan being provided with at least one opening disposed adjacent the lowermost portion thereof for allowing passage therethrough of the liquid fat contained therein as said pan is caused to be lifted upwardly from the deep fat fryer, a unit removably engaging said pan and cooperating with said opening thereof for directing the outwardly flowing liquid fat along a predetermined course, said unit having at least one substantially horizontally disposed plate-like member positioned a spaced distance from the bottom of said pan and establishing at least one channel defined in part by said pan and said unit, said unit being provided with a passageway leading into said channel with said passageway being disposed remote from said opening in said pan;
A submergible filtering device for fitting into a deep fat fryer to filter foreign particles from the liquid fat used in the cooking process, said filtering device comprising a pan for accomplishing the cooking process therein, said pan being provided with a first opening disposed adjacent the lowermost portion thereof for allowing passage therethrough of the liquid fat contained therein as said pan is caused to be lifted upwardly from the deep fat fryer, a unit positioned beneath said pan and being removably attached thereto and cooperating with said first opening thereof for directing the outwardly flowing liquid fat along a predetermined course, said unit having at least one substantially horizontally disposed plate-like member positioned a spaced distance below the bottom of said pan and establishing at least one channel defined in part by said pan and said unit, said unit being provided with a passageway leading into said channel with said passageway being disposed remote from said first opening in said pan, said channel communicating said passageway and said first opening one with the other for directing the outwardly flowing liquid fat to ultimately pass through said passageway of said unit after first psssing through said first opening thence along said channel as said pan is caused to be lifted upwardly from the deep fat fryer, and filter means disposed within said channel for capturing and separating foreign particles from the liquid fat as the liquid fat flows outwardly through said channel.
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