Deep fryer receptacle cover and operating mechanism therefor
AssigneeThe Broaster Company
InventorsClem J. Luebke, Norman L. Beck, Lowell W. Daniels
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Abstract
An improved cover support and operating mechanism is disclosed for use with the cooking vessel of deep fat frying apparatus. The vessel has an opening and the cover is supported in a plane transverse to the axis of the opening by a cross bar and a pair of vertical posts which are vertically reciprocable relative to the vessel to move the cover between open and closed positions. A spring arrangement is provided for biasing the post and thus the cover toward the open position, and a hand actuable latching arrangement is provided to releaseably hold the cover in the closed position against the spring bias.
Claims22
Cooking apparatus comprising, cooking vessel means having an opening thereinto, frame means supporting said cooking vessel means, a cover for said opening extending transverse to the axis of said opening, cover support means supporting said cover for reciprocating movement relative to said frame means and cooking vessel means and axially of said opening between open and closed positions with respect thereto, means biasing said cover to move toward said open position, and means for interengaging said frame means and said cover support means to releaseably hold said cover in said closed position.
Cooking apparatus comprising, cooking vessel means having an opening thereinto, frame means supporting said cooking vessel means, a cover for said opening, cover support means supporting said cover for movement relative to said frame means and cooking vessel means and between open and closed positions with respect to said opening, means biasing said cover toward said open position, a pair of latching pins supported by said frame means for reciprocation along parallel axes in a plane intersecting the axis of said vessel means opening, said pins having opposite ends, means interconnecting corresponding ones of said opposite ends for said pins to reciprocate together between latched and unlatched positions, said cover support means including a latch pin opening for each of said pins axially aligned with the corresponding pin when said cover is in the closed position, and the others of said opposite ends of said pins being receivable in said latch pin openings when said cover and pins are respectively in the closed and latched position thereof.
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