Devices for reforming frying oil
OwnerSung-Hwan (Sonny) Ohinventor
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Abstract
Devices for reforming frying oil in a cooking vessel for the purpose of prolonging the freshness and usable life of the frying oil. The devices include beads that come into contact with the frying oil and reform the frying oil at ordinary temperatures, where each bead has a coating that is formed on the surface of a substrate and acts as a reforming catalyst. One of the devices includes a mounting adapter having flanges to mount on a pair of heating pipes or heating surfaces of a cooking vessel, a bead container for containing the beads; and hook brackets connected to the bead container and configured to couple to the mounting adapter so that the bead container is suspend to the mounting adapter during operation. The bead container has perforations on its walls to make the beads contact with the frying oil.
Claims17
A device for reforming frying oil contained within a cooking vessel, comprising:
- at least one bead container having a plurality of perforations formed in at least one wall thereof and being submerged in the frying oil during operation of the cooking vessel;
- a plurality of beads contained within said bead container, said beads being adapted to reform the frying oil flowing through said perforations and in contact therewith;
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- a suspending mechanism for supporting said bead container relative to the cooking vessel, said suspending mechanism including:
- a mounting adapter including a plurality of flanges, configured to mount on a supporting portion of the cooking vessel, and having a through hole formed therein;
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- a pair of hook brackets affixed to the bead container and configured to engage into the through hole so that the bead container is suspended from the mounting adapter.
A device for reforming frying oil contained within a cooking vessel, comprising:
- at least one bead container having a plurality of perforations formed in at least one wall thereof and being submerged in the frying oil during operation of the cooking vessel;
- a plurality of beads contained within said bead container, said beads being adapted to reform the frying oil flowing through said perforations and in contact therewith;
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- a suspending mechanism for supporting said bead container relative to the cooking vessel, wherein the suspending mechanism includes:
- a mounting adapter, including:
- a plurality of flanges configured to mount on a pair of heating pipes or heating surfaces of the cooking vessel,
- one or more alignment tabs to prevent the flanges from sliding off of the pair of heating pipes, the alignment tabs and the plurality of flanges forming an integral body so that the the alignment tabs are not movable relative to the plurality of flanges, and
- at least one apertured hinge tab;
- having an aperture formed therein;
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- at least one hinge pin connected to the bead container and engaged into the aperture so that the bead container is rotatably connected to the mounting adapter.
In a cooking vessel including a plurality of walls for containing frying oil, means for heating the frying oil, means for supporting food submerged in the frying oil, and oil treatment means, an improved oil treatment means comprising:
- at least one bead container having a plurality of perforations formed in at least one wall thereof and being submerged in the frying oil during operation of the cooking vessel;
- a plurality of beads contained within said bead container, said beads being adapted to reform the frying oil flowing through said perforations and in contact therewith;
- and
- a suspending mechanism for supporting said bead container relative to the cooking vessel, said suspending mechanism including:
- a mounting adapter, including:
- a plurality of flanges configured to mount on a pair of heating pipes or heating surfaces of the cooking vessel and having a through hole formed therein, and
- one or more alignment tabs to prevent said flanges from sliding off of the pair of heating pipes;
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- a pair of hook brackets affixed to the bead container and configured to engage into the throuah hole so that the bead trap is suspended from the mounting adapter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.