Patent ID: 11925294
Assignee: HENNY PENNY CORPORATION
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 8:
9. A fryer comprising:
a cooking chamber including a plurality of side walls connected to and extending upwardly from a bottom wall, the plurality of side walls and the bottom wall collectively surrounding an interior configured to receive a cooking medium; and
a washing element coupled to the bottom wall of the cooking chamber, the washing element comprising:
a lower portion including a passage that is fluidically coupled to a fill port and configured to receive the cooking medium;
an upper portion extending above the bottom wall of the cooking chamber and including a plurality of spray jet nozzles fluidically coupled to the passage, the plurality of spray jet nozzles being separated at predetermined angles relative to one another around a periphery of the upper portion of the washing element to orient the plurality of spray jet nozzles so as to spray a plurality of pressurized streams of the cooking medium to predetermined areas of the cooking chamber, the predetermined areas including at least one corner of the cooking chamber; and
a cover coupled to the upper portion, the cover directing the cooking medium into the plurality of spray jet nozzles, wherein the cover is removably coupled to the upper portion of the washing element using at least one fastener,

wherein the plurality of side walls includes first and second end walls, and
wherein a number of spray jet nozzles directed towards the first end wall differs from a number of spray jet nozzles directed towards the second end wall.