Patent ID: 9380911
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: A47J

Claim Text:
1. Cooking apparatus comprising, in combination: a receptacle having a bottom and side wall defining a receptacle interior for accommodating cooking oil or other cooking liquid; heating structure operatively associated with said receptacle for heating the cooking liquid in the receptacle interior; an elongated extensible basket support extending upwardly from the receptacle bottom into said interior, said basket support spaced from said side wall and selectively alternatively forming an extended configuration or forming a non-extended configuration; first actuator structure operatively associated with said basket support for selectively alternatively moving the basket support between said extended configuration and said non-extended configuration; a basket supported by said basket support and including a basket bottom and a basket outer wall defining a basket interior for holding food, movement of said basket support to the extended configuration by said first actuator structure lifting said basket within said receptacle interior and movement of said basket support by said first actuator structure to the non-extended configuration lowering said basket within said receptacle interior, said basket having a toroidal configuration and including a basket inner wall spaced from said basket outer wall and defining a recess accommodating said basket support; and second actuator structure operatively associated with said basket support for spinning said basket when said basket support is in the extended configuration, said basket support including a lower segment extending upwardly from said receptacle bottom and an upper segment movable along a vertical axis relative to said lower segment, said first actuator structure including an electric motor operatively associated with said upper segment to alternatively move said upper segment up or down along said vertical axis relative to said lower segment, at least a portion of said upper segment rotatable relative to said lower segment about said vertical axis, said second actuator structure including an electric motor supported by said basket support and operable to rotate the portion of said upper segment about said vertical axis.