Patent ID: 6129626
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
Fat removal apparatus for removing fat from the surface of a liquid body, said apparatus comprising a rotary fat skimmer means positioned for rotation about an axis of rotation above said surface of said liquid body and including a plate portion having an inclined front face surface and an outer periphery partially submerged in said liquid body, a fat removal opening provided in said plate portion adjacent said axis of rotation, a fat capture flange means extending forwardly from said front face surface of said plate portion and having a fat directing surface and an inner end at said fat removal opening and an outer leading end edge positioned radially outward from said fat removal opening of said plate portion and power drive means drivingly connected to said plate portion for rotating said plate portion and said fat capture flange so that said outer end of said capture fat flange enters the liquid body and moves along an arcuate path through the liquid body and exits upwardly through the liquid fat on the surface of the liquid body so that fat above the fat directing surface is directed by the fat directing surface into said fat removal opening by continued rotation of said plate portion.