Patent ID: 7703388
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A fryer comprising: a water tank to store water; an oil tank installed above the water tank to store cooking oil in contact with the stored water in the water tank; a heater arranged in an oil layer in the oil tank; a partition plate arranged in a low-temperature oil layer below the heater to receive impurities, such as deep-fried batter balls, falling down the cooking oil; an oil delivery pipe through which to draw the cooking oil including deep-fried batter balls near the upper surface of the partition plate by a pump and release it onto a bottom of the water tank; and a pipe installed between the oil tank and the water tank and extending to evade the partition plate to communicate oil layers above and below the partition plate; wherein the released cooking oil rises through the water layer and flows into a lower part of the oil layer.