Patent ID: 6095037
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: A47J,Y10S

Abstract:
A deep fat fryer comprising:a housing having a front, sides and back, an upwardly opening tank for holding cooking oil disposed within said housing and having sides and a bottom, an upwardly opening sump having sides and a bottom, disposed within said adjacent tank, and means for directing oil, overflowing said tank from the opening thereof, into said sump;a U-shaped burner tube having first and second legs extending across said tank, and attached by an end of a first leg to a side of said tank, burner means mounted in said housing and communicating with the interior of said tube through the end mounted on the side of said tank for directing products of combustion therethrough, means carried by said burner tube for circulating said products of combustion through said tube in a spiral path from the burner, successively through the first and second legs of said tube;filter means removably mounted in said sump for filtering oil overflowing from said tank thereinto; andcirculating means for continuously withdrawing filtered oil from said sump and re-injecting said oil into said tank.