Patent ID: 6355168
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: A47J,B01D

Abstract:
A cooking oil storage and filtering system comprising:an housing assembly, said housing assembly having a funnel portion, an upper portion, a bottom portion, a pair of track members, and a housing lid member; a filter assembly, said filter assembly being slidably insertable into said housing assembly along said track members, said filter assembly being adapted for removing particulate matter from a quantity of cooking oil; a kettle assembly, said kettle assembly being removably positioned within said bottom portion of said housing, said kettle assembly being adapted for storing the quantity of cooking oil; said filter assembly having a filter assembly housing, a first filter screen, a second filter screen and an handle portion, said filter assembly housing having a filter assembly upper end, and a filter assembly lower end, said filter assembly upper end having a diameter larger than a diameter of said filter assembly lower end, said filter assembly housing being substantially hollow; said filter assembly housing having an upper annular ridge and a lower annular ridge, said upper and lower annular ridges being positioned on an interior surface of said filter assembly housing, said upper and lower annular ridges being for receiving said first filter screen and said second filter screen respectively; said first and second filter screens each having a perimeter edge, said perimeter edge abutting said interior surface of said filter assembly housing when said first and second filter screens are received by said upper and lower annular ridges respectively, said first filter screen being substantially larger than said second filter screen, said first and second filter screens being adapted for removing particulate matter from the quantity of cooking oil.