Patent ID: 6571689
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
An apparatus for deep-frying food, comprisinga pan (2) for containing a frying medium which is liquid in use, a cover (5), in which the pan (2) and the cover (5) when placed on the pan define an inner space (3), a vapour discharge channel (6; 406) communicating with said inner space (3) and extending from an upper portion of said inner space (3), a cooling surface (7; 407) for cooling vapours, which cooling surface (7; 407) communicates with said inner space (3) via at least a portion of said vapour discharge channel (6; 406), a collecting reservoir (13; 413) for receiving condensate that has precipitated on said cooling surface (7; 407), into which collecting reservoir (13; 413) the vapour discharge channel (6; 406) opens, and a fat deposition area (14; 414) outside the cooling surface (7; 407), which fat deposition area (14; 414) forms a boundary of the vapour discharge channel (6; 406), characterized in that at least a portion of the fat deposition area (14; 414) communicates with the collecting reservoir (13; 413) for carrying fat that has deposited in the fat deposition area (4; 414) to the collecting reservoir (13; 413) along a path remote from the cooling surface (7; 407).