Patent ID: 8069777
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A fryer comprising: a housing; an oil vat provided at an upper portion of the housing and configured to store oil; a combusting and heating unit provided at the upper portion of the housing and configured to heat the oil stored in the oil vat; an air supply pipe provided at the upper portion of the housing and configured to supply combustion air to the combusting and heating unit by a fan; an operational panel provided at a front face of the upper portion of the housing and operable to set operation of the combusting and heating unit; an upper-side through-hole; a lower-side through-hole, which is positioned lower than the upper-side through-hole, and which communicates with an outside; a cooling path, which is defined between the upper-side through-hole and lower-side through-hole at a rear of the operational panel in the housing, and through which air is allowed to pass; and an air passage, which is formed in the housing and through which the fan and the cooling path are connected to form a flow of combustion air taken into the air supply pipe through the cooling path and the air passage, thereby cooling the operational panel.