Patent ID: 6306294
Filing Date: 2001-10-23
Classification: A47J,Y10S

Abstract:
Filtering apparatus for filtering cooking oil, including:an open top reservoir mounted on a stand which is supported for movement across a floor by wheels, said reservoir having a base wall, side walls upstanding from said base wall and a bridge portion extending between opposite ones of said side walls at or near their upper ends;a filter housing mounted in said reservoir and supported by said bridge portion, said filter housing having a removable filter cap above said bridge portion and a filter mounted in said filter housing;pump means mounted to said stand below said reservoir;a first flexible conduit in selective fluid communication with said pump means for extracting cooking oil from a deep fryer adjacent the apparatus and for discharging cooking oil from said reservoir to the deep fryer, said flexible conduit fluidly communicating with said pump means via a first rigid conduit extending through said reservoir from said base wall to said bridge portion, said flexible conduit being connected to said first rigid conduit above said bridge portion and said first rigid conduit being connected to said pump means below said base wall by a second flexible conduit and said reservoir selectively fluidly communicating with said pump means via an oil outlet in said base wall, said pump means being in selective fluid communication with said filter housing for pumping cooking oil through said filter and into said reservoir via a second rigid conduit extending through said reservoir from said base wall, andcontrol means for controlling and/or directing the flow of cooking oil to and from said reservoir.