Patent ID: 6367372
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A valve opening/closing device of a fryer, wherein an oil discharge valve of a ball valve type is disposed in an oil discharge pipe that extends from a bottom of an oil vat for containing cooking oil and that discharges cooking oil from a discharge opening at its end into a tank, and wherein a pipe pathway through the oil discharge pipe opens and closes by opening and closing of the oil discharge valve, the valve opening/closing device comprising:a long bar-shaped fixed link portion fixed at one end to the perimeter of a protruding position on a rotating shaft of the oil discharge valve, and extending at substantially right angles to the rotating shaft; a first short bar-shaped rotating link portion fixed at one end to the rotating shaft of the oil discharge valve; a second rotating link portion that is of a similar length to the first rotating link portion and disposed parallel thereto, and that is rotatably attached at one end to the other end of the fixed link portion; a long bar-shaped coupling link portion rotatably fixed at both ends to the other ends of the first and second rotating link portions; and a rotating lever fixed to the other end of the second link portion and extending therefrom.