Patent ID: 8113226

Claim:
A valve assembly and a cooking oil handling system comprising: a housing including a first inlet passage and a second inlet passage and an outlet passage; a first flow channel disposed within the housing, at least a portion of the first flow channel extending inward from the first inlet passage to the outlet passage, and a second flow channel disposed within the housing, at least a portion of the second flow channel extending inward from the second inlet passage to the outlet passage; a first check member disposed within the first inlet passage, the first check member movable along the first flow channel between a closed position in which the first check member is disposed against a first valve seat and an open position in which the first check member is spaced from the first valve seat, wherein movement of the first check member from the closed position to the open position is unopposed; a second check member disposed within the second inlet passage, the second check member movable along the second flow channel between a closed position in which the second check member is disposed against a second valve seat and an open position in which the second check member is spaced from the second valve seat; a resilient member operably engaged with the second check member to bias the second check member against the second valve seat; a cooking oil frying station operably coupled to the outlet passage of the housing; a cooking oil filter station operably coupled to an outlet of the cooking oil frying station and operably coupled to the first inlet passage of the housing; and a cooking oil supply station operably coupled to the second inlet passage of the housing.