Basket raising mechanism for twin fryers

Claim 1

IN A DEEP FAT FRYER HAVING TWIN FOOD-SUPPORTING BASKETS, A KETTLE, A VERTICAL FLUE DISPOSED REARWARDLY OF THE KETTLE IN CLOSSELY SPACED RELATIONSHIP RELATIVE THERETO, AND AN OUTER CASING ENCLOSING SAID KETTLE AND FLUE IN CLOSELY SPACED RELATIONSHIP RELATIVE THERETO; MEANS FOR SUPPORTING AND MOVING SAID BASKETS VERTICALLY INDEPENDENTLY OF EACH OTHER, COMPRISING A LIFTING ROD DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID KETTLE AND SAID FLUE ADJACENT AND INTERIORLY OF EACH LATER SIDE WALL OF SAID CASING, A HANGER OFFSET INWARDLY FROM THE UPPER PORTION OF EACH SAID LIFTING ROD AWAY FROM THE ADJACENT CASING SIDE WALL FOR INDEPENDENTLY SUPPORTING ONE OF SAID BASKETS, TUBULAR GUIDE MEANS ENGAGING SAID ROD INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS, OPERATING MEANS INCLUDING A MOVEMENT-IMPARTING MEMBER SECURED INTERMAEDIATE ITS ENDS TO THE LOWER END OF EACH SAID LIFTING ROD, AND GUIDE PADS MOUNTED ON EACH SAID MOVEMENTIMPARTING MEMBER ADAJCENT THE ENDS THEREOF FOR ADJUSTMENT RELATIVE THERETO LATERALLY OF SAID CASING FOR RESISTING TORQUE APPLIED TO THE ASSOCIATED SAID LIFTING ROD BY THE FOOD-SUPPORTING BASKET SUPPORTED THEREBY.