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US3296954A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Deep fat fryer

Assignee: General Mills Inc
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Filing: 1964-01-02
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Granted: 1967-01-10
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Expires: 1984-01-02
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 John T Haub
  • 👤 Stanley C Rustad
  • 👤 Hasten Mark

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 05:12
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47J; A47J37/00; A47J37/12; A47J37/1214

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 191 words
A DEEP FAT FRYER, COMPRISING: (A) A MOUNTING STRUCTURE, (B) A MERRY-GO-ROUND FRAME MOUNTD TO SAID STRUCTURE FOR ROTARY MOTION ABOUT A GENERALLY VERTICAL AXIS, (C) A PLURALITY OF FOOD CARRYING BASKETS MOUNTED TO SAID FRAME SO AS TO BE MOVED IN A GENERALLY CIRCULAR PATH THEREBY, AND MOVABLE VERTICALLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID FRAME, THE DIRECTION OF ROTATION OF SAID BASKETS BEING CONSIDERED AS BEING FORWARD, (D) A GENERALLY CIRCULARLY CURVED DEEP FRY TANK, THE LENGTH OF WHICH IS LOCATED ALONG AN ARC LENGTH OF SAID CIRCULAR PATH OF SAID BASKETS, SAID TANK HAVING A REARWARDLY LOCATED INFEED END AND A FORWARDLY LOCATED OUTFEED END, (E) A TRACK ASSEMBLY EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY IN A CIRCLE ABOUT THE AXIS OF SAID MERRY-GO-ROUND FRAME, SAID TRACK ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A LOWER PORTION BEING GENERALLY COEXTENSIVE WITH AND HAVING GENERALLY THE SAME ANGULAR LOCATION AS SAID FRY TANK, AN UPPER PORTION LOCATED GENERALLY DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE TO SAID LOWER TRACK PORTION, AND TWO ELEVATOR TRACK PORTIONS, EACH LOCATED BETWEEN RESPECTIVE PROXIMATE ENDS OF SAID UPPER AND LOWER TRACK PORTIONS, SAID ELEVATOR PORTIONS EACH BEING MOVABLE BETWEEN THE ELEVATION OF SAID UPPER TRACK AND SAID LOWER TRACK,
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 191 words
A DEEP FAT FRYER, COMPRISING: (A) A MOUNTING STRUCTURE, (B) A MERRY-GO-ROUND FRAME MOUNTD TO SAID STRUCTURE FOR ROTARY MOTION ABOUT A GENERALLY VERTICAL AXIS, (C) A PLURALITY OF FOOD CARRYING BASKETS MOUNTED TO SAID FRAME SO AS TO BE MOVED IN A GENERALLY CIRCULAR PATH THEREBY, AND MOVABLE VERTICALLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID FRAME, THE DIRECTION OF ROTATION OF SAID BASKETS BEING CONSIDERED AS BEING FORWARD, (D) A GENERALLY CIRCULARLY CURVED DEEP FRY TANK, THE LENGTH OF WHICH IS LOCATED ALONG AN ARC LENGTH OF SAID CIRCULAR PATH OF SAID BASKETS, SAID TANK HAVING A REARWARDLY LOCATED INFEED END AND A FORWARDLY LOCATED OUTFEED END, (E) A TRACK ASSEMBLY EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY IN A CIRCLE ABOUT THE AXIS OF SAID MERRY-GO-ROUND FRAME, SAID TRACK ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A LOWER PORTION BEING GENERALLY COEXTENSIVE WITH AND HAVING GENERALLY THE SAME ANGULAR LOCATION AS SAID FRY TANK, AN UPPER PORTION LOCATED GENERALLY DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE TO SAID LOWER TRACK PORTION, AND TWO ELEVATOR TRACK PORTIONS, EACH LOCATED BETWEEN RESPECTIVE PROXIMATE ENDS OF SAID UPPER AND LOWER TRACK PORTIONS, SAID ELEVATOR PORTIONS EACH BEING MOVABLE BETWEEN THE ELEVATION OF SAID UPPER TRACK AND SAID LOWER TRACK,

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