Deep fat fryer assembly

Claim 2

A deep fat fryer assembly comprising: a well for containing cooking oil; a two-part housing, including: a bottom portion; and a cover portion detachably retained on said bottom portion; a filter sub-assembly in said housing and including: a rigid foraminous cylinder sealed at one of its ends against said cover portion and at its other end against said bottom portion when said cover portion is retained on said bottom portion; and a filter paper lining the foraminous cylinder; a pump in the bottom portion of said housing and spaced horizontally from said filter sub-assembly; a motor mounted on said cover portion outside said housing and driviNgly connected to said pump; first conduit means communicating said pump with said well for conveying filtered cooking oil from the pump to the well; and second conduit means connecting said well to the interior of said foraminous cylinder through the cover portion of said housing.

Claim 3

A deep fat fryer assembly as defined in claim 1 wherein said second conduit means includes: a drain conduit connected to the lower side of said well on the opposite side thereof from the point of communication with said well of said first conduit means; and a drain cock in said second conduit means for controlling the rate of flow of cooking oil from said well to the interior of said foraminous cylinder.

Claim 4

A deep fat fryer as defined in claim 2 and further characterized as including means for gravity draining cooking oil from the bottom portion of said housing.

Claim 5

A deep fat fryer as defined in claim 2 and further characterized as including: a vacuum alleviating pipe on said cover portion over the space within said foraminous cylinder; and valve means in said vacuum alleviating pipe.

Claim 6

A cooking oil filtering and recirculating system adapted for connection to the well of a deep fat fryer comprising: a housing including: a cover portion having a protuberant cylindrical portion; a bottom portion having an open top cooperating with, and closed by, said cover portion; and manually operable means for securing said cover portion on said bottom portion; cylindrical filter means positioned in one side of said housing and having one end extending into the protuberant cylindrical portion of said cover portion and contacting said cover portion, and having a second end contacting the base portion of said housing; means on said cover portion for adjustably venting the space inside said cylindrical filter means to the atmosphere; first conduit means connectable to the well of a deep fat fryer and communicating with the space inside said cylindrical filter means for conveying cooking oil from said well to said space; a pump disposed in said housing adjacent the bottom of said bottom portion and horizontally spaced from said filter means; second conduit means connected to said pump and adapted for conveying cooking oil from said pump through said housing to said deep fat fryer well; and a motor mounted on said cover portion on the out-side of said housing and drivingly connected to said pump.

Claim 7

A cooking oil filtering and recirculating system adapted for connection to the well of a deep fat fryer comprising: a housing including: a cover portion having a protuberant cylindrical portion; a bottom portion having an open top cooperating with, and closed by, said cover portion; and manually operable means for securing said cover portion on said bottom portion; cylindrical filter means positioned in one side of said housing and having one end extending into the protuberant cylindrical portion of said cover portion and contacting said cover portion, and having a second end contacting the base portion of said housing; means on said cover portion for adjustably venting the space inside said cylindrical filter means to the atmosphere; first conduit means connectable to the well of a deep fat fryer and communicating with the space inside said cylindrical filter means for conveying cooking oil from said well to said space; a pump disposed in said housing adjacent the bottom of said bottom portion and horizontally spaced from said filter means; second conduit means connected to said pump and adapted for conveying cooking oil from said pump through said housing to said deep fat fryer well; and a motor mounted on said cover portion on the out-side of said housing and drivingly connected to said pump.

Claim 8

A cooking oil filtering and recirculating system as defined in claim 5 wherein said cylindrical filter means comprises: a foraminous, rigid cylindrical sleeve; and a filter paper lining the internal wall of said cylindrical sleeve.

Claim 9

A cooking oil filtering and recirculation system as defined in claim 6 and further characterized to include valve means on the bottom of said bottom portion for gravity draining cooking oil from said housing.

Claim 10

A cooking oil filtering and recirculating system as defined in claim 7 and further characterized as including a drive shaft interconnecting said motor and pump and extending substantially parallel to the axis of said rigid cylindrical sleeve.