The Broaster Company

Clem J Luebke

Lowell W Daniels

Norman L Beck

A handle assembly is disclosed for the basket of deep fat frying apparatus. The handle assembly includes a bracket mounted on the basket, and a handle unit including a handle member mounted on an attaching plate which is slidably supported by the bracket. The handle unit is removable from the bracket and positionally adjustable along the vertical length thereof. A pivotal latch on the handle unit is interengageable with keeper slots in the bracket to position the handle member relative to the bracket, and a thumb operator is provided for pivoting the latch. The latch includes a detent interengageable with a keeper slot to prevent pivotal movement of the latch when the basket is supported in suspension by the handle.

Receptacle handle assembly

An improved cover support and operating mechanism is disclosed for use with the cooking vessel of deep fat frying apparatus. The vessel has an opening and the cover is supported in a plane transverse to the axis of the opening by a cross bar and a pair of vertical posts which are vertically reciprocable relative to the vessel to move the cover between open and closed positions. A spring arrangement is provided for biasing the post and thus the cover toward the open position, and a hand actuable latching arrangement is provided to releaseably hold the cover in the closed position against the spring bias.

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Beloit, WI, United States of America

Clem J Luebke