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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2016
Henny Penny Corporation, Eaton, OH (US);
Melissa M. Hohler, Kettering, OH (US);
Thomas M. Smith, Eaton, OH (US);
Kendall Lynn Olinger, Eaton, OH (US);
Henny Penny Corporation, Eaton, OH (US);
Abstract
A fryer apparatus includes a cooking chamber to hold cooking medium and cook food products within, a filter pan removably attached to the cooking chamber, a tube connecting the filter pan to the cooking chamber, and a pump configured to circulate cooking medium. The filter pan has a bottom wall surrounded by four side walls and an inlet passage configured to receive cooking medium into the filter pan. A filter element is removably attached to the bottom wall of filter pan and extends in a lateral direction along a length of the fryer apparatus and may have two bends spaced laterally from each other. A plug may be attached to the filter element and an outlet passage attached to the plug and configured to discharge the cooking medium.