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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2019
Gem Equipment of Oregon, Inc., Woodburn, OR (US);
Christopher Michael Imdieke, Molalla, OR (US);
GEM EQUIPMENT OF OREGON, INC., Woodburn, OR (US);
Abstract
Embodiments herein provide a plenum separator for removing excess oil from fried food items, and then separating the oil from an air/oil mixture. A system for feeding fried food items with excess oil thereon may extend across and above the width of the plenum. A sink may be disposed at a bottom of the plenum. A blower typically draws air from the second end of the pipe, causing the air/oil mixture to be drawn into the slot and through the inner channel, with at least a portion of the air in the air/oil mixture passing through the opening in the pipe, with at least a portion of the oil in the air/oil mixture falling to the sink, and with at least a portion of the air/oil mixture passing from the inner channel to the outer channel and through the elongated aperture to be recirculated through the inner channel.