Electrical deep-fryer

Abstract

The present invention features an electrical, frying appliance that uniformly cooks food items placed within its frying basket. This frying appliance cyclically immerses and extracts the cooking basket into and out of a pan containing heated oil. In this fashion, the food in the basket is uniformly fried during the cooking cycle. The frying appliance contains a translationally moveable basket that operates by a parallel linkage driven by a gear train and worm drive mechanism. The translational movement of the basket allows the food in it to lie flat as it is immersed in the oil. The frying basket remains substantially horizontal during its movement between its immersed and non-immersed positions. In this fashion, the food items are prevented from shifting around in the frying basket. This allows the food to fry evenly within the basket and, when cycled, to be drained of oil periodically. The gear train and worm drive mechanisms that move the basket are both powered by a motor that is offset from the oil pan housing, allowing for a cooler, operational motor temperature. The motor is less subject to heated oil vapors and oil leakage that are usually associated with motors located at the bottom of an oil pan housing. The gear train and worm drive mechanisms are also offset from the oil pan, and are protected from heated oil vapors by the outside wall of the oil pan housing.