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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
David L Barry, Highland Village, TX (US);
Timothy A Johnson, Coppell, TX (US);
Joseph H Gold, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Recot, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
99355 ; 99330 ; 99410 ; 99417 ; 99516 ; 210167 ; 210D / ;
Abstract
Improvements to a de-oiler apparatus, used to remove oil from food product chips after frying, include a perforated, inverted T-shaped baffle disposed in the inlet to the de-oiler and a flat, perforated plate disposed in the exit from the de-oiler. The T-shaped baffle and the perforated plate straighten the flow in the inlet and outlet regions, respectively, thereby decreasing the amount of steam which is lost from the chamber and reducing scattering of the chips, which hampers oil removal therefrom.