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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2002
Huub Ehlhardt, Groningen, NL;
Mindert Kats, Drachten, NL;
Klaas Kooyker, Drachten, NL;
Bart Johannes Massee, Groningen, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An apparatus for deep-frying food, comprising a vapour discharge channel ( ) communicating with an inner space ( ) and extending from an upper portion of said inner space. A cooling surface ( ), which is cooled in use, is provided for cooling vapours. Condensate that has deposited precipitated on the cooling surface ( ) can be collected in a collecting reservoir ( ), into which the vapour discharge channel ( ) opens. Fat contained in vapour being discharged deposits in a fat deposition area ( ) outside the cooling surface ( ). Since at least a portion of the fat deposition area ( ) communicates with the collecting reservoir ( ) for carrying fat that has deposited in the fat deposition area to the collecting reservoir along a path remote from the cooling surface ( ), and/or since the vapour discharge channel ( ) extends along a straight trajectory, the deposition of fat is made to occur in an area from which it can easily be removed.