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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2010
Varadharajan Radhamani Basker, Plano, TX (US);
Wilfred Marcellien Bourg, Jr., Melissa, TX (US);
Steven Andrew Bresnahan, Plano, TX (US);
Thomas George Crosby, Frisco, TX (US);
Pravin Maganlal Desai, Carrollton, TX (US);
Phillip Stuart Frazier, Frisco, TX (US);
Varadharajan Radhamani Basker, Plano, TX (US);
Wilfred Marcellien Bourg, Jr., Melissa, TX (US);
Steven Andrew Bresnahan, Plano, TX (US);
Thomas George Crosby, Frisco, TX (US);
Pravin Maganlal Desai, Carrollton, TX (US);
Phillip Stuart Frazier, Frisco, TX (US);
Frito-Lay North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A mold form fryer utilizing a top conveyor that transports snack pieces through a constant velocity oil stream without the need of a bottom mating mold or conveyor. Herein, the form fryer having a fryer housing for controlling the frying atmosphere is provided with a top conveyor disposed above a fryer oil pan positioned longitudinally through the fryer. Uncooked snack pieces are provided to the fryer oil pan by a bottom entrance conveyor. A steam shield separates a front-end vestibule from the downstream portion of the fryer housing, and inert gas manifolds introduce inert gas into the front-end vestibule, thereby providing a sufficiently low oxygen and sufficiently low condensable gas or steam environment near the product submerging point.