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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2006
Joseph J. Tiszai, Fairfield, OH (US);
Robert T. Wood, Tipp City, OH (US);
Robert W. Stirling, Dayton, OH (US);
Gary L. Mercer, Eaton, OH (US);
Douglas A. Burkett, Eaton, OH (US);
Tim A. Landwehr, West Alexandria, OH (US);
Joseph J. Tiszai, Fairfield, OH (US);
Robert T. Wood, Tipp City, OH (US);
Robert W. Stirling, Dayton, OH (US);
Gary L. Mercer, Eaton, OH (US);
Douglas A. Burkett, Eaton, OH (US);
Tim A. Landwehr, West Alexandria, OH (US);
Henny Penny Corporation, Eaton, OH (US);
Abstract
An automatic cooking medium level control system for a cooking apparatus, e.g., a fryer, may include a cooking vessel having a first temperature sensor at a first level of the cooking vessel and a second temperature sensor at a second level of the cooking vessel. A reservoir holding a cooking medium, such as cooking oil, may be in fluid communication with the cooking vessel. A controller may monitor temperature data from the first and second temperature sensors to determine whether the level of cooking oil in the cooking vessel has lowered. Upon determining that the cooking oil level has lowered, the controller may actuate a supply mechanism, such as a pump, which may be disposed on a fluid communication path between the reservoir and cooking vessel, which may enable the introduction of cooking medium from the reservoir to the to the cooking vessel.