Brian M Brooks

US Patent:

20130098251, Apr 25, 2013

Filed:

Oct 21, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/279032

Inventors:

Keith LAMBERT - Lebanon OH, US
Tom GORT - Carlisle OH, US
Brian BROOKS - Wilmington OH, US
Mark KILLION - Richmond IN, US

Assignee:

Henny Penny Corporation - Eaton OH

International Classification:

A47J 37/12

US Classification:

99408

Abstract:

A fryer apparatus includes a cooking chamber and a filter pan. The filter pan includes an outlet passage, formed through a bottom portion of the filter pan, configured to allow cooking media to be discharged; a groove formed in the bottom portion of the filter pan and surrounding the outlet passage; and a removable, two-sided filter screen having an adaptor configured to couple the filter screen to the bottom portion of the filter pan at the outlet passage. The adaptor includes an engaging portion protruding from the filter screen and configured to fit at least partially into the outlet passage and a raised segment configured to fit at least partially in the groove, such that the filter screen does not contact the bottom portion of the filter pan. Further, the engaging portion includes a connector configured to create a seal between the adaptor and the outlet passage.

US Patent:

20150208866, Jul 30, 2015

Filed:

Aug 8, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/420338

Inventors:

- Eaton OH, US
Brian K. Brooks - Eaton OH, US

International Classification:

A47J 37/12
F16M 1/026
F16M 1/08

Abstract:

The invention relates to a self-cleaning deadweight holder configured to hold a deadweight within a cooking apparatus. In some embodiments, the holder may comprise a top plate, an exhaust cylinder, a bottom plate, a plurality of support plates, and a plurality of guide plates. The top plate may include a through hole disposed at substantially a center of the top plate and configured to allow at least one of liquid and steam to pass therethrough. An outer diameter of the bottom plate may be less than an outer diameter of the top plate and an outer diameter of each of the plurality of guide plates, and the plurality of guide plates may be configured to permit movement of the deadweight therethrough. In some embodiments, the cooking apparatus may comprise a cooking chamber, a steam box, a vent tube, an exhaust tube, a drain tube, and a pressure relief tube.