| 摘要 |
An adjustable liner, for immersion in the cooking oil of a deep fryer, includes: (a) two partial baskets, each having a bottom surface with four edges and three side surfaces, each of which extends upwardly from one of the bottom surface's edges so that the fourth edges of these partial baskets are free edges, (b) wherein the bottom surfaces of each of these partial baskets has a porosity chosen so as to allow the cooking oil to circulate through these bottom surfaces when the deep fryer is in use, and (c) wherein the lengths of these partial baskets' free edges are such as to allow one of these partial baskets to fit and nest within the other so as to yield a liner having adjustable length that can be custom fitted to the width of the deep fryer in which this liner is to be retrofitted for use. |
| 主权项 |
1. A deep fryer comprising:
a rectangular, open-top reservoir having endwalls and sidewalls, in which cooking oil is situated; an adjustable liner within said reservoir, said adjustable liner including:
an adjustable liner basket having a rectangular bottom surface with two end edges from each of which extends upwardly an end surface and two side edges from each of which extends upwardly a side surface, wherein said liner basket bottom surface has a porosity in the range of 5-25 percent and allows said cooking oil to circulate through said liner basket bottom surface during operation of said deep fryer, and wherein said end and side surfaces are non-porous, said liner basket including: a first, partial basket section having a first partial bottom surface with a first end edge and a first free edge and two, first partial side edges, and a first end surface extending from said first end edge and two first partial side surfaces, one of which extends upwardly from each of said two, first partial side edges, a second, partial basket section having a second partial bottom surface with a second end edge and a second free edge and two, second partial side edges, and a second end surface extending from said end edge and two second partial side surfaces, one of which extends upwardly from each of said two, second partial side edges, and said partial baskets are shaped and dimensioned so allow said second partial basket to adjustably overlap and nest in first partial basket so as to provide the ability for said second partial basket to telescope from said first partial basket so that the distance between said first and second end surfaces is such that said end surfaces are adjacent the endwalls of said reservoir, said first and second partial basket side surfaces each having a plurality of holes that are dimensioned, shaped and oriented so that at least some of said holes align for releasably locking said partial baskets together, and said liner further comprising a plurality of anchors for releasably locking said partial baskets together by engagement with said side surface holes; and fryer baskets inserted within said adjustable liner basket. |
