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Automatic food frying and dispensing apparatus is disclosed which is housed in a supporting cabinet and includes a device for holding a supply of cooking oil and a heating device for maintaining the temperature of the cooking oil at a predetermined temperature. A fan assembly exhausts air through th

Automatic food frying and dispensing apparatus is disclosed which is housed in a supporting cabinet and includes a device for holding a supply of cooking oil and a heating device for maintaining the temperature of the cooking oil at a predetermined temperature. A fan assembly exhausts air through the top of the cabinet. A derated precipitator, a flame arrester and a charcoal filter are positioned upstream of the fan assembly and in the path of air flow. A switch device is positioned in the path of air flow and shuts off the heating device if the air flow drops below a predetermined value. Food handling apparatus automatically lowers the food to be cooked into the cooking oil when a customer selects a desired cooking time and automatically raises the food from the cooking oil and dumps the food into a container positioned at the food collection station at the end of the preselected cooking time.

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Automatic food frying and dispensing apparatus, said apparatus comprising: a cabinet adapted to be supported at a suitable working height and having a predetermined number of panels, at least one of said panels being configured to allow access to the interior of said cabinet; a container positioned

Automatic food frying and dispensing apparatus, said apparatus comprising: a cabinet adapted to be supported at a suitable working height and having a predetermined number of panels, at least one of said panels being configured to allow access to the interior of said cabinet; a container positioned within said cabinet for holding a supply of cooking oil; means for maintaining the temperature of said cooking oil sufficiently high for cooking successive batches of food products; means positioned within the cabinet for supporting the food product; means for an operator to manually select a length of time for the food product to be cooked; means for allowing the food product to be manually deposited by said operator into said means for supporting, said means for allowing including a lid which is movably mounted to a predetermined one of said panels of said cabinet with said lid being movable between a closed position and an open position, an aperture formed in said one of said panels and positioned in operative alignment with said lid and a chute which is operatively positioned in said cabinet to guide the food product from said aperture to said means for supporting; means for automatically lowering the means for supporting the food product into the supply of cooking oil to a cook position upon the manual selection of the length of time for the food product to be cooked; means for determining the termination of the selected length of time for the food product to be cooked; means for automatically raising the means for supporting the food product to a discharge position upon the termination of the length of time manually selected by said operator for the food product to be cooked; a food collection station positioned in a predetermined portion of said cabinet and capable of supporting a food container placed therein by said operator; and means for guiding the food product from the means for supporting to said food container positioned in said food collection station by said operator.