Frying Pan with Filtration System Built Into a Handle/Pour Spout.

Abstract

A frying pan, from two inches to ten inches high, which includes an opening on the side of pan which connects through a removable filter screen holder to a hollow handle/spout that allows cooking oil and other liquids to be removed from the frying pan. By tilting and pivoting of the frying pan, the oil and other liquids can be caused to flow through the filter screen to then be dispensed exteriorly of the frying pan. The auxiliary handle/spout tilts slightly up so oil or liquids do not inadvertently drip out the hollow handle/spout when not desired.

Claims

1. A frying pan from two to 10 inches high with a filtration system built into a hollow handle/pour spout comprising: a. the frying pan having an internal chamber which has a substantially flat base, the flat base having an interior surface and an exterior surface, the interior surface surrounded by a circumferential upstanding sidewall, the upstanding sidewall having an upper free edge, the exterior surface adapted to be placed against a source of heat, the interior surface adapted to have a foodstuff located thereon to be cooked by the source of heat; b. an opening on one side of the frying pan for releasing cooking oil and liquids; c. a holder, with an opening similar in size to the opening in the frying pan, permanently attached to the frying pan, with the opening the holder aligned with the opening of the frying pan; d. the holder having a slot that fits a removable screen filter e. the holder permanently attached to a hollow handle/spout on the opposite side of the holder from the frying pan, the hollow handle/pour spout inclined five to fifteen degrees in the upward direction; f. the hollow handle/spout having inlet and outlet openings similar in size to the of the opening in the frying pan; g. a conventional handle on one side of the frying pan.

2. The frying pan of claim 1, where the hollow handle/spout has screw threads on one end, and where the holder attached to the frying pan has a screw insert manufactured in its body to hold the hollow handle/spout with a screw thread.

3. The frying pan of claim 1 with the removable screen filter holder being placed in to at various locations along the length of the handle/spout.

4. The frying pan of claim 1 with the removable screen filter holder being placed in the outlet section of the handle spout, where oil or liquid flow from the frying pan.

5. The frying pan of claim 1 with a gasket type material being placed on the outer edge of the removable screen filter.

6. The frying pan of claim 1 with the slot for the removable filtering manufactured into the handle/spout and remove the need for a separate holder.

Description

DRAWING FIGURES

[0038] FIG. 1 is a top view of the Frying Pan with Filtration System Built-In to Handle/Pour Spout with the removable filter about to inserted into its holder which is attached to the frying pan

[0039] FIG. 2 is a side view of the Frying Pan with Filtration System Built-In to Handle/Pour Spout with removable filter inserted into its holder which is attached to the frying pan.

[0040] FIG. 3 is a side view front view of the removable filter installed into its holder which is attached to the frying pan with the view of the holder/spout not shown.

[0041] FIG. 4 is a top view of the Frying Pan with Filtration System Built-In to Handle/Pour Spout.

[0042] FIG. 5 shows the Frying Pan with Filtration System Built-In to Handle/Pour Spout in use, with the oil or other liquid being poured into a container.

[0043] FIG. 6 is a view of the handle/spout with screw threads so that it can screwed into the holder of the removable filter in an alternative embodiment.

[0044] FIG. 7 illustrates how the holder attached to the frying pan for the removable filter is thicker in order to have screw threads placed into the holder.

[0045] FIG. 8 illustrates how the holder with the slot for the removable filtering screen can be positioned at various points along the handle/spout, with the handle spout attached to either side of the holder.

DRAWINGS REFERENCE NUMBERS

[0046] 1. Two to eight inch frying pan/saucepan.

[0047] 2. Removable screen filter with a small handle.

[0048] 3. Permanently attached holder with a slot for the removable screen filter and that attaches to the handle/spout.

[0049] 4. Standard pot/frying pan handle.

[0050] 5. Hollow holder/spout.

[0051] 6. End of holder/spout illustrating the exit point for oil or grease

[0052] 7. Screw thread end for spout/handle for second embodiment when the handle/spout is removable

[0053] 8. Configuration of holder when it acts as a screw anchor for the handle/spout.

[0054] 9. An example of one of many receptacles that the excess oil can be poured into.

[0055] 10. Hollow handle/spout with a one end configured in a screw type configuration.

[0056] 11. The removable screen filter holder with a screw anchor machining (or molded in construction).

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

[0057] The drawings present the preferred embodiment of the invention. Variations in each of the components is possible and mentioned in some of the additional embodiments listed in the

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION SECTION

[0058] FIG. 1 shows the preferred embodiment with a frying pan 1, six to eight inches in height, a standard industry type handle 4 a holder that attaches to the frying pan 3 that contains a slot for the removable screen filter with handle 2, with the hollow handle/spout 5 permanently attached to the holder 3 and exiting the frying pan at a slight incline. The exit point of the spout 6 is at the end of the hollow handle/spout 5.

[0059] FIG. 2 shows the preferred embodiment of the frying pan from a side view with the removable filter (not shown in figure) inserted. The standard handle 4 may be any of a wide variety of handles, is permanently attached to the frying pan 1. The hollow handle/spout 5 is permanently attached to the removable filter screen holder 3, which in turn is permanently attached to the frying pan 1.

[0060] FIG. 3 shows the frying pan 1 from the side where the hollow handle/spout has been deleted. The drawing shows how the removable screen filter 2 sits in the holder 3.

[0061] FIG. 4 shows the frying pan 1 from a top view with a standard handle 4 on one side, opposite the removable filter holder 3 and the hollow handle spout 5. The end of the handle, is the point that oil or liquids is poured off the frying pan 1.

[0062] FIG. 5 demonstrates how the frying pan 1, is tilted in order to remove some or all of the cooking oil or liquid. The removable screen filter 2 is inserted into its holder 3, the standard handle 4 is lifted and oil or liquid flows out of the end 6 of the hollow handle/spout 5 into a container 9. The container 9 is not part of the invention and can be any number of different type commercially available containers.

[0063] FIG. 6 illustrates what the hollow tube 10 looks like when one end has a screw type grooves so it can be removed with a turning action from its holder 11, which has a screw anchor in this alternative embodiment.

[0064] FIG. 7 shows the frying pan 1 from a side view, with its standard handle 4, the holder for the removable filter 3, with the removable filter 2 inserted, and the hollow handle/spout 5, and the dispensing end of the spout 6.

[0065] FIG. 8 show how the holder for the filtering system can be positioned at varying points along the handle/spout if desired with the holder 3 and the removable filter screen 2 be placed at any point along the handle spout, including at the end 6 of the handle/spout.