US1171486A - Cooling and draining cabinet. - Google Patents

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B. M. WARNEH. 00011111; AND DRA INING CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 8.1914.

Pafented Feb. 15,1916.

2 SHEETSSHEET l- B. M. WARNER.

COOLING AND DRMNING CABINET. APPLICATION FILED MAY 8 1914.

1,171,486, Patented Feb.15,1916.

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UNITED STATES PATENT orFIoE.

BRUCE M. WARNER, OF A LBION, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOB '10 UNION SANITARY Rt ACE MANUFACTURING 00., OF ALBION, MICHIGAN.

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Application filed May 8, 1914. Serial No. 837,149.

' To all *wiwm it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, BRUCE M. VVA NER, a citizen of the United States, residing at A1 bion, county of Calhoun, State of Michl an,

have invented certain new and useful m-'.

. provements in Cooling and Draining Cabinets, of which the following is a specification. v

This invention relates to improvements in cooling and draining cabinets. v,

My improved cooling and draining cabinet is especially designed by me for the use of bakers in cooling and draining doughnuts, fried cakes or other articles fried in grease. I

It has been the common practice of bakers to place doughnuts and other food products fried in grease, on paper or other absorbent surfaces for draining and cooling. This is unsanitary, and further, the doughnuts resting 'on the aper, are not ,uniformlydrained and an un esirable amount of grease is absorbed.

It is the mainobject of my invention to providean improved cabinet for draining and cooling doughnuts and the like, which is.

of 'large capacity and one in which the doughnuts are effectively drained and cooled, and are open to evaporation, thereby improving the quality.

A further object is to provide an im-' proved cooling and draining cabinet having these advantages, which .is comparatively simple in structure and one which is very easily kept in a sanitary condition, and further, one in which all of the grease, drained from the doughnuts or articles drained and cooled therein, is' saved.

Further objects, and objects relating to structural details, will definitely appear from the detailed description to follow.

I accomplish the objects of my invention by the'devices and means described in the following specification.

The invention is clearly defined and pointed out in the claim. v

A structure which is a preferred embodiment of my invention is clearly illustrated in the accompaiging drawing forming a part of this speci catlon, in which:

' Figure I is a front perspective view of astructure embodying the features of my invention, one of the pans being omitted. from the cabinet. Fig. II is avertical transverse section on a line corresponding to line 22 Specification of Letters latent.

..Fig. III is a detail of-Fig. I, a part of the pans being omitted. lan view of one of the draining racks. ig. IV is a detail vertical section on a line corresponding to line 44 of Fig. III. 1

In he drawing similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views, and the sectionalviews are .taken looking in the direction of the little arrows ,at the ends of the section lines.

Referring to the drawing, I provide a casing which, in the structure illustrated,

consists of the frame 1 having top wall 2, bottom 3, and end walls 4. The end .walls are provided with a-series' of opposed pan ledges 5; The ledges are" arranged so'that the pans may be slid onto the same from either sidev of the cabinet, the front and rear side of the casing being open so that the pans may be readily introduced or removed, and also, to provide for afree circulation of air. The ledges are spaced so that the pans 6 are supported with the bottom of one in asubstantially spaced relation to the top of the an below, thus providing for a free circulation of air, and also, if desired, for the introduction and removalof the doughnuts or other articles without removing the pans from the casing.

The pans G are made of sufficiently heavy material to permit of their being of considerable size and being readily handled without undue warping or twisting. A

Each pan is provided with. a rack consisting of supporting bars 7 arranged on their edges with cross bars 8 formed of Wire secured to their upper edges, preferably by 'welding, thus avoiding all open joints between the 'parts.' The cross bars are-preferably formed of a continuous wire, as shown in Fig. III.

The racks are of such size as to fit within the pans with the supporting bars resting on the bottom of the pans so that thecross bars are supported in an' elevated position above the bottoms of the pans for drainage and the circulation of air. a

The doughnuts or other articles to be cooled and 'drained, are taken from the fry- 1 ing kettles and dumped into the pans on the racks. The racks being supported above the bottoms of the pans, allow the grease 'to drain into the pans so that the grease is saved for further use. The air is free to circulate about the doughnuts or other articles in the pans, Iinsuring' their prompt cooling, and alsopermitting evaporation, so.

that the doughnuts are cooled and drained in a very desirable manner without their retaining a surplus otgrease. It hasbeen found that this method of drying greatly improves the quality. and flavor of the doughnuts, and that they are cooled and drained in an entirely sanitary manner,

which is not the case where they are ar-.

ranged on a paper for cooling and draining. Further, theproper draining results in a saving of sugar when the doughnuts are sugared or. powdered, as doughnuts containing a surplus of grease take up more, sugar than those properly drained.

, I have illustrated and described iny improved cooling andvdraining cabinet in the form in which I have embodied the same and which has proved highly satisfactory on the market. It have not attempted to illustrate or describe the modifications and variations in details which I contemplate,- as the-disclosure made will enable those skilled -in the art to which my invention relates to adapt or embody the same as conditions may require.

casing being open at the front and rear for the free circulation of air between the pans and through the casing, and racks consisting of supporting bars having cross bars secured thereto, the racks being disposed Wit in the pans with their cross barsin an elevated position abfove the bottoms of the pans for drainage and the circulation of air, all

ooacting for the purpose specified.

In witness whereof, l[ have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence, of two WItDESSGS. 1

BRUCE M. VVARNEB. [1 s] Witnesses: Gno. E. DEAN, CARRIE PRmsTLY.

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