Abstract: An elongated vat of heated cooking liquid such as oil is provided and slices of raw potato are admitted into one end of the tank and moved longitudinally of the latter toward the other end of the tank. As the potato slices reach the other end of the tank, they are removed therefrom. The potato slices are conveyed longitudinally of the tank through the utilization of inversely cyclically moved frames suspended above the vat and extending longitudinally thereof with each frame including a plurality of depending fingers spaced both longitudinally and transversely of the tank. Each frame is lowered from a starting position with the fingers thereof spaced above the level of cooking oil in the tank to a position with the fingers extending through the cooking oil level.

Abstract: An elongated vat of heated cooking liquid such as coil is provided and slices of raw potato are admitted into one end of the tank and moved longitudinally of the latter toward the other end of the tank. As the potato slices reach the other end of the tank, they are removed therefrom. The potato slices are conveyed longitudinally of the tank through the utilization of inversely cyclically moved frames suspended above the vat and extending longitudinally thereof with each frame including a plurality of depending fingers spaced both longitudinally and transversely of the tank. Each frame is lowered from a starting position with the fingers thereof spaced above the level of cooking oil in the tank to a position with the fingers extending through the cooking oil level.

Abstract: A necklace wrapping apparatus and method including a necklace supporting, display and storage assembly having a rotating shaft mounted within a box to be used for supporting, displaying and the storage of jewelry, a member fastening a portion of the necklace or similar piece of jewelry to the rotating shaft and wrapping the jewelry around the shaft by the shaft being turned. Use of the method and apparatus provides storage for necklaces or similar pieces of jewelry having the advantage that by reason of the present invention, tangled or knotted chains are eliminated, the necklace is easily stored and quickly available for subsequent use, the necklace is easily removed by grasping and pulling gently on the necklace, and the necklace is attractively displayed for easy selection for a consumer or retailer. Several forms of fasteners are provided on the rotating shaft and cooperating with the closure member of the box is a securing or locking feature holding the shaft firm when the box is closed.