Patents by Inventor Kendall Lynn OLINGER

Kendall Lynn OLINGER has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Filter screen modification to improve filtration performance
    Patent number: 10517432
    Abstract: A fryer apparatus includes a cooking chamber to hold cooking medium and cook food products within, a filter pan removably attached to the cooking chamber, a tube connecting the filter pan to the cooking chamber, and a pump configured to circulate cooking medium. The filter pan has a bottom wall surrounded by four side walls and an inlet passage configured to receive cooking medium into the filter pan. A filter element is removably attached to the bottom wall of filter pan and extends in a lateral direction along a length of the fryer apparatus and may have two bends spaced laterally from each other. A plug may be attached to the filter element and an outlet passage attached to the plug and configured to discharge the cooking medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Henny Penny Corporation
    Inventors: Melissa M. Hohler, Thomas M. Smith, Kendall Lynn Olinger
  • FILTER SCREEN MODIFICATION TO IMPROVE FILTRATION PERFORMANCE
    Publication number: 20180084949
    Abstract: A fryer apparatus includes a cooking chamber to hold cooking medium and cook food products within, a filter pan removably attached to the cooking chamber, a tube connecting the filter pan to the cooking chamber, and a pump configured to circulate cooking medium. The filter pan has a bottom wall surrounded by four side walls and an inlet passage configured to receive cooking medium into the filter pan. A filter element is removably attached to the bottom wall of filter pan and extends in a lateral direction along a length of the fryer apparatus and may have two bends spaced laterally from each other. A plug may be attached to the filter element and an outlet passage attached to the plug and configured to discharge the cooking medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: Henny Penny Corporation
    Inventors: Melissa M. HOHLER, Thomas M. SMITH, Kendall Lynn OLINGER