Popcorn maker
AssigneeKeyyon Technologies, LLC
InventorMichael Reischmann
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Abstract
A system for popping popcorn includes a housing, a container positioned in the housing, a cooking vessel removably supported in the housing and containing unpopped popcorn kernels, wherein the cooking vessel comprises a ferromagnetic material, a coil that creates an oscillating magnetic field that interacts with the ferromagnetic material of the cooking vessel and generates an amount of heat in the cooking vessel, and a separate receiving vessel for receiving popped popcorn positioned adjacent the cooking vessel, wherein the receiving vessel is configured to move relative the cooking vessel.
Claims12
A system for popping popcorn, comprising:
- a housing,
- a container positioned in the housing,
- a cooking vessel removably supported in and enclosed within the container, such that the cooking vessel is enclosed within the housing, wherein the cooking vessel contains unpopped popcorn kernels,
- a heater adapted to generate heat in the cooking vessel, wherein the heater comprises a coil for creating an oscillating magnetic field that interacts with and generates an amount of heat in the cooking vessel,
- a separate receiving vessel for receiving popped popcorn positioned adjacent the cooking vessel, wherein the receiving vessel is configured to move relative the cooking vessel, and
- a hinged lid that covers both the cooking vessel and the receiving vessel, wherein the lid is configured to open to allow access to the cooking vessel and the receiving vessel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.