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US 12,484,602 B2Granted
Continuous flow popper
AssigneeNature Nate's LLC
InventorNate McClellan
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Abstract
A continuous flow popper to pop grain that can load grain and oil into a heating chamber, move the grain through the heating chamber to an outlet, and control the heat, all automatically.
Claims19
A continuous flow grain popping system, comprising:
- a heating chamber;
- one or more popping chambers at least partially inside the heating chamber, each popping chamber having an inlet and an outlet;
- each popping chamber having a grain moving component configured to move the grain from the inlet to the outlet, the grain moving component comprising a spring attached to a shaft;
- and
- one more heating elements adjacent the one or more popping chambers positioned to add heat to the one or more popping chambers as the grain moving component moves the grain from the inlet to the outlet of each popping chamber.
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A continuous flow grain popping system, comprising:
- a heating chamber;
- one or more popping chambers at least partially inside the heating chamber, each popping chamber having an inlet and an outlet;
- each popping chamber having a grain moving component configured to move the grain from the inlet to the outlet;
- one more heating elements adjacent the one or more popping chambers positioned to add heat to the one or more popping chambers as the grain moving component moves the grain from the inlet to the outlet of each popping chamber;
- an oil reservoir connected to each of the one or more popping chambers at the inlet;
- and
- a grain reservoir connected to each of the one or more popping chambers at the inlet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.