System and method for dispensing oil for popping popcorn
OwnerWilliam D. Brushinventor
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Abstract
A system and method for dispensing a desired volume of popcorn popping oil into the kettle of a popcorn popper assembles a container of oil raised above the kettle with a flexible tube leading from the container to a point just above the kettle and the placement of two normally closed valves along the tubing forming a chamber within the tube between the two valves with a volume determined by the separation of the valves and the volume of the tube chamber is the volume of oil to be dispensed and the system is operated by opening the upper valve closest to the oil container, closing the upper valve after the tube chamber fills with oil, and then opening the lower valve allowing the oil to flow from the tube chamber into the popping kettle.
Claims8
A popcorn oil dispensing system comprising a container of oil, flexible tubing having a first end and a second end connected to the oil container and at least one valve positioned between the first and second tubing ends for controlling the flow of oil from the container and through the tubing to the tubing first end.
A method of measuring and dispensing popcorn popping oil into a kettle in a popcorn popper comprising connecting a flexible tube to an oil container, placing the oil container in a location above the kettle, placing a lower, normally closed flow control valve along the tube, placing an upper, normally closed flow control valve along the tube between the oil container and the lower valve, opening the upper valve until the tube between the valves fills with oil, closing the upper valve, and opening the lower valve until the oil within the tube between the valves flows out of the tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.