Popcorn machine
Assignee8479950 Canada Inc.
InventorsMartin GAGNON, Jamie COBLENTZ, Wilson HUM
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Abstract
A machine for popping corn out of corn kernel and for delivering the popcorn to a container, the machine includes a body having a popcorn popper; and a popcorn receptacle disposed adjacent to the popcorn popper. When the popcorn popper is in operation, popcorn expelled by the popcorn popper falls into the popcorn receptacle. The popcorn receptacle has at least one inclined wall. A valve is disposed in the popcorn receptacle at a bottom end of the at least one inclined wall. The valve selectively releases the popcorn from the popcorn receptacle to the container. A method of making and delivering popcorn in a popcorn machine to a container is also presented.
Claims14
A machine for popping corn out of corn kernel and for delivering the popcorn to a container, the machine comprising:
- a body including:
- a popcorn popper;
- and
- a popcorn receptacle disposed adjacent to the popcorn popper, when the popcorn popper is in operation, popcorn expelled by the popcorn popper falling into the popcorn receptacle, the popcorn receptacle having at least one inclined wall;
- and
- a valve disposed in the popcorn receptacle at a bottom end of the at least one inclined wall, the valve selectively releasing the popcorn from the popcorn receptacle to the container.
A method of making and delivering popcorn in a popcorn machine to a container, the method comprising:
- popping corn kernel in a popcorn popper thereby forcing the popcorn to be ejected upwardly as it is popped;
- collecting the ejected popcorn as it falls downwardly due to gravity in a popcorn receptacle disposed adjacent to the popcorn popper;
- and
- selectively releasing the popcorn using a valve disposed at a bottom of the popcorn receptacle into the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.