US 4,072,091 AGranted

Portable electric heating device for popping corn

AssigneeThe Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.

InventorVictor M. Richardson

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Abstract

A portable heating device for such applications as popping corn or heating liquids or infants' bottles of milk which employs a cup shaped member containing an electric heating element electrically insulated from the member which is disposed between an open relatively large round top end having an internal thread and a closed relatively small round bottom end having an external thread. An electrical connector is secured to the outside of the cup and is electrically connected to said element. A vertical cylindrically shaped sleeve open at its top end has a bottom end engaging the top end of the member. A vertically flexible hollow cylinder is disposed along side of the member and sleeve, the bottom end of the cylinder being closed, the top end being open. A hollow deflector chute extends between the sleeve and the cylinder, the chute having two spaced open ends, one chute end being connected to the top end of the cylinder, the other chute end being connected to the top end of the sleeve.

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Dependent claims

A portable heating device for popping corn comprising:

a cup shaped member containing an electric heating element disposed intermediate a top relatively large diameter round open end having an internal thread and a bottom relatively small diameter round closed end having an external thread, the element being insulated from the member;
an electrical connector secured to the outside of the cup and connected electrically to said element;
a vertical cylindrical shaped sleeve, open at its top end and having a bottom end threadedly engaging the top end of the member;
a vertically flexible hollow cylinder disposed along side of the member and sleeve, the bottom end of the cylinder being closed, the top end being open;
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a hollow deflector chute extending between the sleeve and the cylinder, the chute having two spaced open ends, one open end of the chute being connected to the top end of the sleeve, the other open end of the chute being connected to the top end of the cylinder whereby when the sleeve is filled with popcorn and the element is heated, corn is popped and passes through the chute into the container.

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