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US 6,672,201 B2Granted
Automatic popcorn popper with flexible load capabilities
AssigneeGold Medal Products Co.
InventorsJohn C. Evans, Sr., John J. Ryan
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Abstract
An automatic popcorn popper which has selectable load capabilities for popping various differently sized loads of corn. A heat control system is provided having a selector switch for selecting one of multiple rates of heat to be delivered to the kettle. An oil delivery system is coupled to the selector switch for selecting one of varying amounts of oil to be delivered to the kettle in conjunction with selecting the rate or amount of heat to be delivered to the kettle.
Claims22
A popcorn popper comprising:
- a kettle for containing corn to be popped;
- a heating system for heating the kettle to pop the corn, the heating system comprising:
- at least one heating element thermally coupled to the kettle to heat the kettle;
- a heat control system operably coupled to the heating element to control a rate of heat delivered to the kettle by the heating element;
- a selector switch coupled to the heat control system and having multiple selectable states for selecting one of multiple rates of heat to be delivered to the kettle by the heating element.
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A popcorn popper comprising:
- a kettle for containing corn to be popped;
- a heating system for heating the kettle to pop the corn, the heating system comprising:
- at least one heating element thermally coupled to the kettle to heat the kettle;
- a heat control system operably coupled to the heating element to control a rate of heat delivered to the kettle by the heating element, the heat control system including a phase control system operable for selectively adjusting portions of power cycles delivered to the heating element for varying the rate of heat generated by the heating element;
- a selector switch coupled to the heat control system and having selectable states for selecting the portions of the power cycles to be delivered to the heating element.
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A popcorn popper comprising:
- a kettle for containing corn to be popped;
- a heating system for heating the kettle to pop the corn, the heating system comprising:
- at least one heating element thermally coupled to the kettle to heat the kettle;
- a heat control system operably coupled to the heating element to control a rate of heat delivered to the kettle by the heating element, the heat control system including a power cycle control system operable for varying the number of power cycles delivered to the heating elements within a time period for varying the amount of heat generated by the heating elements;
- a selector switch coupled to the heat control system and having selectable states for selecting the number of power cycles to be delivered to the heating element within a time period.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.