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7874244 |
Self contained popcorn popper
An improved popcorn popper (10) has effluent filtration structure to treat the oil laden vapor and steam effluent from popping popcorn within the popper and with discharge of effluent having less...
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7721643 |
Automatic popcorn vending machine
An apparatus, method, and system of popping popcorn. In one aspect of the invention, an apparatus comprises a popcorn popper, a popped popcorn hopper and a dispensing mechanism in communication...
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7024986 |
System and method for making popcorn using a self-regulating heating system
The present application describes a popcorn maker including a self-regulating heating unit. The self-regulating heating unit provides a regulated heat to the popcorn maker. The self-regulating...
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6752071 |
Thick film heater for a popcorn popper
A kettle for popping corn has a thick film heater applied to a bottom wall of the kettle. The thick film heater may be used to uniformly heat the kettle or provide a controlled temperature gradient...
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6720532 |
Electrically controlled corn popper apparatus
A corn popping apparatus including an electrically energized heat source contiguous along an underside of a tiltable corn popping kettle projecting into a cabinet enclosure for the kettle when its...
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6460451 |
Popcorn maker
A popcorn maker, which utilizes a combination of popping means, and converts corn kernels to popped corn quicker, more efficiently, and with improved taste. The popcorn maker uses a combination of...
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6412396 |
Popcorn popping apparatus
A popcorn popping apparatus for increasing the use of popcorn as a packaging material by popping popcorn in large volumes. The popcorn popping apparatus includes a housing having top, side, and...
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6374727 |
Popcorn kettle with integrated agitator
An integrated popcorn kettle is disclosed which is used in conjunction with a popcorn machine. The popcorn kettle has a cooking chamber which has a hinged lid. A motor chamber is located under the...
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6234064 |
Portable heat-concentrating kettle cooker
A cooker for popcorn and the like has a housing with a burner supported within the housing and a kettle carrier pivotably attached to a top edge of the housing such that it can be pivoted from a...
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6234063 |
Solid state controlled popcorn machine
A solid state controlled popcorn machine is disclosed which is used in conjunction with a popcorn machine. The components of the machine are electronically controlled by a controller which is a...
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6220148 |
Kettle type corn popper
A stainless steel cabinet has a carbon steel kettle for popping corn which includes apparatus to maintain the popping corn within the kettle during the cooking stage and to prevent spilling of...
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6164193 |
Popping kettle assembly
An improved popping kettle assembly includes a kettle chamber and a lid that are releasably engageable with each other upon relative movement of the chamber and lid. The kettle chamber has a series...
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6164192 |
Corn popping kettle assembly with damping mechanisms
A kettle assembly for popping corn comprises an aluminum popping bowl with a sidewall aperture. The sidewall aperture introduces cooking oil directly into the popping bowl, and is in communication...
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6135011 |
Automated corn popper
An automated batch popcorn popper includes a tiltable kettle actuated by a motor drive controlled to operate in a single batch and automatic dump process. An operator fills the kettle with popping...
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6123011 |
Mobile warming bin
A system for storing and dispensing popcorn comprising a popcorn popping apparatus and a bin for containing popcorn. The bin is removably positionable in the popcorn popping apparatus so that the...
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6098526 |
Automated corn popping apparatus with oil conduit system
This invention discloses an automated corn popping apparatus including a kettle, a support arrangement for supporting and operating the kettle, a display arrangement for enclosing the corn popping...
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6053174 |
Method and apparatus for the enhancement of tobacco
A tobacco enhancement apparatus and a method of enhancing tobacco using the apparatus comprising a tunnel (12) having a vibratory conveyor floor (18), and an inlet (14) for receiving unexpanded...
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6042860 |
Device and method for puffing foodstuffs
A device for puffing foodstuff comprises an upright puffing reactor having a vessel for receiving foodstuff therein. The vessel has a wall provided with a plurality of openings. A chamber surrounds...
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6032572 |
Corn popping apparatus
A corn popping apparatus comprising a box-like cabinet with a tiltable lid to which is attached a large metal popping kettle. When the lid is lowered the bottom of the kettle projects downwardly...
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5787798 |
Bushing arrangement for agitation shaft for corn popper bowl
A sealed bushing arrangement guides an agitator rotor shaft through an aperture located on the bottom surface of a popping bowl in a popcorn popping assembly. The bushing arrangement has a top...
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5771779 |
Automated corn popping apparatus
This invention discloses an automated corn popping apparatus including a kettle assembly, a support arrangement for supporting and operating the kettle assembly, a display arrangement for enclosing...
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5699720 |
Corn popping kettle assembly
A kettle assembly for popping corn comprises a Teflon coated, cast aluminum popping bowl with an sidewall aperture. The sidewall aperture introduces cooking oil directly into the popping bowl, and...
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5662024 |
Solid state controlled popcorn machine
What is disclosed is a microprocessor controlled popcorn machine. The processor is programmed with an auto cycle to insure the correct popping of popcorn. The popcorn machine has a kettle with a...
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5657684 |
Popcorn vending machine
A popcorn vending apparatus according to the invention includes a cup dispenser for dispensing a cup in an area accessible by a purchaser, a cooker assembly for cooking corn kernels and dispensing...
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5645878 |
No dry coating process for coated food products
Disclosed is a process and apparatus for producing a topical coating on a food product. The topical coating may be a sweetener wherein a superheated pressurized solution of the sweetener is sprayed...
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5516541 |
No dry coating process for sugar coated food products
Disclosed is a process for producing a sweetener coating on a food product. A superheated pressurized solution of the sweetener is sprayed on a heated food product to form a coating thereon.
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5501139 |
Popcorn maker
A popcorn maker has a flap 17 which closes off a passageway 13 to prevent corn, especially unpopped corn, reaching a discharge outlet 14. The flap is balanced in its closed position and is pushed...
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5419238 |
Popcorn dispensing machine
A popcorn machine (10) for measuring a metered amount of popcorn, cooking the popcorn fresh in the machine, and dispensing the freshly cooked popcorn into a manually positioned cup (3a) in the...
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5359788 |
Coffee roaster
A coffee roaster which roasts coffee beans in an oven chamber employing both radiant and convection heating techniques while the beans are continually intermixed in a fluidized bed rotating in the...
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5309825 |
Popcorn vending machine
A vending popcorn machine for measuring out a metered amount of popcorn, cooking the popcorn fresh in the machine, and dispensing the freshly cooked popcorn into a manually positioned cup in the...
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5263405 |
Hot air corn popper for packaging
A hot air corn popping machine supplies popped corn which is useful as a packaging material. Unpopped kernels are fed into a hopper and through a motorized feed unit and sensor switch which provide...
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5154113 |
Popcorn popping and dispensing apparatus
A popcorn popping and dispensing apparatus adapted to be used in combination with a hot air source, the apparatus including a popping chamber having a base structured and disposed to be attached to...
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5115731 |
Food heating and dispensing vending machine
A vending machine 10 has a hopper 24 which leads to a modular dispenser unit 38 which includes a hopper chute 26, a top plate 28, a bottom plate 32 and a carousel assembly 36 interposed between the...
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5071662 |
Popped corn only corn popper
A device and method to pop corn while preventing any unpopped kernels from mixing with the popped corn and further preventing the already popped corn from burning. Each corn kernel is placed into...
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5069923 |
Apparatus and process for expanding raw amaranth
An apparatus and process are disclosed for expanding raw, wholeseed amaranth and extruded half products of cereal grains. Amaranth (for example), after tempering to a predetermined moisture...
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5035173 |
Automatic popcorn popping apparatus
An apparatus for the automatic, continuous popping of popcorn having an upper storage compartment, heating coils for providing heat inside the upper storage compartment, a popcorn popping kettle, a...
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5033363 |
Apparatus for popping popcorn
An automatic, hot air corn popping machine has a feed conveyor to transport unpopped corn from a reservoir to the base of a popping tube forming part of the popping chamber, a damper-controlled...
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5020688 |
Hot popcorn microwave vending machine
The present invention relates to a vending machine designed to dispense one of a plurality of different flavors and/or types of popcorn. The device includes storage for the various types of...
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D309919 |
Popcorn vending machine
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4947740 |
Popcorn popper
A single serving-on-demand-popcorn popper employs a flat member with an orifice defining an open-ended chamber of predetermined volume. The member is rotatable about an axis perpendicular to its...
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4881457 |
Low-headroom popcorn popper
A low-headroom popcorn popper, particularly for under-cabinet mounting, employs a charging drawer alongside an intermediate chute for entering kernels of corn into a popping chamber. The corn...
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4873406 |
Microwave popcorn popper
A microwave popcorn popper has a generally cylindrical open topped container with a snap on domed cover. A raised downwardly and outwardly tapering frusto conical partition is provided in the...
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4848591 |
Commodity package transporting/discharging device for automatic vending machine
When a commodity package fed out from a commodity column accommodating a plurality of commodity packages has been accommodated in a package holder of a transporter, the transporter is moved along a...
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4748903 |
Combination oven and popcorn popper unit
A combination oven and popcorn popper unit usable to cook or heat food items and to pop popcorn kernels. A lower oven section has internal walls defining a food-receiving compartment, and a food...
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4727798 |
Popcorn processing machine
A popcorn processing machine has a heating chamber into which a measured quantity of raw corn kernels are fed in each operational cycle to be heated, agitated, and thus popped by only a hot air...
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4658708 |
Machine for continuously and uniformly coating confectionery products
This invention relates to machines for manufacturing confectionery products which comprise a solid, gelatinous or pasty core uniformly coated with liquid and/or powdery products. Such machines...
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4512247 |
Popcorn popping and coating apparatus
A popcorn popping and coating machine comprising a hot air popcorn popper having a discharge chute in communication with a rotary driven receptacle. The device includes a pivoting gate which blocks...
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4417505 |
Pop corn preparing and dispensing machine
An automatic machine for preparing pop corn comprises a vertical shaft (17a) the bottom of which is closed by a rotary grid (3) beneath which an electric resistor (7) is provided for causing the...
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4307657 |
Popcorn popping and vending machine
A manually actuated popcorn machine which heats, pops kernels of corn, and delivers a specified amount of popped corn to a waiting container in a short time. The popcorn machine includes a...
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4206695 |
Corn popping apparatus with spring powered discharge
A corn popping apparatus is provided including a mechanism for maintaining a popcorn pan in one of two stable positions, a cooking position and a discharge position, and for assisting in the...
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