Foods and beverages: apparatus – Cereal-puffing – Corn-popper type
Patent
1997-09-26
1999-08-24
Alexander, Reginald L.
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Cereal-puffing
Corn-popper type
993238, 993235, A23L 118
Patent
active
059411643
ABSTRACT:
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 with an oil conduit leading from a cooking oil reservoir. The aperture is sized such that unpopped kernels do not become lodged in the aperture so as to block the flow of oil through the oil conduit. A housing may be provided to support the bowl. A pivoting axis on which the kettle assembly pivots from vertical to horizontal positions is also supported by the housing. A damping mechanism is mounted on a top surface of the housing so as to provide for controlled motion of the kettle assembly as it pivots from a vertical to a horizontal position. Another damping mechanism is connected between the housing and the pivoting axis. In one configuration this damping mechanism generates a damping force for controlling pivoting motion of the kettle assembly. In another configuration, this arrangement automatically generates pivoting forces to pivot the kettle assembly.
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Jinks Andrew
Stein Andrew M.
Alexander Reginald L.
Six Corners Development, Inc.
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