US1701959A - Electric corn popper - Google Patents

Description

Feb. 12, 1929.- 1,701,959

v. F. VROMAN miscmm com: rorran Filed March 28, 19.27

C: Jlwvawlfia/ i J "Mar" K330721177 C: bflil/wya Patented Feb. 12, 1929.

VICTOR F. VROMAN, OF RACINE, WISCONSIN,

ELECTRIC CORN POPPER.

Application filed March 28, 1927.

This invention relates to an electric corn popper.

Objects of this invention are to provide a novel form of corn popper which is of extremely simple construction, which is eflicient in ()l 'JGI'Hl'lOD, and which may be very cheaply produced and applied to corn poppers of the conventiol'ial type so that the article may be made as a unit and subsequently secured to the popper or else may be made as a unit with the popper itself and thus sold to the trade.

More specifically, objects of this invention are to provide a novel form of heater unit which may be stamped with its primary part formed from a single sheet of material in a simple type of blank, and which is so constructed that feet are formed integral with the blank and adapted to support the popper in a sliding manner upon any suitable sup port, the blank providing a shield for the heating element itself and such heating element being carried between the shield and the bottom mesh of the popper.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a view of the popper and unit attached Figure 2 is a sectional view showing the unit as it appears removed from the popper;

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional View on the line 33 of Figure 2;

Figure at is a sectional view on the line 4*4 of Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a view of the blank laid out flat.

deferring to the drawings, it will be seen that the device is formed from a main blank, as shown most clearly in Figure This blank is stamped from sheet metal andwcomprises a main body portion 1 having projecting sides 2 equipped with attaching ears 3. Further, the blank is provided with outwardly projecting legs f and with a portion 5 adapted to be turned up and to receive the connecting terminal prongs 6, as shown in Figure 2. The legs ti, as shown in Figure 1, are bent downwardly and are then turned so as to provide a rounded bottom support the wire mesh popper 1 portion 1 of the blank or supporting plate. Thus, the heating unit is very securely guarded against contact with the hands of the operator or with any projecting part that may be found upon the support upon 80 which the popper is rested.

Serial No. 179,001.

it-h the sides of the popper for rigidity.

The connecting prongs are adapted to receive the usual plug or connector 8 of the electric cables 9, such cables extending outwardly and attached to the handle 10 and provided with the usual plug 11 adapted to be plugged into an electric socket.

The heating unit is connected to the ter- In the form It is to be noted particularly that the heating element is housed between the bottom of and the main body 7:

In using the device, the popper is filled with corn and the cover locked in the usual manner and thereafter the heating element is connected by plugging into a suitable elecs5 tric socket. The popper is gently shaken in the usual manner by means of the handle 10 and the device slides back and forth as a unit and is carried by the legs 4 which slide upon a suitable support. 7 0

The pop corn is held out of contact with the heating element and the heating element is shielded on its underside so that the heat is thrown back into the body of the pop corn and a maximum efficiency is attained.

It will be seen that the device is of extremely simple construction and may be very cheaply manufactured and readily assembled. F urt aer, by having the end members 14 set inwardly of the ends of the plate 1 the heating element is thoroughly protected even at its ends.

Although the invention has been described in considerable detail, such description is intended as illustrative rather than limiting as the invention may be variously embodied and as the scope of such invention is to be determined as claimed.

I claim: turned bottom portions, said plate having up- A heating unit for a pop corn popper comturned integral side flanges, and a heating 10 prising a blank formed from a single piece of element located above said plate and bet-Ween eheet material and having attaching corner said flanges. V

5 ears turned upwardly therefrom and adapt- In testimony that I claim the foregoing I ed to be attached to a pop corn opper, said have hereunto set my hand at Racine, in the blank having downwardly extending snpcounty of Racine and State of Wisconsin. poi-ting legs terminating in rounded up- VICTOR F. VROMl-LN.

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