US174150A - Improvement in corn-poppers - Google Patents

Description

UNITED STATES PATENT CFFICE.

CHARLES O. PEOK, OF PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT lN CORN-POPPERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 174, 150, dated February 29, 1876, application filed January'17, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, OHARLEsO. PEeK, of Pittsfield, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Corn-Poppers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the improved device. Fig. 2 is a view, from,

above, of the same. Fig. 3 is a view of. the

same from the door end of the cylinder.

der at will more or-less rapidly, as the circumstances attending the 'operation 'may' require.

To enable other'sskilled in theart to make and use my invention, I will proceed to de scribe it in reference to the drawings,and the letters of reference 'marked thereon, the same letters indicating like parts.

- In the drawings, A A represent the frame, capable of supporting and connecting the several parts of the apparatus. B isthe poppingcy1inder, made with a cylindrical form, of sieve-cloth, having meshes of one-eighth ofan f inch, more or less, or equivalent openings, that may prevent the corn escaping from within,

and at the same time expose the corn to the direct action of theheat radiated from the fire.

a and b are the heads of the popping-cylinder, and are made of metal. In thehead a is made an openingyclosedby the door B, which, whenopened, .permitsthe corn to be introduced within the cylindergor removed there from. v

o is a centralshaft, passing through the axis of the cylinder and heads a and b, as shown. The said shaft has bearings atitsends in the frame A A, so as to be cap'ahieof being revolved. 1 5' ,7

Two sup'porting-legs,0 G, aresecured to the frame A A-one at each end of the same which legs extend downward below the plane of the lower side of thecylinder,.to operate as supports to-the apparatus, and relievethe operator from all labor in supporting the same over the fire.

D is the handle,.attached to the frame A A, by which the operator steadies theapparatus and dumps the contents from the cylinder,

when desired.

Secured to the handle D, near its grasping end, is a pintle, on which is placed the pulley E, provided with a crank, 11. Secured to the shaft 0 of the cylinder is the pulley E. An endless chain, G, connects the pulleys E and F, so that motion maybe imparted to the pulley F when the pulley E is revolved by the crank d. i i

' When it is desiredto operate this apparatus, the door B is'opened and the corn is introduced within the popping-cylinder, when it is closed.

ing on the edgeof the pot-hole or top plate of the stove, surrounding the pot-hole. The operator, steadying the apparatus by the handle D, turns thefcrank d, when the pulley E will be revolved, and, through the endless chain G, revolve the pulley F; attached to the shaft, secured to the cylinder B.

If the fire over which the cylinder is placed is fierce, the operator is to turn the crank d rap-idly, so that the cylinder will be rapidly revolved to carry the corn up from directly over the fire by the kernels engaging with the meshes of the cylinder. If the tire is low the crank is to be revolved slowly, when the corn will bepermitted to. be substantially over the fire, The kernels of popped corn, being lightest, will be worked upward, while the unp'opped kernels will drop below, tobe exposed to the heat of the tire.

It is readily seen that the meshes of the sieve-cylinder may readily permit the heat to affect the several kernels of corn within, and agitate them in such a manner that the fire may not scorch or burn tliem, aswould be the case were the cylinder madeof plain sheet metal, incapable of efi'ecting an agitation of the corn within. t I

It is also readily seen that the corn may be The apparatus is then set over theopen pot-hole of a stove, with-its legs 0 G rest- This apparatus is simple in its construction,-

and may be operated by a child of ordinary intelligence with good results, as the apparatus may be held'in position over the fire from its legs, and requires only to be steadied .by

the handle, which, by reason of its extensive length, preserves the hand of the operator from being in' an uncomfortable nearuess t0 the'fire.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is--.

The combination of the handle D, pulley E,

provided with crank d, pulley F, attached to shaft 0, and endless chain G, with the frame A A, supporting-legs O C, and popping-cylinder, carried by shaft 0, and made in its periphery with meshes or openings capable of admitting the heat of the fire direct into the chamber of the cylinder, and also engaging with the kernels of the corn, constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

CHAS. o. PECK.

Witnesses:

I. G. WELLEN, FRANK W. ROCKWELL.

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