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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Valley Popcorn Company, Neenah, WI (US);
Inventors:
Dale M. Cherney, Howards Grove, WI (US);
Richard D. Sorenson, Sheboygan, WI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 1/18 (2006.01); A23L 7/187 (2016.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 7/187 (2016.08); G05B 15/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A popcorn popping machine which pops popcorn in batches/cycles. A sensor on a popcorn popping machine senses pops of popcorn in the kettle. A system computer controller monitors the rate of popping sensed by the sensor and uses the beginning of the decline in the rate of popping as a basis for controlling heat to the kettle during a given cycle/batch. Activation of the dump mechanism, which terminates the popping cycle/batch, is initiated when the computer controller detects a predetermined programmed minimum pop count rate after the heat has been turned OFF.