| GOLD MEDAL PRODUCTS COMPANY Patent applications |
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| 20110185914 | Popcorn Popping Machine With Overhead Oil Pump - A popcorn popping machine is provided including a cabinet, a popcorn popping kettle mounted within the cabinet, and a pump mounted at a height above a height of the kettle that is configured to pump oil from a container of oil and deliver the oil to the kettle. Control circuitry is provided for operating the pump to deliver oil to the kettle. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110139013 | Bolt Retainer For Popcorn Popping Kettles - A bolt retainer for mounting a bolt having a head portion and a shank portion to a bottom wall of a kettle includes a pair of spaced apart side walls, a bottom wall extending between the pair of side walls and a notch formed in the bottom wall. The pair of spaced apart side walls and the bottom wall define a cavity that is configured to receive the head portion of the bolt therein with the shank portion of the bolt extending through the notch in a direction away from the bottom wall of the kettle. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110083562 | Automatic Power Shut-Off To At Least A Portion Of A Cooking Apparatus - Methods to control power to a cooking appliance are provided. The methods include monitoring a power signal to the portion of the cooking appliance, including monitoring a current and/or voltage of the power signal. The methods also include selectively interrupting power to the portion of the cooking appliance in response to: determining that the current fails to exceed a current threshold within a time threshold, determining that the voltage fails to exceed a voltage threshold within a time threshold, deter mining that the current exceeds a current threshold for a first time threshold but fails to exceed the current threshold for a second time threshold, and determining that the voltage exceeds a voltage threshold for a first time threshold but fails to exceed the voltage threshold for a second time threshold. The methods also include temperature sensing and controlling the power signal based thereupon. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20100276446 | OIL DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR A POPCORN POPPING MACHINE - An oil delivery system for a popcorn popping machine to deliver cooking oil to a kettle of the popping machine. In one embodiment, the oil delivery system includes more or more containers of oil which are supported within a cabinet of the popping machine so that the outlet of each container is facing downwardly so as to be oriented along a vertical axis. Flexible tubing is provided to connect the outlets of the containers to a pump of the oil delivery system. Each container may comprise a flexible bag which is enclosed in a rectangular box. The outlets of the flexible bags include quick connect/disconnect connectors which are connected with quick connect/disconnect connectors provided on the flexible tubing. The oil delivery system is provided with a flow sensor to detect when a container of oil is empty and provide an alert to an operator to remove and replace the container with a filled container. An electronic valve is provided in the oil delivery system to control the flow of oil from the containers. | 11-04-2010 |
