Patent ID: 7874244

Claim:
A self-contained popcorn popper for use in an area and said popper comprising a cabinet including a popcorn receiving chamber having a top wall, a popcorn popping kettle assembly including a kettle and a kettle top located entirely within the popcorn receiving chamber and spaced from the top wall thereof, and a popped popcorn bin in the popcorn receiving chamber for receiving popped popcorn from the kettle, said popper further comprising: a filter passage having an inlet within the popcorn receiving chamber of the cabinet and proximate said kettle, said inlet being in fluid communication with said kettle assembly, but unconnected from said kettle and said kettle top; a plurality of filtration stations within the filter passage for removing particulates from a vapor effluent issuing from the popping of popcorn in said kettle; and a blower for sucking vapor effluent into said inlet and through said passage discharging filtered effluent into said area.