Patent ID: 8201492

Claim:
A portable popcorn popping machine comprising: a housing having an interior portion; a corn mover positioned inside the housing, wherein the corn mover rotates about a longitudinal axis to move corn kernels through the interior portion; a heat source positioned inside the housing and configured to heat air in the interior portion; a support shaft extending through the interior portion in a direction generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the corn mover, wherein the support shaft includes a first end portion opposite a second end portion, and wherein each of the first and second end portions is rotatably coupled to the housing; an air mover carried by the support shaft, wherein the air mover directs heated air from the heat source through the corn mover to pop the corn kernels into popcorn; a power source carried by the housing; a first pulley operably coupled to the power source; a second pulley positioned exterior of the housing and operably coupled to the first end portion of the support shaft; and a drive member operably coupling the first pulley to the second pulley, wherein the power source rotates the first pulley to drive the second pulley via the drive member, and wherein the second pulley rotates the support shaft to drive the air mover and move the heated air from the heat source to the corn mover.