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« on: July 13, 2016, 12:10:53 pm »
This happened a couple weeks ago but didn't have a chance to share yet... so here it is as I know you all like stories..
Got a call from a guy a month or so about an old popcorn machine he found. I asked for pictures and low and behold it was this popmatic machine.
he asked if I was interested and of course said yes.  He was moving and needed it out of his house. I said I'll even pay to have it packaged up and shipped up here as it was down near Kansas City, MO.
a few weeks went by and nothing, figured oh well, another one lost..
but finally calls me and says he won't have time to get it packaged and might just leave it as he needed to be out of the house by Tuesday. So my son and I went on a road trip Saturday and met up with him on Sunday Morning in KS.
The machine is fairly complete minus the original front door on the stand.  The insides of course are all gummed up like most of these are so will be a challenge to restore but I'm very excited it had the original top with ad glass in it and in pretty good original shape.
so all in all very happy with it and will be on the collection for many years, hopefully restored one day!
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« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2016, 01:37:47 pm »
Nice addition.
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« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2016, 02:42:10 pm »
Nice Pick up!  I might have a sales flyer on it. I know i have pictures of a restored one somewhere.
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« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2016, 02:50:52 pm »
Quote from: MCarter on July 13, 2016, 02:42:10 pm
Nice Pick up!  I might have a sales flyer on it. I know i have pictures of a restored one somewhere.

I have a bunch of pictures from two separate restored ones, but only external... from what I know, I don't believe any of those restored actually worked however... I am main concerned about the pump feature as its like some sort of syrnge system and I'm sure the rubber parts if any are no good.. but we'll see...
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« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2016, 03:58:25 pm »
Congrats!

I saw one 4 years ago ever since them I have been looking for one!!!!
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« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2016, 04:08:45 pm »
Here is an ad for this machine from Automatic Age, March 1938, page 59:

http://aa.arcade-museum.com/Automatic-Age-1938-03/Automatic-Age-1938-03/059/
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« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2016, 04:10:36 pm »
Are there any patent numbers on your machines?  If so, you might try a search of the US Patent Office.  In many cases they include drawings of the mechanisms.

http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html
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« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2016, 04:19:38 pm »
Try this patent number:  2123663.
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« Reply #8 on: July 13, 2016, 08:28:05 pm »
Great find congratulations
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« Reply #9 on: July 14, 2016, 05:34:59 am »
Awesome find John ! ! !
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