Apparatus for making cotton candy

Claim 1

In an apparatus for making cotton candy, a rotary member for spinning molten sugar, said rotary member comprising: at least a lower member and a cover for said lower member, said lower member forming together with said cover an inner space of said rotary member for containing sugar, said inner space being defined in part by surfaces of said lower member including a first surface of a radially inner portion of said lower member, a second surface of said lower member disposed radially outwardly of said first surface and angling outwardly and a third substantially annular surface of said lower member, said third surface being disposed substantially horizontally, radially outward of said second surface, said cover being disposed on and in contact with said lower member and having therein a substantially centrally-disposed opening for receiving sugar to be melted, said cover extending radially outward from said sugar receiving opening toward the periphery of said lower member so as to define an inner space of said rotary member, wherein a plurality of grooves are formed in at least one of said lower member and said cover, said grooves cooperating with the other of said lower member and said cover to form guide paths for guiding molten sugar toward the periphery of said rotary member, and wherein said lower member comprises a rotary vessel, said rotary member includes a partition member disposed inside the rotary vessel for partitioning an interior portion of the rotary vessel into an inner chamber and a radially outer chamber, said substantially centrally-disposed opening of said cover opening into said inner chamber and said cover being supported by said partition and said third substantially annular surface.