Foods and beverages: apparatus – Cooking – Automatic control
Patent
1994-04-08
1995-01-31
Simone, Timothy F.
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Cooking
Automatic control
99329P, 99329RT, 99333, 99338, 99385, 99389, 219489, 219492, A47J 3708, H05B 102
Patent
active
053850823
ABSTRACT:
A toaster having an automatic shut-off. The toaster includes a cavity to receive bread and which includes a heating element which may be selectively energized by a switch to cause toasting of the bread. The toaster also includes a carriage mechanism to move the bread between up and down positions. The carriage mechanism includes a bread support extending into the cavity. The bread support is connected to a support frame which rides upon a vertical slide rod. Also mounted upon the slide rod is a lock frame mounted to allow limited movement with respect to the support frame. A spring is connected to the lock frame to bias it into an up position, and the lock frame includes a lock mechanism to releasable maintain it in a down position. The switch for activating the heating elements is activated when the lock frame is in this down position. A release mechanism is provided to release the lock mechanism. In use, the release mechanism will release the lock mechanism, causing the lock frame to travel upward, deactivating the switch for the heating elements. This upward travel of the lock frame is prior to any movement of the support frame, such that the heating elements are deactivated even if the support frame is held in its down position due to jamming or weight of the bread.
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Huggler Peter
Martin Charles
Simone Timothy F.
Toastmaster Inc.
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