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Variable timing system for toasters and similar appliances

  • US 4,510,376 A
  • Filed: 07/22/1982
  • Issued: 04/09/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/22/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An appliance which operates by applying heat to one or more articles in a compartment comprising:

  • heating means;

    means for initiating operation of the heating means;

    timing means for establishing a heating cycle and for automatically shutting off the heating means at the end of the heating cycle; and

    means providing a signal responsive to the duration of the interval between every two successive heating cycles, said signal being independent of the temperature within said compartment and also independent of the temperature of the heating means, the timing means being connected to receive said signal and being responsive to said signal and operative to shorten the second of said two successive heating cycles when said signal indicates that the immediately preceding interval is shortened.

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