Toaster with multiple positions for the bread carrier
First Claim
1. In a toaster having a housing, a bread-supporting carriage movably mounted in the housing for movement between a toasting position, a temperature-maintaining position, a rest position and a supplementary raised position, and a spring coupled with said carriage to apply a force which urges the carriage in a direction from the toasting position toward the supplementary raised position, the improvement comprising a manually operable control element which is operatively associated with said carriage and is movable to a selected one of a plurality of control positions for retaining said carriage at a selected one of the temperature-maintaining position and the rest position.
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Abstract
In a toaster having a housing, a bread-supporting carriage movably mounted in the housing for movement between a toasting position, a temperature-maintaining position, a rest position and a supplementary raised position, and a spring coupled with the carriage to apply a force which urges the carriage in a direction from the toasting position toward the supplementary raised position, a manually operable control element is operatively associated with the carriage and is movable to a selected one of a plurality of control positions for retaining the carriage at a selected one of the temperature-maintaining position and the rest position.
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- 1. In a toaster having a housing, a bread-supporting carriage movably mounted in the housing for movement between a toasting position, a temperature-maintaining position, a rest position and a supplementary raised position, and a spring coupled with said carriage to apply a force which urges the carriage in a direction from the toasting position toward the supplementary raised position, the improvement comprising a manually operable control element which is operatively associated with said carriage and is movable to a selected one of a plurality of control positions for retaining said carriage at a selected one of the temperature-maintaining position and the rest position.
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