Toaster

• US 6,116,149 A
• Filed: 10/01/1999
• Issued: 09/12/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: US Philips Corporation (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: US Philips Corporation (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Kooijker, Klaas, Benedictus, Jan H.
• Primary Examiner(s): SIMONE, TIMOTHY F
• Application Number:
  US09/411,465
• Time in Patent Office: 347 Days
• Field of Search: 99/389-391, 99/385, 99/393, 99/326-333, 99/396, 99/400-402, 219/492, 219/494, 219/506, 219/411, 219/413, 219/481, 219/489, 219/521, 219/525, 219/528, 396/365, 396/373
• US Class Current: 99/329.00P
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/0814 with automatic bread ejection or timing means A47J37/0857 takes precedence

Abstract

A toaster has a guide mechanism for a slice support (7), which mechanism comprises a substantially U-shaped rod (15) having a central portion (16) parallel to the longitudinal direction of the slice support and having two arms (17, 18) which are each supported in the respective ends (8, 9) of the slice support as well as in a frame (1) of the toaster.

Claims

1. A toaster having a frame comprising two frame plates arranged substantially parallel opposite to one another, an elongate slice support situated between the frame plates and extending transversely to the frame plates, means for guiding the slice support up and down opposed by the force of a spring, an actuating element for the slice support, heating means for toasting bread, and means for locking the slice support in and releasing it from a toasting position, wherein the toaster includes a rectilinear guide mechanism for the slice support, which mechanism comprises a substantially U-shaped rod having a central portion and two arms, the central portion extending parallel to a longitudinal direction of the slice support and the two arms each being supported in the respective ends of the slice support as well as in the frame.

2. A toaster as claimed in claim 1, wherein the central portion of the rod forms the actuating element.

3. A toaster as claimed in claim 1, wherein the end, of each arm of the U-shaped rod of the rectilinear guide mechanism is connected to the respective end of the slice support by means of an additional arm.