Patent ID: 7250588
Filing Date: 2007-07-31
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A combination bread toaster and steamer device, comprising: a) a housing; b) at least one vertically oriented bread slot extending into the housing from a top of the housing; c) a lift mechanism for lowering bread into the bread slot and raising the bread out of the bread slot, and including an arm coupled to the lift mechanism configured to be contacted by a user to manually lower the lift mechanism; d) a steamer compartment, disposed on the housing, including a heater pan configured to receive water; e) a bread heating element disposed adjacent the bread slot; f) a steamer heating element disposed adjacent the steamer compartment; g) a controller operatively coupled to the bread heating element and the steamer heating element to initially activate the steamer heating element, and automatically and subsequently activate the bread heating element; h) the lift mechanism being operatively coupled to the controller such that depressing the arm and lowering the lift mechanism activates the steamer heating element.