Patent ID: 6357343
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A bread toaster comprising a toaster housing, at least one slot opening in said housing adapted to receive an article to be toasted, a holding carriage moveable relative to said slot opening between a first position adjacent said opening to a second position spaced from said opening, a drive motor for said carriage, a drive transmission between said carriage and said motor adapted to move said carriage from said first position to said second position and from said second position back to said first position, a start switch adapted to energize said motor to drive said carriage in a first drive direction, a first switch responsive to movement of said carriage to said second position to reverse the direction of travel of said carriage from said second position to said first position, a second switch responsive to movement of said carriage to said first position to de-energize said motor and terminate carriage travel, a substantially linear heat source adjacent said first position and extending transversely across the path of travel of the carriage.