Improvement in Bread Toasters.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Dec., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 9th Sept., 1892-Accepted, 5th Nov., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Bread Toasters.
I WILLIAM LITTLE of 12 James Terrace Carlisle, in the County of Cumber-
land, Ironmonger do hereby declare the nature of this invention for the easier
and simpler method of toasting bread to be as follows:-
The object of my invention, is to provide a bread toaster, which will hold the
bread in front of the fire, and can be reversed, without removing the bread, until
it is toasted on both sides.
To carry out the said invention, I form a frame of strong wire, this having two
hooks, by which, it is fixed to a bar of the grate; to this frame I attach a sheet iron
plate, which slides along the frame; unto this plate I rivet an upper plate, (loosely)
through the centre to allow it to reverse; unto the upper or reversible plate I fx
two pieces of wire forming a rack, into which the slice of bread to be toasted is
placed and stands upright. The bread so placed is pushed up to the fire by means
of the sliding plate, which carries the upper plate and rack; the bread is reversed
by drawing back the sliding plate, and turning the rack.
Dated this 10th day of December 1891.
WILLIAM LITTLE.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Bread Toasters.
I WILLIAM LITTLE of 12 James Terrace Carlisle, Ironmonger, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to improvement in bread toasters, and the object of this
invention, is to provide a bread toaster, which will hold the bread in front of the
fire, and can be reversed without removing the bread until it is toasted on
both sides.
In the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1. is a plan, Fig. 2 is a side elevation, Fig. 3
is a front elevation.
In constructing the said invention, I form a frame of strong wire, or iron, this
having two hooks, by which, it is fixed to a bar of a fire grate; onto this frame I
attach an iron plate, C, of any suitable size, which forms a draw plate, and slides
along the wire, or iron frame; onto the front of this draw plate, C, I fix an upper
iron plate, A, (loosely) by means of rivet B, to allow it to reverse; or by using a
pivot instead of the rivet, B, the upper plate is made detachable; to this upper
plate I fix two pieces of wire forming a rack; the wires are bent so as to form a
handle at each end of the rack, by which the rack is turned round as shown in
Fig. 3.
The bread to be toasted is placed in the rack and stands upright; the bread so
placed is pushed up to the fire by means of the draw plate; which, carries the
rack-the bread is reversed by drawing back the draw plate, and turning the rack,

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
To simplify the method of toasting--by means of a reversable rack, formed of
wire or other suitable material, by which the bread is held in front of the fire,
and can be toasted on both sides, without removing, as described.
Dated this 8th day of September 1892,
WILLIAM LITTLE.