Improved Toaster.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Nov., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 27th Mar., 1896-Accepted, 20th Nov., 1896
Improved Toaster.
CHARLES LANSDOWN Abstractor, Custom House, 55, British Street, Bow Road,
London, E., and RICHARD LANSDOWN, ex Pupil Teacher, 55, British Street,
Bow Road, London, E. do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention is a household article; being a bread toaster. The advantages
claimed are:-
(1.) Self-holding; (2.) Labour-saving; (3.) Time-saving; (4.) Holds one or
more pieces of bread at the same time.
Material; Wire, or any metal; of any thickness, strength, or quality.
Sizes and patterns :-Various.
Shape of the hangers on the fire-grate bars :-To be according to the construction
of the bars.
Is constructed of wires or metal rods. Two parallel perpendiculars, of suitable
lengths, any distance apart, and connected at their lower ends, are made so as to
suspend from a fire-grate bar, and so as to rest on the front of the fire-grate.
Near the top, securely fastened to each perpendicular, is a horizontal, from which
project, at right angles to the perpendiculars and the horizontal, any number of
stationary, flat or round, pointed wires or rods; suitable distances apart.
Each pair of these projecting wires or rods are employed to hold one piece of
bread. When the lengths of the perpendiculais permit, other similar horizontals
with projections form part of the construction of the toaster; being placed at
suitable distances apart. This enables any number of toasts being made at the
same time.
The toaster is removable from the fire-grate.
CHARLES LANSDOWN.
RICHARD LANSDOWN.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Toaster.
CHARLES LANSDOWN 55, British Street, Bow Road, London E., Abstractor in
Her Majesty's Customs, and RICHARD LANSDOWN 55, British Street, Bow Road,
London E. ex Pupil Teacher, 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 is a household article, being a bread toaster.
It is self-holding, labour-saving, time-saving and holds one or more pieces of
bread at the same time. Is constructed of wires or of metal rods.
Fig. 1 Two side rods A B of suitable lengths, any distance apart, and connected
at their lower ends C are made so as to suspend from a fire-grate bar and so as
to rest on the front of a fire-grate.

page_text: Near the top, securely fastened to each side rod A. B, is a horizontal D from
which project at right angles to the side rods A B and the horizontal D any
number of stationary, flat or round, and pointed wires or rods E F G H suitable
distances apart.
Each pair of these projecting wires or rods E F G H is employed to hold
one piece of bread. When the lengths of the side rods permit, other similar
horizontals, with projections form part of the construction of the toaster; being
placed at suitable distances apart. This enables any number of toasts being made
at the same time.
The toaster is removable from the fire-grate.
Fig. 2 Two side rods A B form an angle at loop C; D is a connecting
horizontal and E and F are two of any number of projections, as in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 This figure is similar to Figs. 1 and 2. Šide rods A B form loop C
below the horizontal D; E and F are two of any number of projections.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. An improved self-holding toaster, holding one or more pieces of bread at the
same time, and combining extreme simplicity with suitability;
described.
Dated this 27th day of March 1896.
as herein
CHARLES LANSDOWN.
RICHARD LANSDOWN.