An Improved Toaster.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Aug., 1898-Accepted, 21st Jan., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Toaster.
I, JAMES PERCIVAL ROBERTSON, of "Hawthorn," Somerset Street, Mosman's
Bay, Sydney, in the Colony of New South Wales, Electrical Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The improved toaster comprises a light base plate to which a long handle may
be attached in any suitable manner. At each end of the base plate are pivot pins
upon which, swing frames in which are placed the slices to be toasted.
When one
side of the slice has been sufficiently done, the handle is given a circular motion
which will have the effect of causing the frames to swing on their pivots and
present the opposite side of the slice to the action of the fire.
In the accompanying drawings:-
Fig. 1 is a plan of the appliance.
Fig. 2 is an underneath plan of the same, the toast frames being reversed.
Fig. 3 is a back end view.
Figs. 4 and 4 respectively shew the base plate in blank and bent into form.
Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the handle separated from the toaster.
A is the base plate, shewn in blank at Fig. 4 and in side elevation bent into
position in Fig. 4. At each end of the base plate are pivot pins b, b' each one
of which supports one end of a bent wire fraine B, B such wire frames being
capable of swinging upon their respective pivot pins, so as to present the opposite
side of the frame to the fire, as shewn in the reversed position in Fig. 2. The
wire frames are made so as to clip the slice that is to be toasted. When one
side is sufficiently cooked the handle may be given a circular movement, when
the frames will swing in the directions shewn by dotted lines at C C¹ Fig. 1 and
the opposite sides of the slices will be presented to the fire. In order that the
frames may not swing too far round but may be retained in a position, parallel
to the front of the fire stops a, a¹ are provided on the base plate.
There is no special feature of novelty in the handle. It is made separate from
the base plate for convenience in packing. It may be permanently attached to
the base plate or attachable thereto in any convenient manner.
The device
adopted shews the handle bar D composed of four strands of twisted wire, two
of the strands of which are forked towards the forward end, so as to provide the
clips d, while the two other strands continue farther forward and are then forked
When the handle is to be attached to the
at din order to provide a firm base.
plate, the prongs dare inserted into the openings dd, the handle will be
pushed home and will be clipped in position by the prongs d, d.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
In combination, a handle, a horizontal base plate, the ends of which are pro-
vided with vertical pivot pins and. vertical frames that can swing upon the pivot
pins, as herein set forth.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.