Patent ID: 8807020

Claim:
An electrical household appliance and particularly a toasting apparatus having a first grilling plate rotatably hinged to a stationary second grilling plate, said first grilling plate comprising a handle for effecting rotation of said first plate relative to said second plate, said handle comprising two handle units ( 11 ) at both sides of said first grilling plate, each unit ( 11 ) being mounted to said second grilling plate by means of a connection device ( 12 ) characterized in that said connection device ( 12 ) is rotatable by said handle in a cylindrical portion ( 25 ) of said second grilling plate and said connection device ( 12 ) comprises at least one locking means ( 13 ) engageable in a slot ( 24 ) in said cylindrical portion ( 25 ) whereby engaging of said at least one locking means ( 13 ) in said slot ( 24 ) provides that position of said first grilling plate relative to said second grilling plate is maintained, wherein said connection device ( 12 ) comprises a carrier body ( 16 ) having at least one opening within which said at least one locking means ( 13 ) is partly projectable through said at least one opening outwardly from said carrier body ( 16 ) by means of a spring means ( 15 ), and wherein said connection device ( 12 ) comprises two rollers ( 13 ) projectable from said carrier body ( 16 ), said rollers ( 13 ) being associated with roller bearings ( 14 ), each pair of roller ( 13 ) and roller bearing ( 14 ) being divided by a helical spring ( 15 ).