Patent ID: 7013798

Claim:
A toaster comprising: a frame enclosing at least one heating chamber associated with heating elements, the heating chamber having an open top; a bread supporting carriage mounted in said chamber and vertically movable relative to said frame, said carriage being retainable in a lowered position for toasting; an extension piece fixed to said carriage; restoring means coupled between said frame and said extension piece for urging said carriage upwardly away from the lowered position to a first bread discharge position; and control means for controlling the position of said carriage between the lowered position for toasting, the first bread discharge position and a second bread discharge position higher than the first bread discharge position, wherein said control means comprise: an operating lever mounted for rotation about a first axis between a first operating position for placing said carriage in the lowered position for toasting, a second operating position for placing said carriage in the first bread discharge position and a third operating position for placing said carriage in the second bread discharge position, a crank element extending perpendicular to said first axis and connected to said lever for rotation as a unit therewith, and a cam device connected to said extension piece and engaged by said crank element at a location spaced from said first axis for converting rotational movements of said actuating lever into vertical movements of said carriage.