Bread toaster

An automatic toaster comprising, in combination, an elongated horizontal parallelepipedal housing, said housing having adjacent one end thereof an opening for the introduction of bread slices to be toasted and adjacent the other end thereof an opening for the exit of toasted bread slices, means to insert automatically and one by one the bread slices to be toasted into said housing through the first opening from a stack of bread slices, two vertically spaced horizontal endless metal conveyor members disposed in the housing, rolls in the housing adjacent opposite ends of the housing about which said conveyor members circulate, said first opening being positioned so as to feed bread slices to said conveyor members at a location between said rolls an electric motor for driving one of said rolls in rotation to circulate said endless conveyor members, cross members on the endless conveyor members and interconnecting the endless conveyor members to push bread slices lengthwise along the housing from the first opening to the second opening, electric resistance heating means for heating the bread slices conveyed by said conveyor members, fixed guide means to hold the bread slices out of contact with the electric resistance heating means and to position the bread slices along their path of movement from the first opening to the second opening, and time delay means for heating said heating means for a predetermined period of time prior to actuation of said motor.