Toaster with electromagnetic retaining device
AssigneeSeb S.A.
InventorsJulian Arnedo, Antonio Basora Sanjuan
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Abstract
The invention concerns a toaster comprising a housing (1) containing a bread-holder carriage (4) mobile between an ejecting position wherein it is returned by an elastic device (5) and a toasting position wherein it is retained by an electromagnetic device (14), the electromagnetic device (14) including a ferromagnetic component (15) secured to the bread-holder carriage (4) and an electromagnet (16) secured to the housing (1), and a control device acting on the circuit powering the coil (L) of the electromagnet.
Claims10
Toaster comprising a housing (1) enclosing heating means (3), a bread-holding carriage (4) moveable between an ejection position into which it is biased by an elastic means (5) and a toasting position in which it is retained by an electromagnetic device (14), said electromagnet device comprising, on the one hand, a ferromagnetic part (15) secured to the bread-holding carriage (4), and on the other hand, an electromagnet (16) secured to the housing, as well as control means acting on the supply circuit of the coil (17) of the said electromagnet, characterized in that the control means are adapted to act on switching means (I1, I2), of the supply circuit for the coil (17) in a manner to apply a positive voltage (UL) to the terminals of the coil during the toasting operation, then a negative voltage having a lower absolute value at the end of the toasting operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.