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US 6,973,871 B1Granted
Electrical toaster
AssigneeTsann Kuen Enterprise Co., Ltd.
InventorsTsung-Yi Chuang, Li-Hsuan Lin
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Abstract
An electrical toaster includes a case unit having a laterally extending supporting wall and defining a heating chamber that is disposed below the supporting wall, at least a lower slot that is formed in the supporting wall and that is in spatial communication with the heating chamber, and a warming chamber that is disposed above the supporting wall and that is in fluid communication with the lower slot. An electrical heating unit is disposed in the heating chamber. A cover is mounted removably on the case unit for covering at least a top side of the warming chamber.
Claims18
An electrical toaster comprising:
- a case unit having a laterally extending supporting wall and defining a heating chamber that is disposed below said supporting wall, at least a lower slot that is formed in said supporting wall, that is in spatial communication with said heating chamber, and that is adapted to permit insertion of a piece of bread therethrough and into said heating chamber, and a warming chamber that is disposed above said supporting wall, that is in fluid communication with said lower slot, and that is adapted to receive bread therein;
- an electrical heating unit disposed in said heating chamber;
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- a cover that is mounted removably on said case unit for covering at least a top side of said warming chamber;
- wherein said case unit includes a main casing and a warming casing, said main casing having a peripheral wall that extends downwardly and transversely from said supporting wall to confine said heating chamber, said warming casing having a laterally extending base wall that is mounted removably on said supporting wall, a peripheral wall that extends upwardly and transversely from a periphery of said base wall to confine said warming chamber, and a top flange that extends outwardly and laterally from said peripheral wall of said warming casing, said cover having a laterally extending top wall that is disposed above and that is vertically aligned with said base wall, and a peripheral wall that extends downwardly and transversely from said top wall of said cover and that is seated on said top flange of said warming casing.
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An electrical toaster comprising:
- a case unit having a laterally extending supporting wall and defining a heating chamber that is disposed below said supporting wall, at least a lower slot that is formed in said supporting wall, that is in spatial communication with said heating chamber, and that is adapted to permit insertion of a piece of bread therethrough and into said heating chamber, and a warming chamber that is disposed above said supporting wall, that is in fluid communication with said lower slot, and that is adapted to receive bread therein;
- an electrical heating unit disposed in said heating chamber;
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- a cover that is mounted removably on said case unit for covering at least a top side of said warming chamber;
- wherein said case unit includes a main casing having a peripheral wall that confines said heating chamber and that has a top end, said supporting wall being formed on said top end of said peripheral wall, said main casing further having a top rim that is formed on and that extends upwardly and transversely from said supporting wall to define said warming chamber, said case unit further including a bread-supporting tray that is mounted removably on said supporting wall and that is formed with a plurality of apertures that are in fluid communication with said lower slot.
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An electrical toaster comprising:
- a case unit having a laterally extending supporting wall and defining a heating chamber that is disposed below said supporting wall, at least a lower slot that is formed in said supporting wall, that is in spatial communication with said heating chamber, and that is adapted to permit insertion of a piece of bread therethrough and into said heating chamber, and a warming chamber that is disposed above said supporting wall, that is in fluid communication with said lower slot, and that is adapted to receive bread therein, said supporting wall being formed with a button-receiving hole;
- an electrical heating unit disposed in said heating chamber for generating heat when actuated;
- a temperature controller associated with said heating unit to control actuation of said heating unit and the amount of heat generated by said heating unit;
- a button-operated mechanism associated with said temperature controller and including a button that is received in said button-receiving hole and that is pressable for actuating said heating unit through said temperature controller to generate a desired amount of heat;
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- a bread-supporting tray mounted removably on said supporting wall within said warming chamber, said bread-supporting tray being formed with at least an aperture that are in fluid communication with said lower slot and said warming chamber, and having an actuation protrusion that projects downwardly therefrom into said button-receiving hole to press said button such that said heating unit is actuated through said temperature controller when said bread-supporting tray is mounted on said supporting wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.