Combination toaster oven and toaster appliance
AssigneeHamilton Beach/Proctor-Silex, Inc.
InventorsDerwood S. DeLong, Michael Garman, Jim Gaynor
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Abstract
A combination toaster oven and toaster appliance for cooking and heating foodstuff including a housing defining a food cavity therein and a heating element mounted in the housing for heating the food cavity. The housing includes a top wall and a front wall. A slot is located in the top wall and a door is movably mounted to the front wall. A toaster oven opening is located in the front wall and provides access to the food cavity. The door is movable between a closed position wherein the door covers the toaster oven opening and an open position wherein the door exposes the toaster oven opening and food cavity. A slot cover is movable between an extended position covering the slot and a retracted position exposing the slot.
Claims21
A combination toaster oven and toaster appliance for cooking and heating foodstuff, the combination toaster oven and toaster appliance comprising:
- a housing defining a food cavity therein, the housing including a top wall and a front wall;
- a heating element mounted in the housing for heating the food cavity;
- at least one slot in the top wall;
- a door movably mounted to the front wall;
- a toaster oven opening in the front wall providing access to the food cavity, the door movable between a closed position wherein the door covers the toaster oven opening and an open position wherein the door exposes the toaster oven opening and food cavity;
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- a slot cover movable between an extended position covering the at least one slot and a retracted position exposing the at least one slot.
A combination toaster oven and toaster appliance for cooking and heating foodstuff, the combination toaster oven and toaster appliance comprising:
- a housing having a top wall, a front wall and defining a food cavity therein;
- a slot in the top wall;
- a slot cover movable between an extended position covering the slot and a retracted position exposing the slot;
- a toaster oven opening in the front wall providing access to the food cavity;
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- an arm movably mounted to and extending from the housing, the arm movable between an oven position and a toast position, the arm being linked to the slot cover such that the slot cover is in the extended position when the arm is in the oven position and the slot cover is in the retracted position when the arm is in the toast position.
A control system for a combination toaster oven and toaster appliance comprising:
- a housing having a top wall and a front wall, the housing defining a food cavity;
- a heating element for heating the food cavity;
- a slot in the top wall;
- a toaster oven opening in the front wall and a door movably mounted to the front wall to selectively close and expose the toaster oven opening;
- a slot cover movably mounted to the housing, the slot cover being movable between an extended position covering the slot and a retracted position exposing the slot;
- an arm movably mounted to the housing, the arm movable between an oven position and a toast position, the slot cover being in the extended position when the arm is in the oven position;
- a carriage in alignment with the slot and being movable between a loading position and a toast position;
- a selector switch mounted to the housing proximate the arm, the selector switch actuating the appliance to a toast mode when the arm is in the toast position and actuating the appliance to an oven mode when the arm is in the oven position.
A combination toaster oven and toaster appliance for cooking and heating foodstuff, the combination toaster oven and toaster appliance comprising:
- a housing defining a food cavity therein, the housing including a top wall, a side wall and a front wall;
- a heating element mounted in the housing for heating the food cavity;
- an arm movably mounted to the housing, the arm being movable between an oven position and a toast position;
- an selector switch mounted to the housing proximate the arm, the selector switch actuating the appliance to an oven mode when the arm is in the oven position and actuating the appliance to a toast mode when the arm is in the toast position;
- a slot cover movably mounted to the housing, the slot cover linked to the arm and being movable between an extended position covering a slot in the top wall and a retracted position exposing the slot;
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- a temperature knob mounted to the housing, the temperature knob being movable between an off position and a high temperature position, the temperature knob opening an upper branch of an electric circuit of the appliance in the off position and closing the upper branch in the high temperature position.
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