Toaster with independently controllable heating elements

摘要

A toaster having a body portion engageable over a housing with slots sized for bread passage therethrough aligned with cavities on said house sized to accommodate the bread for toasting. Individually controlled heating elements on each side of each cavity to allow users to independently control the amount of toasting of each side of each inserted piece of bread. The exterior of the body is preferably porcelain to provide resistance to heat transference to the body of the user and to provide a plurality of colors available for the housings.

主权项

1. A toaster apparatus, comprising:
a body having an exterior surface and an interior surface defining a cavity; said cavity dimensioned for a positioning of a housing therein in an engaged position of said body with said housing; means for engagement of said body to said housing; a pair of receiving cavities positioned on said housing; a pair of slots communicating through said body; said pair of slots positioned in said body to align with said pair of receiving cavities when said housing is in said engaged position; a first heating element and a second electric heating element positioned upon opposing sides of a first of said pair of receiving cavities; a third heating element and a fourth heating element positioned upon opposing sides of a second of said pair of receiving cavities; respective individual user-activated controls for controlling heating each of said respective first, second, third, and fourth heating elements, positioned upon said exterior of said body; each of said user-activated controls operatively electrically engaged to a respective electrical control component which regulates electrical energy communicated to a respective one of said heating elements, from an electrical energy supply; said means for engagement of said body to said housing is a removable engagement comprising: a first band having two ends and a second band having two ends; said first band and said second band having a width sized to engage within a recess formed in said exterior surface of said body; said two ends of said first band and said two ends of said second band engageable to said housing using fasteners configured to communicate through apertures at each respective end, whereby said body is held in said engaged position by said bands engaged with said recesses and said fasteners engaged to said housing through said apertures; and each said user-activated control adjustably positionable by said user, to regulate said electrical energy communicated to one respective said heating element, between a minimum amount of said electrical energy and a maximum amount of said electrical energy, whereby a user may regulate the toasting of each individual surface of pieces of bread inserted into either or both of said receiving cavities, indecently of all the other respective surfaces of said bread.