TOASTER WITH MORE VARIED TOASTING FEATURES AND A SAFETY CONTROL

摘要

A toaster (10) includes a housing (12) having an upper wall with bagel half shaped openings; toasting chambers (22) in the housing accessible through th e openings and having bagel half shapes; a bread rack in each toasting chamber ; inner/outer heating coils (28) surrounding each toasting chamber; electric contacts in the housing for activation of the heating coils; a raising/lowering mechanism connected with the bread racks for moving the bre ad racks up and down, and including first and second lateral portions connected to opposite ends of the bread racks; first and second guides mounted to the housing for guiding the first and second lateral portions with a small tolerance, a yoke housing connected with the first lateral portion and slidably movable relative to the housing, a lever slidably moving the yoke housing; a yoke slidably movable relative to the yoke housing and closing th e electric contacts when the bread racks and yoke are lowered, and a first spring biasing the yoke upwardly; an electromagnet holding the yoke in the lowered position; an input setting device for setting a toasting time and/or a desired food item; a microprocessor controlling the electromagnet to release the yoke after a predetermined cooking time and controlling activation of th e heating coils in response to the input setting device; and LEDs on an outer surface visually indicating the toasting time progression.