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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2022
Breville Pty Limited, Alexandria, AU;
Duncan Bruce Hellmers, Alexandria, AU;
Johnson Thie, Alexandria, AU;
Stephen John Mcclean, Alexandria, AU;
BREVILLE PTY LIMITED, Alexandria, AU;
Abstract
There is disclosed herein a toaster () for toasting bread or other food, the toaster () comprising: a body () having an upward facing slot () to receive a slice of bread or a food to be toasted; a carriage () mounted in the body beneath the slot () to receive a slice of bread, the carriage () being movable between an elevated position and a lowered position; a heating panel () mounted to the body () in an upright configuration adjacent the carriage () for toasting one side of a slice of bread in the carriage (); a linkage assembly () for connecting the heating panel () to the carriage (); wherein, the heating panel () has a contracted form when not toasting bread, and an expanded form when toasting bread, the heating panel () having a vertical dimension in the contracted form that is less than the vertical dimension in the expanded form, and the linkage assembly () is configured to move the carriage () from the elevated position to the lowered position when the heating panel () moves from the contracted form to the expanded form.
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