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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1997
David Wanat, Meriden, CT (US);
Roger Letso, Sandy Hook, CT (US);
Conair Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
An improved toaster includes a user control panel for receiving and displaying user selections corresponding to a desired toast darkness setting. A toaster shade display displays a user selected toast darkness setting and includes a linear array of LEDs (LED bar), horizontally arranged on an exterior portion of the toaster body. The LEDs are sequentially turned on and off to indicate the user selected toast darkness setting, lighter or darker toast. The user control panel also contains preprogrammed custom settings for one-slice, two-slice, bagel, defrost and reheat mode of operation. A user can select a custom setting or any combination of custom settings thereof.