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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Guy J Mauffrey, Breuchotte, FR;
Assignee:
SEB S.A., Ecully, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J / ; H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
99327 ; 9932 / ; 9932 / ; 99389 ; 99391 ; 219492 ; 219592 ;
Abstract
In a toaster having a housing, a bread-supporting carriage movably mounted in the housing for movement between a toasting position, a temperature-maintaining position, a rest position and a supplementary raised position, and a spring coupled with the carriage to apply a force which urges the carriage in a direction from the toasting position toward the supplementary raised position, a manually operable control element is operatively associated with the carriage and is movable to a selected one of a plurality of control positions for retaining the carriage at a selected one of the temperature-maintaining position and the rest position.