KR20030075830A - Horizontal toaster - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A horizontal toaster is provided to improve beauty of the manufactured goods and to secure user's convenience in the use. CONSTITUTION: A horizontal toaster includes a body(110) having a housing unit and forming an inlet to house bread to the housing unit; a carriage(120), on which bread is put, slidably installed to the body to horizontally insert/take off bread on the carriage to/from the housing unit; a heating unit installed to toast the bread put on the carriage; a power supply unit to supply power to the heating unit; and a control unit maintaining power supplied to the heating unit for a predetermined time. The horizontal toaster further includes a warning sound generation unit(150) generating a warning sound if toasting is completed, and a window for checking(160) on which the toasted stage of the bread is indicated.

Description

Horizontal Toaster {HORIZONTAL TOASTER}

The present invention relates to a toaster, and more particularly to a horizontal toaster that can increase the beauty of the product and can provide user convenience.

In modern society, the number of people who prefer bread is increasing due to dietary improvement, and the number of people who are looking for bread as a way to solve meals in a short time is gradually increasing.

Such a toaster is to bake bread, an example of which is shown in FIG.

As shown, the toaster is formed with a bread inlet (2) for injecting bread in the vertical direction on the upper surface of the main body (1), the bread to be put through the bread inlet (2) of the upper surface inside the main body (1) It is equipped with an unshown bread storage space and a hot plate wrapped with a heating wire radiating heat from the bread storage space. When the bread is baked properly, the switch is turned off and a spring device is installed so that the bread jumps upward. have. The lid 3 for preventing the inflow of dust during storage of the toaster is detachably covered on the upper surface of the toaster, in which the bread opening 2 is formed. And one side of the outer surface of the main body 1 of the toaster is provided with a switch 5 for manipulating the operation of the toaster.

In order to bake bread using the toaster, the lid 3 covered on the upper surface is opened, and the bread is vertically introduced through the bread opening so as to accommodate the bread inside the toast, and the toaster is operated by operating the switch 5. When the bread is properly baked, the switch 5 is turned off and the bread springs through the bread opening.

However, conventionally, there was no way for a user to check the progress of baking bread in the toaster, and there was no method for informing the user of the fact even after the bread was baked. Eventually, the user had to watch until the bread was baked in the toaster. And, even though the bread is baked, it is often not eaten right away and eat cold bread.

In addition, until now, most toasters are upright, which puts bread vertically. The upright toaster is not inconvenient to bake bread, but it is required to make the appearance of the toaster beautiful according to the needs of various users. That is, it is necessary to maximize the merchandise by satisfying the various desires of the user by making the bread look more delicious and increasing the pleasure of eating and cooking by making the appearance of the toaster beautiful. However, it is true that the conventional toaster has a limit in giving a deformation to the toaster appearance because it is an upright type to put bread vertically.

The present invention is to solve such a conventional problem, the object of the user is to double the enjoyment of cooking by visually and audibly checking the current progress of the bread is baked in the toaster, satisfying the various needs of the user It is to provide a new type of toaster that can maximize the commerciality.

1 is a perspective view of a conventional upright toaster;

2 is an external view of a horizontal toaster according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 3 is a side view showing a state in which the carriage (carriage) is drawn out in the horizontal toaster according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a cross-sectional view showing the internal configuration of a horizontal toaster according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a block diagram of a horizontal toaster according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

110: body

120: carriage

130: heating unit

140: control unit

150: alarm sound generating unit

160: display lamp

According to a feature of the present invention for achieving the above object, the toaster includes a main body having a receiving portion therein and an inlet for receiving bread into the receiving portion; A carriage slidably mounted to the main body for inserting or withdrawing the bread on which the bread is placed and placed on the upper surface in the horizontal direction from the receiving portion; A heating unit for baking bread placed on the mutually opposite surfaces of the receiving unit and placed on the carriage; A power supply unit for supplying power to the heating unit; And a control unit for maintaining the power supplied to the heating unit for a predetermined time.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the baking is completed, the alarm sound generating unit for generating an alarm sound, and the display lamp for displaying the step of baking bread. Here, the confirmation window may change the brightness of the light or the color of the light according to the baking degree of the bread.

For example, the embodiments of the present invention may be modified in various forms, and the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited by the embodiments described below. These examples are provided to more fully explain the present invention to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, the shape of the elements in the drawings and the like are exaggerated to emphasize a clearer description.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5. In addition, in the drawings, the same reference numerals are denoted together for components that perform the same function.

Figure 2 is an external view of a horizontal toaster according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is a side view of a horizontal toaster showing a state in which the carriage (carriage) is drawn out. And, Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view showing the internal configuration of a horizontal toaster according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. 5 is a block diagram of a horizontal toaster according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 to 4, the horizontal toaster 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a main body 110, a carriage 120, a heating unit 130, a control unit 140, and an alarm sound generating unit 150. And an indicator lamp 160.

The main body 110 has an accommodating part 112 therein, and an inlet 114 for accommodating bread with the accommodating part 112 is formed at one side thereof. The main body 110 is provided with a carriage 120 for supporting the bread is introduced into the receiving portion 112 through the inlet 114. The carriage 120 is slidably moved in a horizontal direction along a guide rail (not shown) formed along the wall of the receiving part of the main body 110. The carriage 120 has a grill 122 on which bread is placed horizontally. For example, the carriage 120 is held in a pulled out position (open state) by a spring (not shown), and manually enters the insertion position (closed state) as the user operates the lever 118. On the other hand, the carriage 120 has a jaw 124 functioning as a cover to prevent foreign matter from penetrating into the inlet 114 when inserted into the main body.

Referring to FIG. 5, the control unit 140 installed in the main body 110 includes a control plate 142, a switching unit 148 for switching power to the heating unit 130, and a time for the user to bake. It has a timer unit 149 to set so that the switching unit 148 maintains the power applied to the heating unit for the determination time. The control panel 142 has a control button 143, a power button 146, etc. to control the heating unit 130 to adjust the baking degree of the bread. The control panel 142 may be provided with a power indicator lamp (not shown) to display a power supply state. In addition, the main body 110 may have a safety device (not shown) for preventing overcurrent from flowing to the heating unit. In addition, the lower portion of the main body 110 may be provided with a crumb tray not shown for receiving the breadcrumbs.

On the other hand, the toaster of the present invention is installed in the main body 110, the alarm sound generating unit 150 for notifying that the baking is completed, and the display lamp 160 displaying the step of baking the bread. The alarm sound generating unit 150 has a speaker for outputting an alarm message indicating the completion of baking. In the display lamp 160, the brightness of light changes according to the degree of baking bread. For example, the display lamp may change color of light.

Baking in such a toaster is as follows. First, the power is connected to the toaster 100, the bread is placed on the grill 122 of the drawn carriage 120, and then the lever 118 is lowered to bring the bread close to the heating unit 130. It is received in the receiving portion (112). The user adjusts the timer unit 149 to set the baking time, and the control unit 140 starts baking for the selected time. In this case, the user may check how much baking is being performed while looking at the brightness of the light that is changed in the display lamp. The timer unit 149 generates a burning signal until the set time counts down, and when the set time has elapsed, the contact point of the switching unit 148 is switched, thereby supplying power to the heating unit 130. It is blocked and the fever is stopped and burning ends. When the time set in the timer unit 149 is completed, the heat generation of the heating unit 130 is stopped, the carriage is drawn out, and the alarm sound generating unit 150 notifies the user that the bread is baked. The alert message is a simple message that the bread is baked and is a message for the user to easily know.

The structural feature of the present invention is that it has a horizontal carriage in which the bread is placed horizontally. In addition, it has a display lamp that can confirm the baking progress. And, it is to have an alarm sound generating unit indicating that baking is completed.

In the above, the configuration and operation of the horizontal toaster according to the present invention is shown in accordance with the above description and drawings, but this is merely described by way of example, and various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. Of course.

Applying the present invention as described above, the user can visually and audibly confirm the current progress of baking bread in the toaster, thereby doubling the pleasure of cooking. In addition, since the horizontal structure put the bread horizontally, there is an advantage that the deformation is possible to satisfy the various needs of the user with respect to the appearance of the toaster.

Claims (4)

In the toaster: A main body having a receptacle therein and having an inlet for receiving bread into the receptacle; A carriage slidably mounted to the main body for inserting or withdrawing the bread on which the bread is placed and placed on the upper surface in the horizontal direction from the receiving portion; A heating unit for baking bread placed on the mutually opposite surfaces of the receiving unit and placed on the carriage; A power supply unit for supplying power to the heating unit; And a control unit for maintaining the power supplied to the heating unit for a predetermined time. The method of claim 1, Toaster further comprises an alarm sound generating unit for generating an alarm sound when baking is completed. The method of claim 1, Toaster further comprises a confirmation window that displays the step of baking the bread. The method of claim 3, wherein The confirmation window is a toaster, characterized in that the brightness of the light or the color of the light is changed according to the baking degree of the bread.