US712340A - Toaster. - Google Patents

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' No. 712,340. Patented Oct, 28, I902. W. H. SILVER & P. FRIEDLANDER.

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ASSIGNORS TO SILVER dz: COMPANY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A COR- PORATION OF NEW YORK.

TOASTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 712,340, dated October 28, 1902.

I Application filed June 7,1902. Serial No. 110,677. (No model.)

-To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLIAM H. SILVER and PHILIP FRIEDLANDER, citizens of the United States of America, and residents of Brooklyn, in the State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Toasters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to toasters designed to for use on oil, gas, or gasolene stoves; and it consists in certainnovel features of construction hereinafter set forth and claimed.

The leading objects of the invention are to produce a neatarticle of light weight and without movable parts, to apply the heat directly to the bread through perforations, to equally distribute the heat to the several sides of a pyramidal toaster, and to avoid' drying or hardening the bread by confining the heating to the surface of the slice that is to be browned.

Two sheets of drawings accompany this specification as part thereof. 7

Figure 1 is a side view of the improved toaster. Fig. 2 is a top view. Fig. 3 represents a vertical section on the line A B, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a half-plan of the base-piece of the toaster. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of its side piecesdetached. Fig. 6 is a 0 fragmentary sectionthrough one of the corners.

Like letters and numbers refer to like parts in all the figures.

The improved toaster is constructed of thin sheet-iron and wire and comprises a panshaped rectangular b'ase-piece-l, four side pieces 2, constructed with corrugations extending from top to bottom and with perforations a throughout, an imperforate cap- 40 piece 3, forming the top of the toaster, and

four corner-pieces 4 in the form of concavocon-vex strips embracing the lateral edges of the side pieces 2 and binding them together, as in Fig. 6, and extending through perforations b and c in the base-piece l and cap-piece 3,

so that by clenching or upsetting the extremities of the corner pieces the parts above named are securely united with each other.

The base-piece 1 has upturned stays d, Figs.

3 and 4, which support the side pieces 2 externally at their lower ends, and within the side pieces a circular curb 6 forms an internal support and also conforms the heat-inlet of the toaster to the customary round burners of the stoves for which the toaster is designed. A perforated cone 5, Fig. 3, having a downturned marginal flange f fitted to said curb e, insures a proper distribution of the heat within the chamber 6, Fig. 3, inclosed I by the several side pieces 2 and the cappiece 3.

To render the structure more rigid, a tightening-bell 6, Fig. 3, is inserted within its upper part, and a central tightening-bolt 7 extends upward from the top of this bell through 6 the cap-piece 3.

The other main parts of the toaster are four externally-attached bread-supports 8, each preferably composed of a single wire with its ends h rebent at top and inserted through two of the perforations a in the side pieces 2. Short pieces 9 of light wire preferably and conveniently fasten the bread-supports 8 to the perforated sides of the toaster below their attaching ends it; but such supplemental fastenings may be dispensed with, or the bread-supports may be attached in other known ways, and other like modifications will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art.

An upturned marginal flange ion the basepiece 1 and a downturned marginal flangej on the cap-piece 3 give the article a neat finish and the requisite stiffness and complete its provision with smooth edges. The baseflange 2'- facilitates handling the article, and the base-piece is preferably further provided with holes In, Fig. 4, to reduce its heat-absorbing area, and thus to keep said flanged cool, as well as to further reduce the weight of the article. The cap-flange serves also to assist in fastening the side pieces 2 in place.

In addition to rendering the toaster rigid the tightening-bell 6 serves to regulate the discharge of superheated air through the perforated side pieces 2 by closing the perforations or above the lower edges of the bell.

By constructing the perforated side pieces 2 with corrugations extending from bottom to top the distribution of the superheated air to all the exposed perforations is materially 10c assisted, the sides are rendered stiif and durable, and the joints are protected against injury by the expansion and contraction of the side pieces.

The corner-pieces 4 not only securely unite the parts, as above described, but by preventing the escape of the superheated air at the edges of the side pieces 2 increase the efiiciency of the toaster in operation.

The side pieces 2 soon become highly heated and the chamberg filled with superheated air, which escapes through the perforations or against the slices of bread. These are held in close proximity to the perforated sides by the several bread-supports 8, and four slices may conveniently be toasted simultaneously. As the inturned side of the slice is its only part exposed to the heat, drying or hardening the bread in the toasting operation is readily avoided.

Having thus described said improvement, we claim as our invention and desire to patent under this specification 1. Animproved toaster,of pyramidal shape, comprising a sheet-metal base constructed with a central opening, a cap-piece of sheet metal parallel with said base, side pieces of perforated sheet metal surrounding a chamber in communication with said opening at bottom and closed at top by said cap-piece, corner-pieces connecting said base and cappiece and closing the joints between said side pieces, and means for supporting slices of bread outside of and in close proximity to said side pieces.

2. An improved toaster,of pyramidal shape, comprising a sheet-metal base constructed with a central opening, a cap-piece of sheet metal parallel with said base, side pieces of perforated and corrugated sheet metal surrounding a chamber in communication with said opening at bottom and closed at top by said cap-piece, corner-pieces connecting said base and cap-piece and closing the joints between said side pieces, and means for supporting slices of bread outside of and in close proximity to said side pieces.

3. An improved toaster,of pyramidal shape, comprising a sheet-metal base constructed with a central opening, a cap-piece of sheet metal parallel with said base, side pieces of corrugated sheet metal perforated throughoutsurrounding a chamber in communication with said opening at bottom and closed at top by said cap-piece, corner-pieces connecting said base and cap-piece and closing the joints between said side pieces, and means for supporting slices of bread out-side of and in close proximity to said side pieces.

4. An improved toaster,of pyramidal shape, comprising a sheet-metal base constructed with a central opening, a cap-piece of sheet metal parallel with said base, side pieces of perforated sheet metal having corrugations extending from bottom to top surrounding a chamber in communication with said opening at bottom and closed at top by said cap-piece, corner-pieces connecting said base and cappiece and closing the joints between said side pieces, and means for supporting slices of bread outside of and in close proximity to said side pieces.

5. An improved toaster,of pyramidal shape, comprising a sheet-metal base constructed with a central opening, a cap-piece of sheet metal parallel with said base,side pieces of perforated and corrugated sheet metal surrounding a chamber in communication with said opening at bottom and closed at top by said cap-piece, corner-pieces connecting said base and cap-piece and closing the joints between said side pieces, and bread-supports attached externally to said side pieces.

6. An improved toaster,of pyramidal shape, comprising a sheet-metal base constructed with a central opening, a cap-piece of sheet metal parallel with said base,side pieces of perforated and corrugated sheet metal surrounding a chamber in communication with said opening at bottom and closed at top by said cap-piece, corner-pieces connecting said base and cap-piece and closing the joints between said side pieces, and bread-supports of wire attached externally to said side pieces.

7. An improved toaster comprising a base provided with a circular central opening and curb and with upturned stays, a cap-piece parallel with said base having a downturned marginal flange, side pieces of perforated and corrugated sheet metal surrounding a chamber in communication With said opening at bottom and closed at top by said cap-piece and supported internally at bottom by said curb and externally by said stays and said flange, external corner-pieces connecting said base and cap-piece and closing the joints between said side pieces, a perforated heat-distributing cone embracing said curb within said chamber at bottom, and bread-supports attached externally to said side pieces.

8. An improved toaster comprising a base provided with a-circular central opening and curb and with upturned stays, a cap parallel with said basepiece having a downturned marginal flange, side pieces of perforated and corrugated sheet metal surrounding a chamber in communication with said opening at bottom and closed at top by said cap-piece and supported internally at bottom by said curb and externally by said stays and said flange, external corner-pieces uniting said base and cap-piece with each other, an internal tightening-bell at top and a tightening-bolt extending upwardly from said bell through said cap, substantially as hereinbefore specified.

WILLIAM H. SILVER. PHILIP FRIEDLANDER.

Witnesses:

J. E. HENRY, D. J. MILLER.

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