Apparatus for toasting bread

Patent 6717110 Issued on April 6, 2004. Estimated Expiration Date:

December 21, 2021. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.

Application

No. 10027946 filed on 12/21/2001

US Classes:

219/386, Portable or mobile219/392, Combined with additional material support219/405, Including heat energy reflecting or directing means219/411, With infrared generating means99/327, By time99/341With observation means

Examiners

Primary: Pelham, Joseph

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Bartlett; Ernestine C.

Foreign Patent References

2050772 FR 04/01/1979
2707858 FR 07/01/1993
2013874 GB 08/01/1979
WO97249 WO 07/01/1997

International Classes

A47J 3708
F27D 118

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus for toasting of bread etc. comprising a housing (2) with a slot (3) which issues into a toasting space (4) into which products to be toasted can be introduced, while heater elements (5) are arranged on both sides of this space (4) which each cooperate with a reflector (7) for reflecting radiation in the direction of the toasting space (4), and the housing (2) is made at least partly of a transparent material. In order to obtain an evenly distributed browning and a good view of the products in the toasting space (4), the reflectors (7) cover the whole area of the toasting space (4) and are made of a transparent material.