Toaster

US11832765B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Breville Pty Limited · AU

Inventors

• Johnson THIE · Sydney, AU
• Duncan Bruce HELLMERS · Sydney, AU
• Stephen John McClean · Sydney, AU
• Ali TOFAILI · Sydney, AU
• Alastair Dover · Sydney, AU
• Sathia Thangamuthu · Sydney, AU
• Gerard Andrew White · Sydney, AU
• Eugenie Barnet · Sydney, AU
• Tee Smith · Sydney, AU
• Sam Walker · Sydney, AU
• Tristan Brega · East Harstene Place, AU
• James George Morton · Chatswood, AU
• Richard Hoare · Canteen Creek, AU
• Con Psarologos · Sydney, AU
• Philip Lewis McKnight · Fawn Drive, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 28, 2019
• Grant date: Dec 5, 2023
• Expiry date: Mar 6, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F24C7/06
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

There is disclosed herein a toaster (10) including: a housing (12); a pair of opposing food guards (24a, 24b) located within the housing (12) and defining a toasting cavity (25a, 25b) for receiving foodstuff to be toasted; a pair of heating elements (28) located within the housing (12), each heating element (28) being located on a respective side of the pair of food guards (24a, 24b), wherein each food guard (24a, 24b) is spaced from the corresponding heating element (28) by a clearance (81); and wherein each food guard (24a, 24b) has an upwardly-extending portion (75c, 75d) that extends upwardly to a portion (75a, 75b) that extends transversely from the upwardly-extending portion so as to extend above the corresponding heating element (28), the transversely-extending portion (75a, 75b) of each food guard (24a, 24b) projecting away from the opposing food guard (24a, 24b).