公开(公告)号：US20210177207A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-17

申请号：US17256981

申请日：2019-06-28

Applicant: BREVILLE PTY LIMITED

Inventor： Johnson THIE ,  Duncan HELLMERS ,  Stephen John MCCLEAN ,  Ali TOFAILI ,  Alastair DOVER ,  Sathia THANGAMUTHU ,  Gerard WHITE ,  Eugenie BARNET ,  Tee SMITH ,  Sam WALKER ,  Tristan BREGA ,  James MORTON ,  Richard HOARE ,  Con PSAROLOGOS ,  Philip MCKNIGHT

IPC: A47J37/08 ,  A47J36/02 ,  A47J36/04

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).