4. History
• Why ?
• Electricity in America
• 1900 Embedded heating
• 1905 Nichrome (Albert Marsh)
• 1909 First electric toaster (Frank Shailor for
General Electrics)
• 1913 Toaster with automatic turner (Lloyd
Copeman)
• 1919 Automatic pop-up (Charles Strite)
•1928 Pre sliced bread
• 1933 Spring loaded automatic toaster in
households
• 1960’s Common and cheap
16. So what happens…
1. Plug in the toaster
2. Turn the switch
3. Optionally pick ‘bagel’, ‘defrost’ or ‘reheat’
4. Place your slices of bread
5. Push the tray down with the handle
6. Wait or push ‘stop’
7. Take out your bread
8. Empty crumb tray
9. Pull out the plug
10. Eat it!
34. So what happens…
Normal Closed
↓
Power is cut off
Electromagnet releases tray
Springs relaxes and pulls up
the tray with toast
Contact for nichrome wires
is broken
…
When I push ‘stop’?