US 11,832,765 B2
Toaster
Johnson Thie, Alexandria (AU); Duncan Hellmers, Alexandria (AU); Stephen John McClean, Alexandria (AU); Ali Tofaili, Alexandria (AU); Alastair Dover, Alexandria (AU); Sathia Thangamuthu, Alexandria (AU); Gerard White, Alexandria (AU); Eugenie Barnet, Alexandria (AU); Tee Smith, Alexandria (AU); Sam Walker, Alexandria (AU); Tristan Brega, Alexandria (AU); James Morton, Alexandria (AU); Richard Hoare, Alexandria (AU); Con Psarologos, Alexandria (AU); and Philip McKnight, Alexandria (AU)
Assigned to BREVILLE PTY LIMITED, Alexandria (AU)
Appl. No. 17/256,981
Filed by BREVILLE PTY LIMITED, Alexandria (AU)
PCT Filed Jun. 28, 2019, PCT No. PCT/AU2019/050688
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 29, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/000056, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018902375 (AU), filed on Jun. 29, 2018; and application No. 2018902378 (AU), filed on Jun. 29, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0177207 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
Int. Cl. A47J 37/08 (2006.01); A47J 36/02 (2006.01); A47J 36/04 (2006.01); F24C 7/06 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 37/0807 (2013.01) [A47J 36/025 (2013.01); A47J 36/04 (2013.01); A47J 37/0871 (2013.01); F24C 7/06 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A toaster including:
a housing;
a pair of opposing food guards located within the housing and defining a toasting cavity for receiving foodstuff to be toasted;
a pair of heating elements located within the housing, each heating element being located on a respective side of the pair of food guards; and
a top cap forming an upper surface of the housing, the upper surface providing a curved portion having a first and a second surface portion, the first and second surface portions being located so as to provide a slot therebetween, the slot providing for the delivery of the foodstuff to the cavity,
wherein the curved portion has a vertical direction of extension and a horizontal direction of extension so as to converge downwardly to said toasting cavity,
wherein the top cap has a coating that is a non-tarnishing colour, and wherein the non-tarnishing colour of the top cap coating has an emissivity of 0.75 for even heat distribution.