Toaster
small oven for cooking bread
A toaster is a machine for toasting food such as sliced bread and bagels. Toasted bread is called toast. Other toastable products may be described as toaster pastry.
Household electric toasters
editToasting both sides of the bread at once
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1950s
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1948
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c. 1940
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1920 (U.S. patent received on October 18, 1921, Charles Strite)
Other
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1969 project, "Lava Sirat" (Sicht-Rapid-Toaster, DDR, Eberhard Päßler)
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1968 project, "Lava T01" (DDR , Eberhard Päßler)
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c. 1934
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1932 Hotpoint "Gazelle" (Edison General Electric)
Toasting one side of the bread at once
editFlat
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c. 1905
Rotating
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1930s (Safety Appliances, New Zealand)
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c. 1930 (Saluta, Germany)
Other
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1960/70s "Hageka" (DDR, Hans-Georg Krüger KG)
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c. 1930
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1930 (Kalorik, Belgium)
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c. 1930
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1930
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c. 1928
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c. 1920
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1916
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c. 1915
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c. 1910
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1910s
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1909
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1908
Commercial electric toasters
editNonelectric toasters
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Chilean toaster
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brustolina (Italy)
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a reversible, iron toaster on a gas stove
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1902 "Crown Asbestos Toaster", an asbestos disc covered with steel wire cloth, the lower surface being covered with sheet steel
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reversible toasters made of tinned iron wires (Sweden)