Toaster oven control assembly
CA 2237251 A1 · Owner: Black & Decker Inc. · Inventors: Krasznai, Charles Z.; Garneau, Paul F.; Bensussan, Bernard L.
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A toaster oven with a modular control assembly. The assembly has a frame, an electrical switch assembly a, solenoid, and two levers. The electrical switch assembly is connected to the frame and has multiple sets of electrical switch contact blades. The two levers are directly pivotably connected to the frame. A first lever is connected to the solenoid to be moved by the solenoid. The second lever is adapted to move one of the sets of contact blades to a closed position. The two levers have portions adapted to engage and lock against each other. The toaster oven has a rotatable control shaft with two fins extending from a main section of the shaft in general offset radial directions. The …
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- Filed May 8, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 8, 2018.
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