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Application filed August 12,1886. Serial No. 210,726. (No model.)

To cM whom it may concern:

_ Be it known that I, Cyrus Matthews, a citizen of the United States, residing at Anamosa, in the county of Jones and State of Iowa, 5 have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bread-Toasters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in breadtoasters; and it consists in the peculiar conio struction that will be more fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

. The object· of my invention is to provide a bread-toaster which is cheap and simple, and 15 is made of a single piece of wire bent to form a handle and a rack in which to hold the piece of bread; and this object I attain by the construction hereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which—

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the breadtoaster embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of thesame. Fig. 3 is atop plan view. Fig. 4 is a detached perspective view of the toaster-head.

In order to form the bread-toaster a piece of wire of suitable length is first bent in the center, as at A, and at a suitable distance from this bend A each arm of the wire is bent, as at B, and the wires then extend upwardly for a slight distance, as at D, and are then bent outwardly at right angles, as at E. From the outer ends of the portions E the wire*is then bent downwardly, as at F, and at the lower endsof the portions F are formed semicircular curves G, from which the wires extend up wardly, as at H, the said portions H being parallel with the portions F, and the wires are then bent inwardly to form the horizontal portions I, which are on the same plane with the horizontal portions E. The arms of the wire 40 meet at the curve A, and are then bent at right angles and extended outwardly and twisted together, so as to form the handle K, in the rear end of which is formed an eye, L.

From the foregoing description it will be 15 readily understood that the portions Ο, E, F, Η, Ε, I, and A form an open rack, which is adapted to receive and retain the slice of bread to be toasted when the same is presented to the fire. If preferred, the curved portion A 50 may be secured to the outer end of the handle by means of a wire, M, in order to more firmly brace the rack and retain it in the correct shape and position.