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The Invention of the Toaster
The first toaster was made by Frank Shailor of General Electric. This toaster included high-sided baskets for holding the bread and when you wanted to remove the toast it was difficult because of the hot toaster. This toaster inclurded a ceramic base. http://www.toaster.org/1900.php http://www.toaster.org/patent.html -
The Pop-up Toaster
Charles Strite noticed the burned toast and decided to add springs and a timer. These helped the toaster by allowing the cook to not have to constantly check on the toast to make sure it didn't burn. http://www.overstock.com/guides/history-of-the-toaster -
Four new slots
The Estate Stove Company instituted four new slots in the toaster. This allowed for much more bread to be toasted at a time. http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Toaster.aspx -
Addition of Pre-sliced Bread
Companies started to make pre-sliced bread which made toasting the toast much faster and sky rocketed the sales of toasters. http://www.overstock.com/guides/history-of-the-toaster -
More Home Friendly
Toasters these days now included different styles that were more appropriate for the home. http://www.overstock.com/guides/history-of-the-toaster -
Wider 2-slicer Toaster
This toaster was much wider and allowed bigger slices of bread and even bagels. It even had a heat resistiant plastic which helped make it more economical. http://www.overstock.com/guides/history-of-the-toaster -
Toasters Today
Toasters today now include all kinds of numbers of slicers and all kinds of colors to accommodate for all kinds of home living and match your kitchen decor http://www.overstock.com/guides/history-of-the-toaster.
