Electric toaster

Claim 1

AN ELECTRIC TOASTER COMPRISING (1) A CASING HAVING AN UPPER INLET OPENING FOR THE LOADING OF SLICES OF BREAD INTO SAID TOASTER AND A LOWER OUTLET OPENING FOR THE WITHDRAWING OF SLICES OF TOAST FROM SAID TOASTER, (2) A PLURALITY OF HEATING ELEMENTS WITHIN SAID CASING IN SUCH SPACE RELATION ONE WITH ANOTHER TO ACCOMMODATE SLICES OF BREAD IN VERTICAL ORIENTATION BETWEEN ADJACENT ELEMENTS, SAID SLICES BEING LOADED BETWEEN SAID ELEMENTS THROUGH THE INLET OPENING IN SAID CASING, (3) A BOTTOM COVER PLATE FOR SAID HEATING ELEMENTS, SAID PLATE BEING SIDEWISEDLY SHIFRABLY MOUNTED WITHIN SAID CASING AND FURTHER BEING CHARACTERIZED BY A PLURALITY OF SLOTTED REGIONS SEPARATED BY A PLURALITY OF SLAT PORTIONS, SAID SLAT PORTIONS BEING DISPOSED TO SUPPORT SLICES OF BREAD IN TOASTING POSITION BETWEEN SAID HEATING ELEMENTS IN ONE POSITION OF SIDEWISE SHIFTING OF SAID BOTTOM COVER PLATE AND SAID SLOTTED REGIONS BEING DISPOSED TO ALLOW SLICES OF TOAST TO DROP THROUGH THEM FROM BETWEEN SAID HEATING ELEMENTS TOWARD THE OUTLET OPENING IN SAID CASING IN ANOTHER POSITION OF SIDEWISE SHIFTING OF SAID BOTTOM COVER PLATE, (4) A PAIR OF PIVOTALLY MOUNTED BELL CRANK LEVER MEANS, EACH OF SAID BELL CRANK LEVER MEANS HAVING AN ARM CONNECTED TO A RESPECTIVE END OF SAID BOTTOM COVER PLATE, (5) SPRING BIASING MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID CASING AND ONE OF SAID PAIR OF BELL CRANK LEVER MEANS, AND (6) MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID CASING AND THE OTHER OF SAID PAIR OF BELL CRANK MEANS FOR SIDEWISEDLY SHIFTING SAID BOTTOM COVER PLATE AGAINST THE FORCE OF SAID SPRING BIASING MEANS INTO SAID ANOTHER POSITION OF SIDEWISE SHIFTING.