Electric toaster heating unit

Claim 1

IN AN ELECTRIC TOASTER HAVING A TOASTING CHAMBER AND A HEATING UNIT POSITIONED ADJACENT THE TOASTING CHAMBER IN HEAT TRANSFER RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CHAMBER, A SAID HEATING UNIT FORMING A WALL OF SAID CHAMBER AND COMPRISING AN ELONGATED SUPPORT STRIP OF HEAT AND ELECTRICALLY INSULATING MATERIAL, A RELATIVELY STIFF RESISTANCE HEATING WIRE FORMED INTO A SINUOUS SERIES OF LOOPS THE MAJOR PORTION OF WHICH LOOPS ARE DISPOSED IN A PLANE SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO AND A FIXED PREDETERMINED DISTANCE FROM THE TOASTING CHAMBER, A PLURALITY OF METALLIC EYELETS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID SUPPORT STRIP AT SPACED INTERVALS TO SECURE ONE END OF EACH LOOP TO SAID STRIP WITH THE MAJOR PORTIONS OF SAID LOOPS EXTENDING AWAY FROM THE STRIP, AND MEANS SUPPORTING SAID LOOPS AT THE OPPOSITE END THEREOF AT A FIXED PREDETERMINED DISTANCE FROM THE TOASTING CHAMBER WHILE PERMITTING SAID HEATER WIRE TO EXPAND PRIMARILY ONLY IN A PLANE PARALLEL TO THE TOASTING CHAMBER WHEN HEATED.