Electric oven toaster

Claim 1

An electric oven-toaster adapted for toasting a slice of bread, comprising: a housing enclosing a heating chamber, said housing having a front wall; a glass window, which can be freely opened and closed, forming part of said front wall of said housing; food holding means disposed horizontally within said heating chamber; heating means disposed within said heating chamber for generating infrared rays, said heating means being parallel with both the inner surface of said glass window and said food holding means; a metal holding reflecting plate disposed within said heating chamber and bent in a manner to surround said heating means and said food holding means to reflect said infrared rays generated by said heating means such that said reflected infrared rays are substantially uniformly distributed on said food holding means; and an infrared reflective film of metal oxide formed on the entire inner surface of said glass window; said glass window being positioned in a manner to provide a predetermined free space between the side edge of said food holding means on the side of said glass window and the lower edge of said glass window and being inclined in a manner to reflect said infrared rays toward said free space and said food holding means.