Charles P. Strite was an American inventor.
Strite was born in
Minneapolis, MinnesotaMinneapolis is the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Hennepin County. The city lies on both banks of the Mississippi River, just north of the river's confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Saint Paul, the state's capital. Known as the Twin Cities,...
. He received U.S. patent #1,394,450 on October 18, 1921 for the pop-up bread
toasterThe toaster is typically a small electric kitchen appliance designed to toast multiple types of bread products. A typical modern two-slice toaster draws anywhere between 600 and 1200 W and makes toast in 1 to 3 minutes...
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In 1919, using a redesigned version of Strite's toaster, the Waters-Genter Company of Minneapolis began to market the first household toaster—called the Toastmaster—that could brown bread on both sides simultaneously, set the heating element on a timer, and eject the toast when finished.
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Charles P. Strite was an American inventor.
Strite was born in
Minneapolis, MinnesotaMinneapolis is the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Hennepin County. The city lies on both banks of the Mississippi River, just north of the river's confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Saint Paul, the state's capital. Known as the Twin Cities,...
. He received U.S. patent #1,394,450 on October 18, 1921 for the pop-up bread
toasterThe toaster is typically a small electric kitchen appliance designed to toast multiple types of bread products. A typical modern two-slice toaster draws anywhere between 600 and 1200 W and makes toast in 1 to 3 minutes...
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Commercial toaster production
In 1919, using a redesigned version of Strite's toaster, the Waters-Genter Company of Minneapolis began to market the first household toaster—called the Toastmaster—that could brown bread on both sides simultaneously, set the heating element on a timer, and eject the toast when finished. By 1920, Charles Strite's Toastmaster was available to the public and was a huge success.
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