Levine v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1930
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cited by 1 later decisions
May 1934
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“This invention relates to means adapted to toast both sides of a plurality of slices of bread simultaneously and at the same time heat articles placed on the top plate of the toaster, and its object .is to provide a device of this character which shall have a maximum toasting effect, which can be cheaply constructed and which will not readily get out of order. * * * “This toaster is formed of a base and the parts connected thereto, an inner and two outer heating elements and the supports therefor, a toast carrier slidable on the base between the heating elements and a top plate which is preferably flat and formed with slots through which hot air may rise to heat utensils placed' thereon.””
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