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  2. Charles Strite - Wikipedia

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    Charles Perkins [1] Strite (February 27, 1878 – October 18, 1956) [2] was an American inventor known for inventing the pop-up toaster. He received U.S. patent #1,394,450 on October 18, 1921 for the pop-up bread toaster. [3] Strite then formed the Waters Genter Company and made the pop-up toaster publicly available in 1926. [4]

  3. File:United States patent 1,394,450, "Bread-Toaster", 1921.pdf

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    "Bread-Toaster" filed 22 June 1920 and patented 18 October 1921. Serial number 390,706. ... Charles Strite’s pop-up bread toaster - United States patent #1,394,450.

  4. Toaster - Wikipedia

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    A toaster is a small electric appliance that uses radiant heat to brown sliced bread into toast, the color caused from the Maillard reaction.It typically consists of one or more slots into which bread is inserted, and heating elements, often made of nichrome wire, to generate heat and toast the bread to the desired level of crispiness.

  5. Alan MacMasters hoax - Wikipedia

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    After the lecture, Alan and his friends visited the toaster article on Wikipedia, where one of his friends, Alex, edited the article to replace the lecturer's friend's name with Alan MacMasters, claiming he invented the toaster in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1893. [1] [2] [3] A year later, Alex contemplated the extent to which he could escalate the ...

  6. Timeline of United States inventions (1890–1945) - Wikipedia

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    1919 Toaster (pop-up) The toaster is typically a small electric kitchen appliance designed to toast multiple types of bread products such as sliced bread, bagels, and English muffins. Although not the first to invent the toaster, the pop-up toaster was invented by Charles Strite in 1919, consisting of a variable timer and springs in order to ...

  7. Missouri woman found dead 5 months after mysteriously vanishing

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    A woman's remains were discovered in the woods in eastern Missouri, more than five months after she went missing, authorities said. Emily Strite, 33, was last seen in De Soto, a southeastern city ...

  8. Talk:Charles Strite - Wikipedia

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    I've also got more family info. and photos of one of the first toasters Charles made, and I'd like to add that info. to this article. Thanks and Cheers slc BingoReefer42 ( talk ) 06:00, 4 August 2024 (UTC) [ reply ]

  9. The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue - Wikipedia

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    Deanna Oliver as Toaster, an inspiring pop-up two-slice toaster who is the leader of the clan of small appliances. Toaster is lion-hearted, rational, kind, contemplative, and caring. Timothy Stack as Lampy, an easily impressed yet slightly cranky desktop gooseneck lamp. He is bright but tends to be ironically clueless, though he has a couple of ...