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Did anyone else click the "someone patented toast" link and actually read the claims? It's for toasting bread at 2,500-4,500 degrees, with specialized infrared
by danshapiro 15y ago
Did anyone else click the "someone patented toast" link and actually read the claims? It's for toasting bread at 2,500-4,500 degrees, with specialized infrared ovens.
- joshmaker 15y agohttp://home.howstuffworks.com/toaster1.htm http://home.howstuffworks.com/toaster1.htm
- cma 15y ago2500-4500 degrees sounds impressive, I can't believe how NPR manipulated me! Wait... http://www.vendian.org/mncharity/dir3/blackbody/ http://www.vendian.org/mncharity/dir3/blackbody/ Pretty sure a standard household toaster is well into that range.
- joejohnson 15y ago"specialized infrared ovens" That's cute. Toasters, you mean? Toasters work by heating a coil to somewhere in that range (2.5k - 4.5k degrees), and then the radiation from the coils toasts the bread.
- VMG 15y agoI have read somewhere that patent description are often deceitful. The abstract can be intentionally misleading and the wording in your case seems to be too.