who inveted the toaster and why?

Answer 1

Toasting bread began as a method of prolonging the life of bread. It was very common activity in Roman times, 'tostum' is the latin word for scorching or burning. The first electric toaster was invented in 1893 in Great Britain by Crompton and Co (UK) and re-invented in 1909 in the United States. It only toasted one side of the bread at a time and it required a person to stand by and turn it off manually when the toast looked done. Charles Strite invented the modern timer, pop-up toaster in 1919.

Sliced Bread - Otto Frederick Rohwedder
Otto Frederick Rohwedder invented the bread slicer, which he started working on in 1912. At first, Rohwedder came up with the idea of a device that held the slices together with hat pins (not a success). In 1928, he designed a machine that sliced and wrapped the bread to prevent the sliced bread from going stale. Pre-sliced bread was popularized by Wonder Bread in 1930, helping to spread the toaster's popularity further.

The Toaster Museum
An unusual online museum dedicated to the toaster, lots of photos and historical information, read the 1900 to 1920 sections for the original inventors that are discussed. Main page.

Toaster Patents

Sandwich - John Montagu
John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718 -1792) was the originator of the name sandwich. John Montagu loved to eat beef between slices of toast. Eating his "sandwich" allowed the Earl to have one hand free for card playing.

According to Infoplease Encyclopedia, John Montagu was a British politician who served as secretary of state and first lord of the admiralty, and earned great unpopularity for his charges of obscenity against John Wilkes. He presided at the admiralty during the British defeats of the American Revolution. The Sandwich (Hawaiian) Islands were named after him by Capt. James Cook

Answer 2

The technology that makes electric toasters possible, a nichrome wire that can endure high heat for a long time, was developed by Albert Marsh in 1905. At least two other brands of toasters had been introduced commercially around the time GE submitted the first patent application for their model D-12 in 1909.

The pop-up toaster, which ejects the toast after toasting it, was patented by Charles Strite in 1919. In 1925, using a redesigned version of Strite's toaster, the Waters Genter Company introduced the Toastmaster, the first automatic pop-up, household toaster that could brown bread on both sides simultaneously, set the heating element on a timer, and eject the toast when finished.

More recent additions to toaster technology include the ability to toast frozen bread, automatic toast lowering with no lever to push, a single side heating mode to only toast the cut side of a bagel, wifi and bluetooth integration which allow the toaster to page users when the toast is ready, separate operation levers to allow users to toast either two or four slices, and reheating functions which allow toast to be warmed without being burned.

In 2001 Robin Southgate from Brunel University in England created a toaster that could toast a graphic of the weather prediction (limited to sunny or cloudy) onto a piece of toast. The toaster dials a pre-coded phone number to get the weather forecast

A toaster is a small electric kitchen appliance designed to toast bread, an act also known as 'making toast.' Prior to the development of the electric toaster, bread was sometimes toasted by placing it in a metal frame and holding it over a fire.

Answer 3

The first toaster was found in ancient Crete circa 1715 BC. The reason: break dried up fast in that climate.

Answer 4

Lester E. Popinjay. He was tired of burning his hand while holding a piece of bread over an open flame.

Answer 5

yoda , have you ever tried to feed that many jedi in training?he also made the pop tart for the same reason hhahahahahah

Answer 6

To toast bread and who cares?