Bacon toaster

Claim 1

IN A BACON TOASTER THE COMBINATION OF, A FRAME; A PAIR OF TOASTER PLATES HAVING FIRST EDGES HINGED TOGETHER AND HAVING SECOND EDGES OPPOSED TO SAID FIRST EDGES AND MOVABLE APART; HEATING MEANS FOR ONE OF SAID PLATES; LATCH MEANS COUPLED TO AND DISPOSED TO HOLD SAID SECOND EDGES TOGETHER AND TO THEREBY RETAIN BACON CLAMPED BETWEEN SAID PAIR OF PLATES; SAID PLATES PIVOTED ON SAID FRAME ABOUT A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL AXIS; SAID PLATES HAVING BACON ENGAGING SURFACES ADAPTED TO BE DISPOSED IN SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL OR HORIZONTAL POSITIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID PLATES ABOUT SAID HORIZONTAL AXIS; A SCREEN CARRIED BY SAID FRAME AND DISPOSED BELOW SAID PLATES; SAID LATCH MEANS BEING THERMOSTATICALLY RESPONSIVE TO A PREDETERMINED ELEVATED TEMPERATURE AND ADAPTED TO RELEASE SAID OPPOSITE EDGES FROM EACH OTHER AUTOMATICALLY TO DROP TOASTED BACON ON SAID SCREEN, SAID PLATES BEING IN A VERTICAL POSITION DURING TOASTING OF BACON THEREBETWEEN; AND MEANS TENDING TO CAUSE SAID PLATES TO SWING APART WHEN RELEASED BY SAID LATCH MEANS.