Toaster

What is toaster?
 A device that is used to make a toast

A toaster is an electric small

appliance designed to expose various types
of sliced bread to radiant heat, browning
the bread so it becomes toast. (Source:
Wikipedia.org)
How does it works?
1. It use radiation to heat some piece of bread.
2. The coil inside is producing infrared radiation. When
electricity flows through the wires, the energy is transferred
from one end of the wire to another, and thus produces
infrared radiations.
3. The radiation from the coil gently dries the surface of the
bread
What happen inside
1. Electrical energy flows into the toaster from a wire plugged
into the domestic electricity supply.
2. The electric current flows through a series of thin filaments
connected together but spaced widely enough apart to toast
the whole bread surface.
3. The filaments are so thin that they glow red hot when the
electricity flows through them.
4. Like a series of small radiators, the filaments beam heat
toward the bread in the toaster.
5. The steady supply of heat rapidly cooks the bread. There are
filaments on each wall of the toaster so the two sides of the
bread cook at the same time.
 How Does Toaster know
When To Switch Them Off?
1. Timer
2. Thermostats - It is a mechanical, electrical, or electronic
device that switches an electric circuit on or off to keep
something at a constant temperature. A bimetal-strip
thermostat is fit very close to a toaster’s heating element.
It will heat up as the bread cooks and the metals will
expand by the different amounts, so the thermostat will
gradually bend into a curve. When the right temperature
is reached, it will bend enough to snap open and switch
off the toaster’s heating element.
3. Pop-up - When timers and thermostat switch off a
toaster, they generally release a spring that pops up the
metal cage holding your toast. It is safer to get your
toast once it is popped up as the inner part of it would
be too hot.