Introducing Charles Strite

Charles Strite was an American inventor who designed the first ever pop up toaster. It had heating elements that could toast both sides of the bread at the same time. A clockwork timer turned off the electricity and at the same time released a spring which ejected the toast. In 1919 Charles Strite applied for a patent for the first automatic pop up toaster; which was intended to be sold to the restaurant trade. In 1921 Waters Genter company was formed to manufacture Strite's toaster and market it to restaurants.  The first pop up toaster was called "The Toastmaster". Before this invention toast was a tedious task of watching to make sure the bread would not burn. But ever since 1926 we have had the luxury of a toaster with a built in thermostat that regulates the toasting process.