directly heated when the heating current is switched on the heating current is switched on by means of the timer shown for the desired toasting time as a result of the effect of the heat the spring 3 contracts and pulls the bread carrier 2 together with the bread which is to be toasted continuously into the toasting area after the toasting operation has ended the timer switches off the heating current for the spring 3 the spring 3 cools down moving continuously back into its original shape and returning the bread carrier to its original position in the embodiment shown in fig3 the memory spring 3 has a one way effect and the bread carrier 2 is returned to its original position by means of an energy store 6 in the form of a tension spring the tension spring 6 is fixed with one end in the toaster 1 and connected at its other end to a cable 4 the cable 4 is guided over a guide roller 5 and fixed to the bread carrier 2 the guide roller 5 is rotatably mounted in the toaster 1 the spring 3 which is directly heated via a timer contracts continuously when heated up and pulls the bread carrier 2 into the toasting area together with the bread to be toasted counter to the tensile force of the spring 6 when the toasting operation has ended the timer switches off the heating current for the spring 3 as well and the spring 3 cools down during the cooling process the spring 3 is continuously returned to its original shape by means of the biassed tension spring 6 and consequently the bread carrier.