Year: 1894

page_text: I, LEOPOLD MYERS, of Charlotte Street Steel Pen Works, Charlotte Street,
in the City of Birmingham, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of the hereindescribed improved hair curling tongs which
are constructed to fold for carrying in the pocket and the parts are so arranged that
the curling tongs can be sold at a low price.
In carrying out my invention I provide a compound curling bar consisting of
two limbs namely a round tubular or solid limb and a hollow trough section limb
between which two limbs the ends of the hair to be curled are held as usual.
These two limbs of the curling bar are connected together at one end by a cross
pin which also connects them to the handle part. The handle part consists of a
strip of steel or other suitable metal of about twice the length of the handle which
strip is bent centrally thus forming two spring prongs between which the said
curling bar is situated and secured by the cross pin above mentioned; this cross
pin passing through the prongs at a short distance from their outer ends. The
said prongs are continued for some little distance beyond the cross pin and they
are there formed with inward projections which engage in corresponding holes in
the curling bar, or the prongs are otherwise arranged, so as to clip and hold the
compound curling bar when extended from the handle part ready for use.
When the curling tongs above described are folded for carrying in the pocket,
the compound curling bar is turned about its joint pin and folded between the two
prongs of the handle where it is maintained by the shape of the prongs which are by
preference slightly hollow. To open the curling tongs ready for use the compound
curling bar has to be turned about its joint pin and project outwardly in a line with
the handle where the compound curling bar will be held by the fore parts of the
prongs clipping and engaging with the two parts of the curling bar as stated above.
By slightly squeezing the two prongs of the handle together the ends of the
curling bar nearer to the joint pin are moved nearer together causing the two
parts of the curling bar to open out from one another so that the ends of the hair
to be curled can be inserted between them; then when the pressure on the two
prongs of the handle has been released the resiliency of the spring handle causes
the two parts of the curling bar to close together and clip the hair between them
so that by turning the curling tongs the hair will be curled upon the curling bar in
the usual way.
Dated this 7th day of November 1894
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I, LEOPOLD MYERS, of Charlotte Street Steel Pen Works, Charlotte Street,
in the City of Birmingham, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention consists of the hereindescribed improved hair curling tongs
which are constructed to fold for carrying in the pocket and the parts are so
arranged that the curling tongs can be sold at a low price.
I will describe my invention by referring to the accompanying drawings on
which
Fig. 1 is a side elevation and Fig. 2 is a plan of a hair curling tongs constructed
according to this invention the tongs being shewn open ready for use;
Fig. 3 shews.how the two.limbs of the curling tongs are separated for inserting
the hair between them; Eig. 4 shews the same curling tongs folded for the
pocket;
Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view of the curling tongs on line X X of Fig. 4;
and
Figs. 16 and 7 shew the two limbs of the curling tongs separately.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.
In carrying out my invention I provide a compound curlingsbar .consisting of two
limbs namely a round tubular or solid limb A. and a hollow trough section limb B
between which two limbs the ends of the hair to be curled are held as usual.
These two limbs A and B of the curling bar are connected together at a short
distance from one end by the cross pin Cwhich passes through the holes a² b² in
the limbs A B and also connects them to the handle part D by passing through
The handle
the holes de d' therein and the ends of the pin C being rivetted over.
part D consists of a strip of steel or other suitable metal of about twice the
length of the handle which strip is bent centrally at d thus forming two spring
prongs d² d between which the two limbs A and B of the curling bar are situated
and secured by the cross pin C above mentioned; this cross pin passing through
the prongs d² d³ at a short distance from their outer ends. The prongs d² d³ are
continued at d4 d5 for some little distance beyond the cross pin C and they are
there formed and shaped so as to clip and hold the compound curling bar A B when
extended from the handle part ready for use as in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.
portions a¹¹ of the limbs A B which are within the prongs d² d³ of the handle
are cut off in an inclined direction as shewn so as to permit of the limbs being
opened apart as shewn in Fig. 3, the trough section limb B turning on the part a
of the limb A (see Fig. 7) as a fulcrum.
The end
When the curling tongs above described are folded for carrying in the pocket as
in Figs. 4 and 5 the compound curling bar A B is turned about its joint pin C and
folded between the two prongs d2 d³ of the handle. (see Figs. 4 and 5) where the
curling bar A B is maintained by the shape of the prongs d² d³ which are by
preference made slightly hollow or trough-shaped as shewn so as to hold the curling
bar A B when folded 'between them. To open the curling tongs ready for use the
compound curling bar A B has to be turned about its joint pin C until the curling
bar projects outwardly in a line with the handle D as in Figs. 1 and 2.
compound curling bar will be held in this position by the fore parts d' d' of the
prongs d² d³ clipping and engaging with the two parts A and B of the curling bar
as stated above and as shewn in Figs. 1 and 2. By slightly squeezing the two
prongs d2 d³ of the handle D together, the ends a¹ b₁ of the curling bar nearer to
the joint pin C are acted upon by the prongs d² d³ and moved nearer together
The

page_text: causing the two parts A B of the curling bar to open out from one another as
shewn in Fig. 3 on the part a³ as a fulcrum so that the ends of the hair to be curled
can be inserted between them; then when the pressure on the two prongs d³ d³ of
the handle has been released, the resiliency of the spring handle causes the two
prongs d³d to resume their normal position as in Figs. 1 and 2 and the ends d' d'
act upon the two parts A and B of the curling bar and close them together and
clip the hair between them so that by turning the curling tongs the hair will be
curled upon the curling bar A B in the usual way. The curling tongs can readily
be released and removed from the curl by first squeezing the two prongs d² d³ of
the handle together so as to open the curling bar as above described and shewn
by Fig. 3.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In a curling tongs the combination, with the two limbs such as A and B
forming the compound curling bar, of a two pronged spring handle between the
prongs of which the curling bar is jointed so as to either turn and lie between the
prongs or turn outwardly therefrom, the said prongs being so formed and combined
with the curling bar as to clip and hold the two parts of the curling bar together
when the curling bar is extended and so as to act upon and open the two parts of
the curling bar from each other when the two prongs are squeezed together, all
substantially as herein set forth and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
2. The construction combination and arrangement of parts constituting the
improved hair curling tongs herein before described and illustrated by the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 26th day of July 1895.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.