Improvements in and relating to Tongs.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 30th May, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 28th Feb., 1894-Accepted, 31st Mar., 1894
Improvements in and relating to Tongs.
I, EDGAR HOWARD TYE, of 20 Hamstead Road, Handsworth, in the County of
Stafford, Modeller and Designer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved construction of tongs suitable for all
purposes to which such an implement is put.
According to my invention I extend each of the shafts or members forming the
tongs past the point at which they are fulcrated to one another, and cross the said
extensions which form short levers and constitute the handle of the tongs, the
central part to which the shafts or members forming the tongs are fulcrated, and
which usually forms the handle, serves merely as an ornament and may if desired
be dispensed with.
The tongs are closed by grasping the levers forming the handle and are opened
by means of a spring acting between the shafts or members. This spring preferably
takes the form of a crescent-shaped plate carried by the central part of the tongs
and acting against the shafts or members thereof.
To keep the tong closed when not in use a small book or its equivalent is
fulcrated to one of the shafts or members and is adapted to automatically engage
with, and become disengaged from, a hook or its equivalent carried by the other
shaft or member according to the position in which the tongs are held.
Dated this 30th day of May 1893.
ROBT. ED. PHILLIPS, M.I.M.E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in and relating to Tongs.
I, EDGAR HOWARD TYE, of 20 Hamstead Road, Handsworth, in the County of
Stafford, Modeller and Designer, 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 :-
My invention relates to an improved construction of tongs suitable for all purposes
to which such an implement is put.
In the accompanying drawing which illustrates the construction of my improved
tongs,
Figure 1 is a view of the tongs closed,
Figure 2 is a view of the tongs open, and
Figure 3 is a broken view in transverse section-on an enlarged scale-through
the hinge of the tongs.
Throughout the views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.
The two shafts or limbs A, A, forming the tongs are extended past the point r
at which they are pivotted to one another and are crossed to form short levers B, B,
constituting the handle of the tongs, the central part C to which the shafts or
limbs A, A, are fulcrated and which usually forms the handle serves merely as an
ornament and may if desired be dispensed with.
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page_text: The tongs are closed by grasping the levers B, B, forming the handle and are
opened by means of a spring acting between the shafts or limbs A, A. This spring
may take the form of a crescent-shaped plate D carried by the central part C of
the tongs and adapted to act against the shafts or limbs thereof as shown in dotted
lines by Figure 1, but I prefer to use a coiled spring D enclosed in the eyes of the
shafts or limbs A, A, one end of the said spring being fixed to one shaft or limb,
and the other end of the spring being fixed to the other shaft or limb, as shown by
Figure 3.
To keep the shafts or limbs of the tongs closed when not in use, a small hook E
or its equivalent is pivotted to one of the shafts or limbs and is adapted to
automatically engage with or become disengaged from an eye F or its equivalent,
carried by the other shaft or limb, according to the position in which the tongs
are held.
I wish it to be particularly understood that I do not limit myself to the precise
details of construction hereinbefore described and illustrated by the accompanying
drawing, but that I hold myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations
as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.
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. The respective combination of parts substantially as herein before respectively
described and illustrated by the accompanying drawing forming my new and
improved tongs.
2. In tongs the combination with the limbs A, A; of
the said limbs forming levers B, B; of the spring D;
eye F, all combined arranged and adapted to operate, as
forth.
the crossed extensions of
and of the hook E and
and for the purpose set
3. In tongs the combination with the limbs A, A; of the crossed extensions of
the said limbs forming levers B, B; of the centre part C; of the spring D, and of
the hook E and eye F, all combined arranged and adapted to operate as and for the
purpose set forth."
Dated this 28th day of February 1894.
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, M.I.M.E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.