Improvement in 10.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Aug., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 4th May, 1894-Accepted, 9th June, 1894
Improvement in
10.
THOMAS CUMMINGS Manufacturer and General Toolmaker 126 Great Charles
Street Birmingham do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
My improvement relates to curling tongs where the spring is fastened between
the tube or wire rod and the handle and riveted or screwed on the under side or
hollow part of the curling tongs I propose to form a flat impression a little way
up the hollow part of the tongs for the spring to fit in and at the end of the
impression to make a small slot for the spring to go through and loop on the
outside. The spring to be bent at the end to fit in the slot and loop on the outside
of the curling tongs.
Dated this 4th day of August 1893.
THOMAS CUMMINGS.
COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Curling Tongs.
I, THOMAS CUMMINGS, of 126, Grent Charles Street, in the City of
Birmingham, Manufacturer and General Tool Maker, 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 curling tongs of that kind in which the spring is fastened
between the tubular or wire rod part on which the hair is to be curled and the
handle of the same and is fixed to the underside or hollow part of the limb which
holds the ends of the hair against the tube or wire rod in starting the curl.
Heretofore the said spring has usually been fixed to the hollow limb of the curling
tongs by means of a rivet or screw both of which are objectionable as being
comparatively expensive and not forming a reliable connection of the spring to the
said hollow limb. By my invention I am enabled to fix the said spring to the
hollow limb without employing any screw or rivet and in a more firm and
substantial manner than heretofore.
I will describe my invention by referring to the accompanying drawing on which
Fig. 1 is a side elevation and Fig. 2 is a plan of a curling tongs with its spring
fixed to the hollow limb in accordance with this invention the curling tongs being
shewn open ready for the insertion of the ends of the hair to be curled. Fig. 3 is
a sectional elevation of the same; Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation and Fig. 5 is a
plan of the spring of the said curling tongs and part of the tubular limb on an
enlarged scale so as to more clearly shew the method of connecting the spring to
the said hollow limb; Fig. 5* is a cross section on line X X of Fig. 5; Fig. 6 is
a sectional elevation and Fig. 7 is a plan of the same spring and portion of the
hollow limb of the curling tongs but with the spring fixed to the said hollow limb
in a slightly different manner to that shewn in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the
figures of the drawing.
A is the tubular or wire rod part of the curling tongs and B is the hollow limb
of the same.
D is the flat steel spring which is fixed to the limb B and lies against
the tube or wire rod A and is there secured in place by fitting between the tube or

page_text: wire rod A and the inside of the handle E. The hollow limb B is raised in the
usual well known manner for the insertion of the ends of the hair by pressing on
the tail piece of the limb B as shewn in Fig. 1 which has the effect of bending
the spring D and then when the tail piece b' is released the spring D brings the
hollow limb B parallel with the tube or rod A so as to hold the ends of the hair to
be curled.
According to this invention I fix the spring D to the hollow limb B as follows:-
I form a flat impression at the part 2 a little way up the hollow part of the limb B
of the tongs for the spring D to fit in (see Fig. 5) so as to prevent the limb B
rocking sideways on the spring D, and at the end of this impression ² I make a
small slot through which the end d¹ of the spring D is passed and then bent down
on to the outside of the limb B thus securely fixing the spring D to the limb Bas
shewn. The end d' of the spring D can either be bent forward towards the front end
of the curling tongs as shewn in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, or this end d¹ may as shewn in
Figs. 6 and 7 be bent backwards towards the handle end, in either case firmly
securing the spring D to the looped limb B.
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:-
In curling tongs of the kind herein referred to the herein described improved
method of securing the spring to the hollow limb, consisting in the spring fitting
against the underside of the hollow limb and the end of the spring being passed
through a slot in the hollow limb and bent down on the outside of the same
substantially as herein before set forth and illustrated by the accompanying
drawing.
Dated this 3rd day of May 1894
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.