IMPROVEMENTS IN SUGAR TONGS AND OTHER TONGS FOR TABLE USE
Year: 1885

page_text: We CHARLES PRIESTLAND of 136 Witton Lane, Aston, near Birmingham in the
County of Warwick, Press Tool Maker, and FRANCIS WILLIAM GREEN Senior
of 301 Nechells Park Road, Nechells, Birmingham in the County of Warwick,
Carpenter, do hereby declare the nature of our invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
SUGAR TONGS AND OTHER TONGS FOR TABLE USE to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is simplicity.& economy of production, besides which,
the part that grips the sugar &c being in the form of a ring an improvement on
the ordinary spoon shaped extremities.
It consists chiefly in making the said tongs out of a single piece of wire
preferably round in section the said piece of wire being bent round in the centre
to form the bow, and also bent at each of the two extremities to form the loops,
which act in the place of the usual spoon shaped ends.
In the accompanying drawings Figs. 1. 2. 3. 4 & 5 represent two pairs of our
rough experimental tongs, as at present made and which we find to answer very
well. Fig. 1 being a front elevation Fig. 2 a profile & Fig. 3 a section of the
larger pair. Fig. 4 a front elevation & Fig. 5 a profile of the smaller pair. .
We prevent the fingers & thumb from slipping off the tongs either by widening
out the sides as shown at A fig. 2 & B. Fig. 3, or by bending the wire in a
corrugated or other suitable shape as shewn at Fig. 5, both of which processes
serve also to strengthen the wire.
We propose to vary the shape of the extremities making some oval shaped, as
shewn at C fig. 2 & some spoon shaped in outline as shewn at D Fig 5
In some
cases we may leave the gripping surface rough in order to prevent the sugar from
slipping.
In some cases where a small wire is used in order to form a proper spring we
flatten the back of the bow, as shewn at E Fig. 4.
Although our rough experimental tongs are of the shapes as indicated on the
drawings we do not limit ourselves to any particular shape as we are aware that
they may be made in a very great variety of shapes & patterns, without altering
the principle of the invention,
Dated th: onih
L. 1002

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Sugar Tongs and other Tongs for Table Use.
We CHARLES PRIESTLAND of 136 Witton Lane Aston near Birmingham in the
County of Warwick, Press Tool Maker, and FRANCIS WILLIAM GREEN Senior
of 301 Nechells Park Road, Nechells, Birmingham in the County of Warwick,
Carpenter do hereby declare the nature of our invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
SUGAR TONGS AND OTHER TONGS FOR TABLE USE 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 in making the said tongs out of a single piece of wire
and has for its object, simplicity and economy of production.
We proceed to carry this invention into practice in the following manner.
We take a single piece of wire of any suitable section and bend the same round
in the centre to form the bow or spring. We then bend the two extremities of the
wire into the form of rings or loops which act in the place of the usual spoon
shaped ends. The gripping surfaces may if necessary be roughened in order to take
a firmer hold of the lump of sugar or other article. To improve the spring of the
tongs we may if necessary flatten the wire in the middle part which forms the bow
or spring. In order to prevent the fingers from slipping off and also to impart a
substantial and ornamental appearance to the tongs, the wire may be twisted or
corrugated.
Our invention will be better understood by referring to the drawings accompanying
our provisional specification.
Figs. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5 represent our rough experimental tongs as at present made
Fig. 1 being a front elevation and Fig. 2 a profile of the larger pair. Fig. 4 a front
elevation and Fig. 5 a profile of the smaller pair. E Fig. 4 represents the bow or
spring of the tongs, and the loops or holding parts of the tongs are represented
at C Fig. 2 and D Fig. 5. ·
We do not confine our invention to any particular shape or design as it will be
seen at once that tongs could be made in a variety of shapes without departing
from the principle of the invention.
Having now particularly described the nature of our invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is
Sugar Tongs and other Tongs for table use manufactured from a single piece of
wire substantially as set forth.
Dated this 20th dow of Contomban 1006