IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR HEATING CURLINGS TONGS
Year: 1884

page_text: I JOHN JAMES ROYLE of 27 and 29 King Street West, Manchester in the
County of Lancaster Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said
invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR HEATING CURLINGS
TONGS," to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is the construction of a simple and inexpensive
apparatus for heating curling tongs capable of being readily attached to any
existing Gas Bracket, Pendant, Chandalier or other gas fitting. In carrying out my
invention I prefer to employ a pendulous tube connected to the burner of the gas
fitting by a union joint for which Letters Patent N° 2350 were granted to me on
the 18th day of June A.D. 1879 or any other suitable union. To the pendulous
tube thus attached I connect a bracket or other convenient device for supporting
the tongs to be heated over a gas flame arranged at the lower end of the tube.
This gas flame I prefer to be of the ordinary illuminating kind but a "Bunsen"
burner may be used if desired. A convenient form of holder or support for the
tongs I have found to be a tube closed at one end and open at the one end and
open at the other for the reception of the tongs. This tube is arranged over the
gas flame which heats the tube and the tongs supported thereby.
A modification of my invention could be arranged by carrying the tube or other
support for the tongs on a ring or other device capable of being attached to the
ordinary "gallery" of a gas bracket or other gas fitting and using the ordinary
illuminating flame and burner as the heating medium.

page_text: Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Heating Curling.
Tongs.
I, JOHN JAMES ROYLE, of 27 and 29 King Street West, Manchester in the
County of Lancaster, Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my
invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR HEATING CURLING
TONGS," and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The object of this invention is the construction of a simple and inexpensive
apparatus for heating curling tongs capable of being readily attached to any
existing Gas Bracket, Pendant, Chandilier, or other gas fitting. And in order that
this my said invention may be the more readily understood and carried into
practical effect I have hereunto annexed a sheet of drawings illustrative of my
improvements and will now proceed to describe the same with the assistance of the
various Figures and letters of reference marked thereon.
Fig. 1 represents a side sectional view of my improved curling tongs heating
apparatus. In carrying out my invention I prefer to employ a pendulous tube A
connected to the burner of the gas fitting by a union joint B for which Letters
Patent No 2350 were granted to me on the 13th day of June 1879 A.D, or any
other suitable union. To the pendulous tube A thus attached I connect a bracket
or other convenient device for supporting the tongs to be heated over a gas flame C
arranged at the lower end of the tube. This gas flame I prefer to be of the
ordinary illuminating kind as illustrated but a "Bunsen" burner may be used if
desired A convenient form of holder or support for the curling tongs D is a
tube E closed at one end and open at the other for the reception of the said tongs.
This tube E serves as the support for the tongs and which are thereby kept
perfectly clean whilst being heated by the gas flame. A modification of my
invention could be arranged by carrying the tube or other support for the tongs
on a ring or other device capable of being attached to the ordinary gallery of a gas
bracket or other gas fitting and using the ordinary illuminating flame and burner
as the heating medium. This modification is illustrated by Figs. 2 and 3 repre-
senting a plan and front view respectively-the tube E in this case being supported
upon the wires Farranged, at their base in a ring form as seen more clearly in
Fig. 2 and which ring is carried by the ordinary gallery G of the gas fitting. It
will be also apparent that the same tube for supporting the curling tongs could be
constructed of a coil of wire open at both ends as illustrated by letter H in Fig. 4
and the lower extremity of the wires terminating in a split spring clip I capable of
grasping the burner J. I wish it to be understood that I do not confine myself
to the precise details hereinbefore described and illustrated on the accompanying
drawing as it will be obvious that there are various other modes of supporting the
tube for containing the curling tongs over the gas flame without departing from
my invention.
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page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1st The general construction and arrangement of apparatus for heating curling
tongs substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated on the accompanying
drawing.
2nd The employment of a tube or its equivalent as a means of supporting curling
tongs over the flame of a gas burner substantially as and for the purposes
hereinbefore described.