An Improved Curling Tongs.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Jan., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Oct., 1891-Accepted, 21st Nov., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Curling Tongs.
I, HUGO SCHNEIDER of 64 Basinghall Street, London, E.C. Merchant do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A curling tongs usually consists of two principal parts, the rod and the half tube
which fits against it lengthwise, the hair receiving its curl by being pressed between
these parts when heated.
My invention consists in substituting for the solid rod, a hollow tube with closed
end inside which I introduce a solid rod as a heater.
A screw joint connects the heater to the tube when in use, or it may be attached
by a bayonet joint or in any other way preferred.
Instead of the tube being the part which works on a pivot joint formed on the
half tube, I arrange the half-tube to work on a pivot joint formed on the hollow
tube, thus reversing the position of parts.
By the foregoing improvements, I obtain the following advantages. The tongs
will keep longer hot, and as the exterior which comes into contact with the hair
will not be directly exposed to the heat or flame, it can be finished more carefully
or made of better material without sustaining injury.
The surface can for example be polished or nickel-plated so as to present a fine
and smootli surface, and will not require to be wiped before being used.
The invention is applicable to any form of curling tongs.
Dated this 92nd day of January 1891
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, London, E.C., Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Curling Tongs.
I, HUGO SCHNEIDER of 64 Basinghall Street, London, E.C., Merchant, 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 is designed to supply a curling tongs while always clean and fit
for use without wiping, is not liable to be overheated so as to injure the hair, and
which does not cool rapidly.
A curling tongs usually consists of two principal parts, namely the rod which
forms the heater, and the half tube which is hinged or pivotted so as to fit against.
it lengthwise. The hair receives its curl by being pressed between and wound
round these parts when heated.
In some cases the solid rod has been replaced by a hollow tube and a heated rod
inserted inside to avoid soiling or wetting the tube and so necessitating its being
wiped before use.
First,
This plan of an interior heater has not been a success for two reasons.
the heated rod lying more or less loosely inside the tube comes into contact with
one side of the tube and heats that side to excess. Second, the tube being open at
one or both ends the heat passes rapidly away.
My invention consists in forming a tongs with a closed tube in place of the rod,
and in fitting a heater to it in such a way that it can be readily taken out for
heating, and when inserted the heated rod does not come into contact with the
sides of the tube, there being a thin layer of heated air between them. The

page_text: tube is thus heated by hot air, and it is therefore heated uniformly over its external
surface.
When inserted in the tube for use, the, heater on one end of which is a wood
handle, is attached to the tube by a screw joint or bayonet joint or tight fitting
socket joint so as to exclude the cold air..
Instead of the tube being the part, as the rod usually is, which works on a pivot
joint formed on the half tube; prefer to arrange the tongs so that the half tube
works on a pivot joint formed on the hollow tube.
I will now describe the invention as set forth in the accompanying drawings, in
which
Fig. 1 shews the hollow tube a, and half tube b, without the heater c.
Fig. 2 shews the heater rod c with the handle d.
Fig. 3 shews the tongs complete.
e, is the socket attached to the tube a. f, is the shoulder which fits tightly inside
the socket e. g, is the closed end of the tube a.
By the foregoing improvements I obtain the following advantages. (1) The
tongs will keep longer hot. (2) They are more uniformly heated. (3) The tongs
not being heated externally require no wiping before use. (4) The article can be
made of better material and can be more highly finished without sustaining injury
in use.
The principle of construction is applicable to any form of curling tongs.
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 a curling tongs a detachable heater with a shoulder fitting tightly into a
socket attached to a tube with closed end, said heater not being in contact with
said tube in combination with the usual half tube pivotted thereon as herein
explained and set forth.
Dated this 22nd day of October 1891.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, London, E.C., Patent Agent.