Improvements in Holders for Heating Curling Irons.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 29th July, 1897-Accepted, 4th Sept., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Holders for Heating Curling Irons.
I, JACOB FULTON GATES, of No. 1 Frankstown Avenue, in the City of Pittsburg,
County of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Electrician, 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 follow-
ing statement:
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This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in Holders,
and may be more particularly designated as a Curling Iron Holder, and is adapted
to be attached to the top of a lamp chimney, gas jet globe, or the like, and receive
the curling irons while the same are being heated, and the invention aims to
provide a holder of this class that will by its peculiar construction, and arrange-
ment hold the irons at the proper angle to heat the same in the portion desired,
and at the same time effectually prevent the heat of the flame from coming in
contact with the handle of the curling irons, thus keeping the same cool at all
times, and to this end the invention consists in the novel construction, combina-
tion and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more specifically described and
particularly pointed out in the claims, and in describing the invention in detail,
reference is had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification
and wherein like letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several
views, in which:
Fig. 1, is a perspective view of my improved curling iron heater, showing
upper face of same.
Fig. 2, is a similar view, showing rear or underneath face.
Fig. 3, is a similar view showing the application of the heater to a gas jet globe.
Fig. 4, is a similar view showing the application to an ordinary lamp chimney.
To put my invention into practice, I form a holder a which receives the curling
irons and consists of the tube together with the shield b, formed integral there-
with, and having at the intersection of the tube and shield a clamp or hanger_c,
formed of a separate piece of metal or other material, and suitably secured to the
tube or shield, and preferably to the tube; 'the shield has secured at its top a
similar holder c¹², which may be used for handling the device. The tube is formed
after the sheet has been cut to the proper form by the die.
The rear holders c and c¹ are made of separate pieces of material and suitably
fastened to the shield b, and are bent so as to engage the lamp chimney or globe
and supports the holder at the rear end, the front end of said tube or holder being
closed, and attached to this front or forward end is a rod e, which is bent V shape
in form, and swiveled in a keeper f, on the holder or tube, the free ends of said
rod having hook ends g, g, which engage over the edge of the globe or chimney,
and thus form a hanger to support the forward end of the holder. The shield b,
is provided around the edge that is in close proximity to the holder, with a
flange b', which serves to deflect the heat and prevent same coming in contact
with the handle.
This hanger being longer than the support at the rear of the holder permits
the forward end of the holder to incline downwards towards the flame, and thus

page_text: bring the forward end of the curling irons into close proximity therewith, and by
the arrangement of the shield, the heat from 'the flame is prevented from coming
into contact with the curling iron handles, so that the same are retained cool
and easily handled at all times.
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I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the manner of forming
the holder and the shield of one piece of metal or other suitable material, as this
will depend somewhat upon the kind of material of which the holders may be
manufactured, yet I have found this the cheapest and simplest mode of forming
the same, and it will of course be further understood that the hangers may be
made of any form desired to suit any particular globe or chimney, and that other
changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from. the
general spirit of my invention.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1. In a holder of the type described, a tube and shield and hangers for sup
porting same from the top of a chimney or globe; substantially as shown and
described.
2. In a holder of the type described, a tube to receive the curling irons, a shield
attached to said tube and extending outwardly from its receiving end, and hangers
for supporting said tube and shield, substantially as shown and described.
3. In a holder of the type described, a tube having a closed and an open end,
a shield, and hangers for supporting said tube and shield, substantially as shown.
and described.
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4. In a holder of the type described, a tube and shield, a clamp or holder for
supporting the tube and shield at the rear, and a hanger of greater length for
supporting the tube at its forward end, substantially as shown and described.
5. In a holder of the type described, a tube having a closed and an open end,
a shield formed integral with said tube, a holder formed integral with said shield,.
and a hanger attached at or near the forward end of the tube to support the
same, substantially as shown and described.
6. A holder of the type described, consisting of a tube, a shield and a holder
formed of a single piece of metal or other suitable material, and a hanger attached
to the tube for supporting the one end of the same, substantially as shown and
described.
7. As a new article of manufacture, a holder, a shield, and means for supporting
the same from a lamp chimney or globe, substantially as shown and described.
8. A holder of the class described, consisting of a tube, a clamp or holder, said
tube and clamp or holder formed of a single piece of metal or other suitable
material, a pivoted hanger secured to the tube, and adapted to engage the chim-
ney or globe diametrically opposite to the clamp or holder, whereby said holder
may be applied to chimneys or globes of different sizes, substantially as shown
and described.
JACOB FULTON GATES,
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Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.