Improved Tongs for Pickles, Sugar, or the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Nov., 1899-Accepted, 9th Dec., 1899
COME HELD DEVITICATION.
Improved Tongs for Pickles, Sugar, or the like.
I, JOHN EDWARD FAIRMAN, of 43, Loddiges Road, Hackney, in the County
of London, Engineer, 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 present invention embraces improvements in the tongs for pickles, or the
like, described in Patent No 21663 gianted to me on the 14th November 1895.
Such improvements consist essentially of the construction of such tongs with
the legs proper rigid, or nearly so, and connected together by a spring portion,
whilst the operating rod is dispensed with, when desired, and the ring otherwise
on the end of this only retained
The accompanying diawings will make my improvements more readily under-
stood, and by the aid of such I will therefore describe same.
Of these diawings, Fig 1 is a fiont view and Fig 2 a side view of the improved
form of tongs, but in which the operating 1od is retained, whilst Figs 3 and 4
are a front and side view of the ends of similar tongs, but with the operating
rod dispensed with and the ring only retained
As illustrated, the tongs, independently of the operating rod and ring, are
made of a single length of wie bent to form the connecting sping portion a,
then to form the two handle portions in which the wire 18 doubled, and the
doubled portion preferably rendered rigid by chips c on the like, and then the ends
ale caused to cross, and are bent to form the gipping portion d
Such tongs are operated by a ring e embracing the ends where they cross and
canied by a 1od f, which works though the spung portion a and the bent
ends of the handle portions b, or they may be operated simply by means of the
handle portions b, in which case the 10df may be dispensed with, but the ring e
retained to prevent the deflection of the portions d, or the 1od may be utilised
simply to limut the movement of the ring
When desired, the tongs may be made of two or more separate parts, and of
sheet metal, or otherwise, without departing from the principal features involved
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same 18 to be performed, I declare that what
I claim 18.
(1) Tongs for pickles and the like having one handle portion and leg connected
to the second handle portion and leg by a spring connection and having the legs
arranged to cross one another and a ing on the end of an operating 1od adapted
to slide on such legs substantially as described and illustrated by the accompany-
ing diawings
(2) Tongs for pickles and the like having one handle portion and leg connected
to the second handle portion and leg by a spring connection, and having the legs
arranged to cross one another, and a ing adapted to slide on such leg substantially
as and for the purpose described by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 27th day of October 1899.
CASTLE SMITH,
"Invention" Office, Mitre Court, Fleet Street, London, E C.,
Agent for the Applicant.