An Improvement in Curling Tongs or Irons.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Sept., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 17th June, 1890-Accepted, 19th July, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by SAMUEL HAWKRIDGE, of Stevens Institute of
Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, United States of America, Manufacturer.]
An Improvement in Curling Tongs or Irons.
I, JOSEPH HAWKRIDGE of No. 7 Gloucester Villas, Venner Road, Sydenham in the
County of Kent, Assistant Secretary do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows :-
This invention relates to curling irons or tongs such that there is no need for a
lamp or fire, for heating them. For this purpose, the tongs or irons consist of two
jaws or arms jointed together one of the arms is tubular with perforations on its side
presented towards the other arm, which is a somi cylindrical shell presenting its
concave side towards the tubular arm. The tubular arm is filled or partly filled with
a wick of asbestos or other suitable incombustible material. On opening the arms
apart and dipping the tongs into spirit or other inflammable liquid, the wick in the
hollow arin absorbs a quantity thereof, which being ignited produces a flame that heats
the tongs and can be extinguished by closing the concave arm against the perforations
of the tubular arm, the tongs or iron being then ready for use.
Dated this 18th day of September 1889.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Curling Tongs or Irons.
I, JOSEPH HAWKRIDGE of No. 7 Gloucester Villas, Venner Road, Sydenham in the
County of Kent, Assistant Secretary, 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 relates to curling irons or tongs such that there is no need for a
lamp or fire for heating them. For this purpose the tongs or irons are constructed as
shewn in the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 represents a side elevation.
Fig. 2 a longitudinal section Figs. 3 and 4 cross sections on lines X X Y Y respectively
of Fig. 1 and Fig. 5 a view of the cylindrical jaw taken from the side towards the
other jaw. The tongs or irons consist of two arms or jaws A B pivotted together the one
jaw A being made tubular provided with a handle by which the implement is held
and the other jaw B being a semi cylindrical shell of such cross section and length as
to snugly fit the jaw A as shewn in Fig. 3. On the side of the tubular jaw A
presented towards the other arm there are a row of small openings a or if preferred there
may be a continuous narrow slot. This tubular arm A is filled or partly filled with
a wick of asbestos or other suitable material and may be closed at the end by a
plug al as shown or with a cap. The two jaws are pivotted together in rear of the
row of openings a as at P and the jaw B is provided with a rearward hooked
extension b bent up or away from the jaw A and attached to the underside of this
extension & is a spring c which slides on the face of the other arm, which spring causes
the two jaws to keep closed in their normal condition.
For retaining the two arms in their open position a loop L is provided pivotted to
the rear end of A which engages on the hooked extension b.
On opening the jaws A B apart as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1-by pressing
the extension b down towards the other jaw and securing it in this position by the
loop L and dipping the tongs into spirit or other inflammable liquid, the wick in the
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page_text: hollow jaw A absorbs a quantity thereof, which being ignited produces a flame that
heats the tongs..
When sufficiently heated the flame can be extinguished by allowing the concave
arm B to close over the perforations a or slot of the tubular arm A. The tongs or
irons are then ready for use in the ordinary way.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed. I declare that what I
claim is:
A curling tongs or iron having one jaw semicylindrical to close against the other
which is tubular to hold a wick, and perforated on its face for passage of flames from
ignited combustible fluid with which the wick is impregnated substantially as
described.
1000
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant..