A Combined Plumber's or Soldering Iron and Lamp for Heating the same.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Mar., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 13th Dec., 1897-Accepted, 12th Mar., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Plumber's or Soldering Iron and Lamp for Heating
the same.
I, JOHN WESTHEAD, of 43, Clifton Street, Lytham, in the County of Lancaster,
Plumber and Decorator, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention consists in combining with a plumber's or soldering iron means
for heating and keeping the said iron at the required heat. To this end I employ a
hollow or trough like iron having its two sides brought to a suitably shaped point
at its outer end. At its other end the iron is provided with a socket set at an
angle the said socket being fitted on to the nozzle or outlet tube of a benzoline lamp
preferably of the well known "Swedish torch" type. The flame issuing from the
lamp is directed along the hollowed part of the iron and impinging thereon
imparts the required heat thereto. The cavity of the trough-like iron may be
utilized to hold a quantity of molten metal or solder for use when making running
wipe joints. The outer end of the iron may if preferred be of copper.
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A Combined Plumber's or Soldering Iron and Lamp for Heating
the same.
I, JOHN WESTHEAD, of 43, Clifton Street, Lytham, in the County of Lancaster,
Plumber and Decorator, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
This invention consists in combining with a plumber's or soldering iron means
for heating and keeping the said iron at the required heat. To this end I employ
a hollow or trough like iron having its two sides brought to a suitably shaped point
at its outer end. At its other end the iron is provided with a socket set at an angle
the said socket being fitted on to the nozzle or outlet tube of a benzoline lamp
preferably of the well known "Swedish torch" type. The flame issuing from the
lamp is directed along the hollowed part of the iron and impinging thereon imparts
the required heat thereto. The cavity of the trough-like iron may be utilized to

page_text: hold a quantity of molten metal or solder for use when making running wipe
joints. The outer end of the iron may if preferred be of copper.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 is a side view in section of my improved plumber's iron attached to the
nozzle of a lamp.
Fig. 2 is a plan view and
Fig. 3 a cross section of the same.
Fig. 4 is a side view in section of a soldering iron constructed according to my
said invention.
a is the hollow or trough like iron brought to a point a¹ (see Figs. 1 and 2).
b is the socket which fits upon the nozzle c of the lamp (the flame of which is
represented by the lines d). e is a thumb screw for fastening the socket 6 to the
nozzle c.
At Fig. 4 the part f is a solid block of copper which may be attached
to the trough a by a rivet.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
The combination of a hollow or trough like plumber's or soldering iron with a
lamp for heating the same substantially as herein described and shewn in the
drawings.
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1941 dow of December 1897