US103039A - Improvement in floting-tongs - Google Patents

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\ ing and polishing as the wrought-iron ones.

uitrit gaat HENRY GEREOKE, OF OARLSTADT, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, AUGUSTUS GEREGKE, OF SAME PLAGE, AND

JACOB STAHL, OF NEW YORK CITY.

Leners Patent No.103,039, (aaa May 17, 1870.

'IMPROVEMENT IN FLUTING-TONG'S.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the Same To all whom 'it may concern:

Beit known that I, HENRY GER-norm, of Oarlstadt, inthe county of' Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement; in Fluting- Tongs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exa-ct description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and luse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification.

This invegtion relates to improvements in the construction'of Hating-tongs; and consists in making the handles of cast lnetal and' the lingers of wrought or rolled wire, and attaching them tothe ends of the handles below the pivot-joint by screwing or otherwise fastening them into holes in the ends of the handles, as hereinafter more fully specified.

Flirting-tongs made entirely of wrought iron, as well as entirely of cast or malleable iron, are old articles of manufacture; but while hothhave their advantages, they have also their serions disadvantages, which I claim I entirely overcome in my invention, while retaining all theadvantages ofboth.

'lhe advantage of an Ientirely wrought flirting-tongs is, that it will stand almost any amount otreasonahle strain, while in use, to which 'it maybe subjected. Its disadvantage is ,the large amount of 'manual labor re quired in its production, as all the various parts must be forged by hand, which forging, giving the iron a very rough surface, requires a considerable amount of grinding and polishing `in order to give it the requisite smoothness to answer for the purpose intended.

lhe advantage of malleable iron iluting-ton.gs, on the other hand, is that it dispenses entirely with forging, all the various partsbeing cast in the proper shape. Yet its disadvantages are obvious, namely, that the prongs being thin, the heat of the furnace twists them into every possible shape, which requires skilled labor to straighten. YVhile, being cast, they have a rough surface, and require fully as much grind- The main disadvantage, however, of the malleable one is, that the metal, being very coarse grained, and' its particles not being very firmly united, as soon as the thin prongs are subjected to any considerable strain they are apt to break olf, and consequently render the tongs worthless. i

In my tluting-tongs the handles are made of Vmallea-v ble iron and pretty thick, so that the heat of the furnace does not materially affect them. Into the heads wire of which the prongs are made is already drawn perfectly smooth. Thus it will be seen that I secure the advantages of both, while I overcome Vall their disadvantages, and am able to produce them at fully one-third less expense than either of the others.

Another great advantage of my tongs over any other is, that the prongs can be replaced whenever they should happen to get burnt, which frequently happens from being heated. l

The ordinary tongs are constructed in an entirely different manner' from mine. Their handles and iin gers are cast in one picco, the fingers being merely faced with a thin strip of .steel in order to give them a cutting-edge. I

.lhe drawing represents an elevation of mynnproved tlnting-tongs, a part heilig sectional, to show the mannerot' attaching the iingers.

It is important to have the fingers made of iron or steel wire, whichdocs not become ronghened hy the action of the heat as the cast-metal lingers do. I therefore propose to make the fingers of wrought or "rolled wire and the handles of cast n'ietal, and attach them together by inserting the ends of the fingers in holes in the ends ofthe handles below the pivot joint, and secure them by screwing or otherwise fastening them in the said holes.

I make the handles or p arts made by casting to comprise the joint, and'to extend snfiiciently beyond the joint for the connection of the fingers.

A represents the handles, and B the fingers. Two of the lingers are attached in the end of one part A,

and one in the end of the other part.

Having thus described my invention, YI vclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent` As an article of manufacture, flutingtongs, having cast handles and rolled-wire fingers screwed therein below the pivot-joint, as shown and described.

HENRY GEREGKE. Witnesses PETER Dieren, Jr., Gao. L. PLATT.

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