US496575A

US496575A - William lonsdale

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Publication number: US496575A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1893-05-02
Anticipated expiration: 1910-05-02

Description

(No Model.)

W. LONSDALE.

GURLING IRON.

No. 496,575. Patented May 2,1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM LONSDALE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ANTHONY FREEMAN, OF SAME PLACE.

CURLlNG-IRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 496,575, dated May 2, 18 93.

Application filed November 23, 1891. Serial No. 412.769- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM LONSDALE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curling Irons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a curling iron of the class having the handle pivoted to the jaws, and my invention relates more particularly to a curling iron having its handle formed of astrip of spring metal with its ends pivoted to the shanks of the jaws, the shanks and handle being adapted to interlock when the device is in position foruse.

In carrying out my invention I provide the shanks at their outer ends with marginal upwardly projecting lips or flanges having their edges rounded providing a seat between them so that the handle will ride up overthe rounded edges of the flanges and, owing to the resiliency of the metal of the handle, drop into place within the groove between the flanges so as to lock the handle in line with the jaws.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device with the jaws closed. Fig. 2 is an edge plan view of the same; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the handle turned down to an angular position with reference to the jaws.

In the drawings A, B represent the jaws which may be of the usual form and are pivotally connected together. Theirshanks have toward their rear ends the upwardly projecting rounding lugs or flanges a forming between them the groove or seat I).

0 represents the handle which is a strip of spring steel pivoted at its ends to the shanks between their ends and their pivotal connection.

In using the iron the members of the handle will be slightly sprung apart so as to permit the jaws to be turned to an angular position with reference to the handle so that the jaws may be dropped into the top of a lamp chimney or held over a gas jet without danger of burning the hand. When the jaws are heated they are forced into line with the handle by pressing the ends of the jaws upon some convenient object causing the handle members to ride up over the locking flanges or lugs thus locking the handle and jaws in line with each other.

I claim I A curling iron comprising in combination apair of pivoted jaws having shanks provided on their outer sides with upwardly projecting extended marginal lips or flanges having their ends rounded and arranged parallel to each. other to provide a seat between them, and a handle consisting of a flat strip of resilient metal having its ends pivotally connected to said shanks respectively between their handle ends and the pivot of the jaws and adapted to ride over said rounded ends in extending and folding the parts, substantially as described.

WILLIAM LONSDALE. Witnesses:

0. O. LINTHIGUM, FREDERICK O. GooDwIN.