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The Forked Fire Tongs: Curved Prongs for Coal, and Stops That Keep Them From Crossing
Flat-ended fire tongs made for wood fires slip off lumps of coal and clinker, and cannot let the ashes fall away.
James M. Meschutt of New York received US 22,086, dated 16 November 1858, for tongs for coal fires in which, "In place of the ordinary flat ends to the legs, I make use of fingers or curved prongs d, d, which setting opposite to each other enable the party using the same to take hold of coals, clinkers, cinders and similar articles with great facility", with projections e, e close to where the hand holds them, "to prevent pressure by the hand, forcing the prongs or fingers d, d, past each other so as to overlap and stick or bind together".
This rung works out how the stops set the prongs' closest approach and how much of the squeeze reaches them, then forges the tongs from steel rod with forked prongs and stops, and sorts cold clinker and coal with them.
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Stops and squeeze
Stops and squeeze
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Tongs before it
Tongs before it
The embedded blueprint forges a blacksmith's tongs. Meschutt's are for the household coal fire, with forked prongs and stops that keep them from crossing.
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Read US 22,086
Read US 22,086
"a, a, are the legs of my tongs jointed together at b, and a handle c, (Fig. 1,) may be provided at this point if desired. In place of the ordinary flat ends to the legs, I make use of fingers or curved prongs d, d, which setting opposite to each other enable the party using the same to take hold of coals, clinkers, cinders and similar articles with great facility; my tongs however would not be perfect without the projections e, e, close to that part of the legs at which the hand of the operator seizes the tongs"
"said tongs are applicable under a variety of circumstances in household affairs such as removing the burning coals from a fire no longer needed to be burning, cleaning out cinders, clinkers &c. from grates instead of using the hands, at the same time permitting the ashes to fall away"
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Forge the tongs and sort a grate
Forge the tongs and sort a grate
**Legs.** Cut two 55 cm lengths of 8 mm mild steel rod. Heat one end of each and bend it into a half loop, so the two loops together make the bow at the top, and flatten their ends where they overlap for the joint.
**Prongs.** Flatten the other end of each leg for 8 cm to about 25 mm wide, saw it into four fingers with the hacksaw, round them, and bend them into a curve so the two sets face each other.
**Joint and stops.** Drill the overlapping ends and rivet them loosely as the joint b. Silver-solder a short stud of rod to each leg just below the bow, where the hand holds them, so the studs meet when the prongs are about 5 mm apart; file the studs to adjust.
**Test.** From a cold grate or barbecue, pick out lumps of charcoal and clinker and lift them into a bucket, shaking the ashes off. Squeeze hard and check that the prongs never cross.
このステップの材料:
軟鋼丸棒1.2 メートル
銀ろう1 個
フラックス1 個
木炭（砕いたもの）1 個必要な工具:
金切りのこ（ハクソー）
プロパントーチ
金床
ハンマー
万力（ベンチバイス）
やすり（手やすり）
コードレスドリル
ドリルビットセット
バケツ
耐熱手袋
透明保護メガネ5
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Tongs that cross, slip or bend
Tongs that cross, slip or bend
Forked fire tongs troubleshooting.
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History and honest limits
History and honest limits
**James M. Meschutt** of New York, New York, received US 22,086, dated 16 November 1858. He noted that oyster rakes and sugar tongs had been made with fingers before, but held his tongs to be a new article for coal fires, and that ordinary tongs for wood were useless with coal. His claim is metallic tongs for coal fires with fingers or curved prongs and the projections that keep the fingers from coming too close together.
**Honest limits.** Hand-forged rod and soldered studs stand in for his made tongs, and the test uses a cold grate. The notebook treats the legs as rigid and turning about one joint; its lengths and forces are examples. Your sorted grate is the result.
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