Wax Applicator

Abstract

A wax applicator comprised of a elongated pencil-type soldering iron having a wax applicating tip mounted in direct heat transfer relationship therewith. The tip is comprised of a plurality of spaced parallel flexible metal fingers defining a flexible metal brush. The wax applicator is incorporated into an assembly comprising a casing, a wax reservoir, applicator holder and energizer for the applicator. The energized applicator is dipped into the reservoir, melting wax therein and removed from the reservoir to apply wax to a surface.

Description

This invention relates to wax melting and applicating tools particularly suitable for bonding materials and/or artistic decoration work.

Wax applicating tools heretofore employed in the art are generally comprised of a heating element, a wax applicating pen and a reservoir for the molten wax. Although these tools are effectively employed for the application of wax, they are generally cumbersome, due to the inclusion of a wax holding reservoir.

An object of this invention is to provide a new and improved wax applicating tool.

Another object of this invention is to provide a new and improved wax applicating assembly.

A further object of this invention is to provide a wax applicator which is suitable for a desk-top operation.

These and other objects of the invention should be apparent from reading the following description of the invention with reference to the accompanying drawing, wherein like elements are designated by like reference numerals and wherein:

FIG. 1 is a top-plan view of an embodiment of the wax applicating tool of the invention; and

FIG. 2 is a partially broken elevational view of an embodiment of the wax applicating assembly of the invention.

The objects of this invention are broadly accomplished, in one aspect, by providing a wax applicator comprised of an elongated heating means and a flexible metal brush for application of wax to a surface. In another aspect, the objects of the invention are accomplished by providing a wax applicator assembly including a wax reservoir mounted on a casing, a wax applicator as hereinabove described, and an energizer for the applicator mounted in the casing.

The invention will now be described in more detail with respect to a specific embodiment thereof illustrated in the accompanying drawing, but the scope of the invention is not to be limited thereby.

Referring now to FIG. 1 of the drawing, a wax applicator 12 is comprised of a heating element portion 14 and a wax applicating tip generally designated as 15. The heating element 14 is a standard low voltage pencil type soldering iron having a suitable insulated handle 17 and an iron barrel 18, containing a resistance heating element which is connected to a power source through wire 19. The applicating tip 15 is comprised of a metal body portion 21, having a plurality of flat spaced parallel flexible metal fingers 22 forming a flexible metal brush extending outwardly from one end thereof, and a tubular connecting element 23 extending outwardly from the other end of the body 21. A metal socket 25 is mounted on the connecting element 23 and the barrel 18 of the heating element 14 is fastened in the socket 25, for example by a set screw 26, so that the heating element 14 is in a direct heat transfer relationship with the applicator tip 15. It is to be understood that the applicator 12 is formed of a good heat conducting metal.

The wax applicator is generally employed as a wax applicator assembly illustrated in FIG. 2. The wax applicator assembly comprises a metal casing 51 having a wax holding reservoir 52 mounted to one end of the top of the casing 51 and a wax applicator holder 53 mounted to the other end of the top of the casing 51. The wax applicator 12 is positioned so that the applicating tip 15 is in the reservoir 52 and the handle 17 of the heating element 14 rests on the holder 53. The interior of the casing 51 contains a step-down transformer 54 which is adapted to be connected to a power supply (not shown) through a wire 55 and to the heating element 14 through an on-off switch (not shown) and wire 19.

In operation, the heating element 14 is energized through transformer 54 and the heat transmitted from the heating element 14 to the applicator tip 15 melts the wax in reservoir 52. The applicator 12 is removed from the reservoir 52 and wax contained on and in the spaces between the flexible fingers 22 defining the metal brush, may then be applied, as desired, to a suitable surface.

The wax applicating tool of the invention is an improvement over those heretofore employed in the art in that there is no necessity of providing the tool with a wax-holding reservoir. The wax applicating tool when combined into the wax applicating assembly is particularly suitable for a desk-top operation.

Numerous modifications and variations of the present invention are possible in light of the above teachings and therefore the invention may be practised otherwise than as particularly described.

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. A wax applicator assembly comprising in combination: a casing; a wax reservoir mounted to said casing; a wax applicator comprised of a heating means and a wax applicating means connected to said heating means in direct heat transfer contact therewith, said applicating means being comprised of a plurality of spaced, substantially planar, parallel flexible metal fingers; and means for energizing said heating means connected to the heating means and mounted to said casing, whereby upon placing the wax applicating means into the reservoir containing wax and energizing the heating means the wax is melted and the wax applicating means, containing wax, may be removed from the reservoir to effect application of the wax.

2. The applicator assembly as defined in claim 1 wherein the heating means comprises a metallic rod means having an insulated handle.