Apparatus for batiking eggs and the like

• US 4,370,941 A
• Filed: 03/23/1981
• Issued: 02/01/1983
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/1981
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Betty R. Belton
• Original Assignee: Betty R. Belton
• Inventors: Belton, Betty R.
• Primary Examiner(s): McIntosh, John P.
• Application Number:
  US06/246,645
• Time in Patent Office: 680 Days
• Field of Search: 118/200, 118/506, 118/13, 118/202, 15/104 R, 15/104 S, 15/257.05
• US Class Current: 118/13
• CPC Class Codes: B44D 3/22 Implements or apparatus for special techniques, e.g. for painting lines, for pouring varnish; Batik pencils
• CPC Class Codes: B44D 3/24 Lamps for baking lacquers; Painters belts; Apparatus for dissolving dried paints, for heating paints

Abstract

Apparatus and process for batiking eggs, articles, or the like. The apparatus has an open top container including a plurality of walls, a receptacle for holding a wax; and a clamp sildably, removably lodging over an edge of one of the walls and having the receptacle secured thereto. A burner is for positioning under the receptacle for melting the wax. A teardropping apparatus for dipping into the molten wax in order to designly deposit molten wax onto the eggs, articles, or the like. The process comprises placing wax into the receptacle; melting the wax by placing the burner under the receptacle and heating same; and dipping the teardropping apparatus into the molten wax. One of the user'"'"'s hands which holds the teardropping apparatus rests on the edge of one of the walls while the other hand of the user holds the egg, article, or the like; and subsequently, the molten wax is deposited from the teardrop apparatus onto the eggs, articles, or the like.

Claims

1. An apparatus for batiking eggs, articles, or the like, comprising an open top container means including a plurality of walls;

a receptacle means for holding a wax means;

a clamp means slidably, removably lodging over an edge of one of said walls and including said receptacle means secured thereto;

burner means for positioning under said receptacle means for melting said wax means into a molten state; and

wax teardropping means for dipping by the user of said batiking apparatus into said molten wax means in order to designly deposit said molten wax means onto said egg, article, or the like, while the batik apparatus user'"'"'s hand holding said teardropping means rests on an edge of one of the walls and the remaining user'"'"'s hand holds the egg, article, or the like, in the process of decorating the same;

a lid means for removably positioning over said receptacle means in the event of kindling of said wax means within said receptacle means while being heated into a molten state by said burner means, said lid means including a wooden knob means secured thereto for grasping by the batik apparatus user in removing the lid means from the receptacle means;

said clamp means comprises a structure defining a U-shape, said U-shaped clamp being inverted to slidably lodge over and along an edge of one of the walls;

said receptacle means is defined by a cylindrical cup having a bottom affixed to said inverted U-shaped clamp; and

said open top container means comprises a generally rectangular box having a pair of opposed end walls and a pair of opposed side walls, said inverted U-shaped clamp having said cylindrical cup secured thereto slidably lodges on and along one of said pair of opposed side walls.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said wax teardropping means comprises a dowel means having a head pin means inserted in one end.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said wax teardropping means comprises a dowel means having a nail means inserted in one end.