A SEALING-WAX HEATER
by Anon
Chamber's' Journal - Seventh Series (April 26th 1913)
In commercial houses where sealing-wax has to be employed extensively for packing purposes, the arrangements for the handling of the wax are generally very primitive, and the risk of fire from the upsetting of the contents, or ignition of the wax or of articles coming into contact with the flame, is by no means to be despised. A British firm has introduced a heater wherein the wax is melted by electricity. The cone-shaped receptacle is mounted upon a vertical support attached to a base-plate. The vessel may be adjusted to any desired height, while by means of a trigger the supply of wax can be controlled to a nicety. The apparatus is compact and strongly made, the heater being of polished copper, with brass fittings. An ordinary plug and length of flex connected to a lamp-holder or wall-plug of the lighting circuit is all that is required to bring the device into action. Being light and portable, the heater may be moved from point to point as desired.