Abstract: Cross-lock tweezers for holding a pearl in a mounting during permanent setting of the pearl in the mounting. The tweezers have a pair of elongated, resilient arms that are secured together at one end, extend along their respective lengths, adjacent to each other, cross over each other, and end in a pair of gripping jaws. One of the gripping jaws is cup-shaped, and includes a contoured inner face, which conforms to a pearl held therein to firmly hold the pearl against a mounting held against the other gripping jaw.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved molten wax device for use in building patterns and forms in jewelry making and other applications. The device includes an insulating handle with a holding portion thereon which is held and manipulated between the thumb and fingers of a user's hand and includes a hollow central tube with an electrical heating element mounted thereon, and a removable dispensing tip at a first end thereof. A second end includes an elongated hollow inlet opening, to which an air hose may be connected so as to operate a slidable piston held within an internal bore to selectively extrude heated wax held within the internal bore through variable dispensing tips to form selected wax patterns.

Abstract: A brush assembly for the improved cleaning of the interior of a bottle includes a cap having a central opening and a twisted, elongated stem passing through the central opening. The stem has a brush assembly at one end and an operating assembly at the other end, and with the brush assembly mounted in a bottle, the pushing or pulling of the operating means will push or pull the twisted, elongated stem through the central opening in the cap so as to automatically rotate the brush.