Certain Improvements in Candle Sticks or Candle Holders.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Mar., 1896
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Certain Improvements in Candle Sticks or Candle Holders.
1, WILLIAM FOSTER FLETCHER, of 5, Grantham Road, Smethwick, in the
County of Stafford, Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has reference to candle sticks or candle holders of the kind
described in the Specification in connection with my Application for Letters
Patent No. 23486 of A.D. 1895. In this kind of candle stick or candle holder
there are two or more upwardly projecting spring prongs formed in a piece with
a base, the prongs being inclined towards each other and shaped so as to form a
divided expansible and contractile socket for holding candles of various sizes.
In my present invention I so construct and arrange the prongs that I am enabled
to dispense with the said base part thus somewhat reducing the cost of manufacturing
the candle stick or candle holder.
According to one method of carrying out my present invention the prongs of the
candle holder are made separate from each other and each is at the bottom turned
outwardly to form a foot which is rivetted or otherwise fixed to the grease dish
of the candle stick or to the candle stick bottom and either to the top side or to
the under side of the same. When the said feet are fixed to the underside of the
said grease dish this can very conveniently be done by the prongs passing down
through narrow slots in the grease dish and by the edge of the grease dish being
turned down to embrace the feet. Under the grease dish and outside the feet of
the prongs there may be a plate of corresponding shape and size, this plate and the
grease dish are rolled together at their edges and thus embrace between them
the feet of the prongs.
According to another method of carrying out my invention the prongs pass
down through slots in the grease dish as aforesaid but instead of being fixed to the
grease dish the lower parts of the prongs are rivetted or otherwise fixed to the
central stem or socket of the caudle stick underneath the grease dish.
Dated this 9th day of March 1896.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.
I, WILLIAM FOSTER FLETCHER, of 5, Grantham Road, Smethwick, in the
County of Stafford, Clerk, do bereby declare the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention has reference to candle sticks or candle holders of the kind

page_text: described in the Specification in connection with my Letters Patent No. 23486
of A.D. 1895. In this kind of candle stick or candle holder there are two or more
upwardly projecting spring prongs formed in a piece with a base, the prongs being
inclined towards each other and shaped so as to form a divided expansible and
contractile socket for holding candles of various sizes.
In my present invention I so construct and arrange the prongs that I am enable.I
to dispense with the said base part thus somewhat reducing the cost of manufacturing
the candle stick or candle holder.
According to one arrangement (see Figures 1 and 2) of carrying out my present
invention the prongs A' A2 of the candle holder are made separate from each other
and each is at the bottom formed as a foot a' which feet are rivetted or otherwise
fixed to the grease dish B of the candle stick or to the candle stick bottom. The
foot part a' of the prong may either be turned inwardly as shewn by the full lines
in Figs. 1 and 2 or the feet may be turned outwardly as shewn by the dotted lines
inarked a² in Figs. 1 and 2. Instead of the feet d' of the prongs being fixed to
the upper side of the grease dish B as shewn in Fig. 1 the said feet part of the
prongs may pass through narrow slots at 6' 62 in the grease dish B and be shaped
so as to bear against the underside of the same as shewn by Figs. 3 and 4 and be
secured by a circular plate B¹ of a size and shape corresponding with the grease
dish B this plate B' and the grease dish B being rolled together at their outer
edges so as to embrace the feet a¹ a' of the prongs A¹ A' between them.
According to another method (which is illustrated by Figs. 5 and 6) of carrying
out this invention the prongs A¹ A2 are made with shanks a³ which pass down
through holes at 6 6 in the grease dish B and are rivetted or otherwise fixed to
the central stem or socket D of the candlestick underneath the grease dish B.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The combination with a caudle stick or candle holder of the two upwardly
projecting sheet metal spring candle holding prongs A1 A2 each made with a foot
such as a or a² fixed to the grease dish or candle stick buttom substantially as
herein before described and illustrated by Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying
drawing.
2. The combination with a candle stick or candle holder of the two upwardly
projecting sheet metal spring candle holding prongs A' A' each made with a foot
such as a which passes through a slot in the grease dish and is secured between
the gease dish and the plate B¹ fixed underneath the same substantially as
hereinbefore described and illustrated by Figs. 3 and 4 of the accompanying
drawings.
3. The combination with a candle stick or candle holder of the two upwardly
projecting sheet metal spring candle holding prongs A' A2 each made with a
shank a which passes down through a slot in the grease dish and is secured to the
central stem or socket of the candle stick substantially as hereinbefore described
and illustrated by Figs. 5 and 6 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 9th day of December 1896.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.