Improvements in Candles and in Candle-sticks or Candle Holders.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Mar., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 18th Dec., 1893-Accepte'l, 20th Jan., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Candles and in Candle-sticks or Candle Holders.
I, JAMES ALBERT PAICE, of Fair View, Astwood Bank, near Redditch,
Worcestershire, Needle Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide simple and efficient means for securely
holding a candle in an upright position on a candle stick or other candle holder and
in such a manner that practically the whole of the candle will be burnt up instead of
the candle end being wasted as is generally the case at present.
In carrying out my invention I make the candle wick project through the bottom
of the candle for a certain distance the bottom of the candle being by preference
made flat to stand upon the candle stick or other candle holder which is also by
preference made flat to correspond with the bottom of the candle.
To fix the candle in an upright position on the candle stick or other candle
hokler the said projecting part of the wick is threaded through a small hole in that
part of the candle stick or other candle holder on which the candle stands and the
wick is pulled so as to hold the bottom of the candle tightly against the candle
stick or other candle holder. The said projecting part of the wick is then secured
by being hitched under a spring or by other means, The candle when held in this
way is very secure and as it does not stand in a socket it will all burn away without
having to be readjusted on the candle stick or other candle holder.
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The bottom of the candle may be enlarged so as to afford a larger standing base
if required.
Instead of the candle bottom and the corresponding part of the candle-stick or
other candle holder being made flat they may be conical or rounded or of other
form so that in this case the candle fits in a shallow socket and is secured by the
wick passing through a hole in the bottom of the same as above described.
There may similarly be two or more wicks projecting through the bottom of the
candle and through corresponding holes in the candle stick or other candle holder,
or when the candle has only one wick such wick may be divided and pass through
two or more holes in the candle stick or other candle holder and be secured to fix
the candle as above described.
My invention as above described is applicable to all kinds of candles and of
candle sticks and other candle holders including metal china glass and other
kinds.
When applying my invention to socketted candle sticks or other socketted candle
holders of the usual kind, the said bottom part of the wick or parts of the wicks
instead of passing through a hole or holes in the socket may pass through a hole or
holes or grooves in a plug so as to be secured thereto such plug being of a size to fit
in the socket or made adjustable, as are other candle holders, to fit in sockets of
various sizes.
Dated this 16th day of March 1902.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Candles and in Candle-sticks or Candle Holders.
1, JAMES ALBERT PAICE, of Fair View, Astwood Bank, near Redditch,
Worcestershire, Needle Manufacturer, do hereby 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 :—
The object of this invention is to provide simple and efficient means for securely
holding a candle in an upright position on a candle stick or other candle holder and
in such a manner that practically the whole of the candle will be burnt up instead of
the candle end being wasted as is generally the case at present.
I will describe iny invention by referring to the accompanying drawing on
which
Fig. 1 represents a candle (with a single wick) constructed according to this
invention and
Fig. 2 represents a candle (with a double wick, constructed according to this
invention.
Fig. 3 shows the candle illustrated by Fig. 1 fixed an a candle stick which is
constructed according to this invention and Fig. 4 shows the said candle stick
separately without the candle.
Fig. 5 shows the same candle fixed to another form of candle stick constructed
according to this invention and
Fig. 8 is a separate view of the candle stick shown in Fig. 5 without the
candle:
Fig. 7 shews one form of candle holder constructed according to this invention
for use with ordinary socket candle sticks or pianoforte sconces ;
Fig. 8 is a sectional elevation of the candle holder shown by Fig. 7 and
Fig. 9 is a sectional elevation of another form of candle holder constructed
according to this invention with the candle fixed to it and fixed in the socket part
of an ordinary candle stich.
The same fetters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the
figures of the drawing.
In carrying out my invention I make the candle wick a to project through the
bottom of the candle A for a certain distance as shown by Fig. 1, or when the
candle is made with two wicks I make both of the wicks a to project for a certain
distance through the bottom as shown in Fig. 2: and the bottom of the candle is by
preference made flat as usual so as to stand upon the candle stick or other candlo
holder which may also be made flat to correspond with the bottom of the candle
stick, or, and this is what I prefer, that part of the candle stick or other
candle holder on which the candle stands is slightly dished as shewn upon my
drawings so that the outer edge of the base of the candle takes a bearing all
To fix the candle A in an upright position on the candle stick or other candle
holder the projecting part a of the wich is threaded through a small hole (see
Fig. 4) which I make in that part of the candle stick or other candle holder on
which the candle stands and this projecting part a of the wick is pulled so as to
hold the bottom of the candle A tightly against that part B of the candle stick or
other candle holder on which the candle stands. The said projecting part a of the
wick is then secured by any convenient means as by being hitched round the pin c
as shown in Fig. 3 or by being hitched under a spring; or as in the candle stick
shewn by Fige. 5 and 6 and in the candle holder shown by Fig. 7 and 8 the wick
is secured by being jammed between a false top 13 of the candle stick and the real
top B of the same. The false top B' is jointed at e to the top B so as to either
turn up as shown in Figs. 6, 7 and 8 for the removal of the wick from the slotted
or other hole in the false top B' or for inserting the wick of a fresh candle therein;

page_text: the false top B' of tandle stick is then when the wick of the fresh candle has
been inserted in the slot or hole turned round on its joint r to the position shewn
by Fig. 5 so as to jam the bottom part of the wick a between the parts B' B of the
candle stick or candle holder and thus secure the wick; and for extra security the
projecting end of the wick may be hitched round the tongue d formed on the top
part B or be otherwise secured. The candle A when held by its wick or wicks as
above described is very secure and as the candle does not stand in a socket it will
all burn away without having to be re-adjusted on the candle stick or other
candle holder.
The bottom of the candle may be enlarged if desired so as to form a larger
standing base for the candle but my experiments shew that this enlarged base of the
candle is unnecessary.
It will be evident that without departing from the nature of my invention instead
of the candle bottom and the corresponding part of the candle stick or other candle
holder being made flat they may be conical or rounded so that in this case the
candle A fits in a very shallow socket and is secured by the wick passing through
a hole in the bottom of the said shallow socket as above described.
As before stated my invention is applied to candles which are made with
two wicks (see Fig 2) or made with more than two wicks similarly as above
described with reference to Figs. 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 the candle stick or other candle
holder being made with two or more of the holes to correspond with the wicks a
or if preferred with one hole large enough to take the two or more wicks a the
ends of the wicks being pulled tight and secured in any of the several ways
hereinbefore described with reference to a candle with one wick. Or when the
candle A has only one wick as shewn by Fig. 1 the bottom projecting end a of
such wick may be divided and passed through two UL more of the holes in the
candle stick or other candle holder and be secured as above described to fix the
candle in an upright position.
My invention as above described is applicable to all kinds of candles and to all
kinds of candle sticks and other candle holders including metal china glass and
other kinds.
When applying my invention to socketted candle sticks or other socketted candle
holders of the usual kind, the said bottom part a of the wich or parts a of the wicks
instead of passing through a hole or holes in the socket of the candle stick or
other candle holder or in the top B or B', may pass through a hole or holes e in a
plug such as E (see Fig. 9) which is fixed to the underside of the top B and is
made of cork or otherwise formed to fit in the usual socket F so that when the
plug E is inserted in the socket the wick a will be jammed between the plug E and
the inside of the socket F and thus secure the candle as shewn in Fig. 9. Or the
part E which fits in the socket F may be made adjustable, as are other candle
holders, to fit in sockets of various sizes.
Figs. 7 and 8 shew another form of my improved candle holder made with a
cork plug E to fit in the socket F fixed to a top B and false top B¹ jointed
together for holding the wick a of the candle as above described with reference to
Figs. 5 and 6.
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. Candles made with their wick or wicks projecting at their lower ends for
the
purpose of fixing the candles in an upright position on or in a candle stick
or other candle holder substantially as hereinbefore set forth.
2. The herein described improved method of fixing candles to candle sticks and
other candle holders by the bottom of the candle wick or wicks being passed
through a hole or holes in the candle stick or other candle holder and pulled tight
and secured, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.
3. Candle sticks and other candle holders for supporting in an upright position

page_text: candles of the kind denoted under Claim one, made with a small hole or small
holes in that part of the candle stick or other candle holder on or in which the
candle stands the said hole or holes being of a size to admit the wick or wicks for
the purpose and substantially as hereinbefore set forth.
4. Candle sticks and other candle holders for supporting in an upright position
candles of the kind denoted under Claim one, made with a small hole or small
holes in that part of the candle stick or other candle holder on or in which the
candle stands the said hole or holes being of a size to admit the wick or
wicks in combination with means for securing the bottom end of wick when
threaded through the hole or holes and pulled tight substantially as hereinbefore
set forth.
Dated this 16th day of December 1893.
CHARLES BOSWORTHI KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.