Improvements relating to the Ornamenting of Candles.
Year: 1893

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Improvements relating to the Ornamenting of Candles.
I REGINALD HADDAN of the firm of Herbert Haddan & Co. of 18, Buckingham
Street Strand W.C. London Patent Agents do hereby declare the nature of this
invention, a communication to me from abroad by Anne Claude Francois Bréband
and Louis Adolphe Joseph Dekester, both of 8 Rue Fontaine Delsany, Lille,
France, of no occupation 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 ornament candles of any size, quality or
material, imitation or otherwise with wreaths or similar ornaments, consisting of
raised adherent sheets of wax or other substance applied to the surface of the
candle and capable of burning therewith.
Such candle provides more light than others not so ornamented on account of
the added material, used for the ornament, which causes the candle, while burning
to last a longer time. The candle may be of any dimensions. When the orna-
ment is applied to imitation candles, it may be made of material, which will not be.
consumed.
For ornamenting a candle with a garland of leaves and flowers a spiral line is.
made upon the surface of the candle as at A on the annexed drawings. Molten
wax with a little turpentine or other matter and the necessary amount and shade of
colour in powdered form are taken and mixed together. An alabaster mould with
the leaf B or object desired cut in the surface thereof is then taken and pressed
lightly into the wax-mixture. The wax which will solidify upon the alabaster,.
forms a slight pellicle, reproducing the sculpture made on the stone. This pellicle
is applied to the candle, to which it will adhere as at C. The operation is repeated
and in this way any number of leaves may be applied to the candle as at D. The
garland of verdure formed may be continued or not all along the candle.
Flowers may be made as follows:
A suitable number say four blocks or rods of alabaster rounded at the end
(Fig. E F G H) may be dipped into white or colored molten wax, made up as
before with spirit of turpentine and the desired colour. The block E on which a
pellicle of wax of the shape of a bell forms is withdrawn and this pellicle is.
deposited upon the garland. It will become loose from the block and remain
adhering to the candle. The process is repeated in order with the smaller
blocks F G H of the series, the bell made upon F being introduced in that, formed
by E and so on until a flower as at D is built up.
Leaves made in this manner may be gilded wholly or partially; in short candles.
may thus be formed surrounded with garlands of leaves and flowers of every kind
natural or fancy, escutcheons or other devices or figures.
Other methods of moulding the ornaments may be employed such as stamping or
casting in moulds; these moulds being made of any suitable material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven--
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
The method of ornamenting candles by means of applied figures of any desired
material for the purpose of being consumed or not together with the candles, on.
which they are caused to adhere, substantially as herein described.
Dated this 2nd day of Janu100
R. HADDAN,
Agent for Applicant...