Improved Means of Extinguishing Candles.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 4th July, 1899-Accepted, 19th Aug., 1899
CUNE DI DI MUITIVATION.
Improved Means of Extinguishing Candles.
We, LEOPOLD PISCOPO, Student, and GUSTAVO BACCI, Machinist, both of 145,
Centre Street, New York City, in the County and State of New York, United States
of America, do hereby declare the nature of our invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
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The object of the invention is to provide an extinguisher for candles, which
when employed will not in any manner crush or disturb the wick, or cause the
flame to deviate from its natural vertical position. A further object of the
invention is to so construct the candle extinguisher, that a flame from a candle
may be extinguished without bringing said extinguisher close to the wick of the
candle.
The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several
parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out in the claims.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this
specification, which represents a longitudinal vertical section through the
improved device.
A represents a lamp provided with a suitable burner 10: The lamp preferably
employed is one that is adapted to burn alcohol, and is provided with a chimney B,
constructed of metal, or other material not liable to breakage. The chimney B
is also made tapering, being narrowest at the top, and the top portion of said
chimney is curved or deflected. The chimney B may be detachably connected
with the burner of the lamp in any suitable or approved manner; usually, how-
ever, the chimney has a hinge connection with the burner, and is held in an
upright position by means of a latch 11, of any suitable construction, located
at the base and arranged for engagement with a suitable portion of the burner.
In order that the chimney may be conveniently handled, it is provided with
a coating or casing 12 of asbestos, or other non-heat-conducting material.
The action of the candle extinguisher is as follows: The flame from the
burner 10 produces an upward current of air in the chimney B, and the products
of combustion mixed with this air are discharged against the flame of the candle
to be extinguished, the upper deflected or curved portion of the chimney being
held some distance from said candle flame. The products of combustion discharged
by the chimney B envelop the flame of the candle and immediately extinguish
it, partly by the slight mechanical effect of the draft, but principally by cutting
off from the candle flame the supply of oxygen necessary to sustain it, and envelop-
ing said flame with an atmosphere highly charged with carbonic acid gas, which
is antagonistic to combustion and smothers the flame at once, extinguishing
said flame without blowing it about or causing it to flicker, and without causing
the wick to be deflected from its normal position. The said wick is thus allowed
to remain upright and in convenient position for relighting.
The ordinary extinguisher employed for extinguishing the flames of candles,
especially those that are located upon an altar, presses the wick to a greater or
less extent upon the body of the candle during the extinguishing process, and oft-

page_text: times the candles are displaced before being extinguished, and the draperies
on the altar become ignited or damaged.
We are aware that extinguishers have been heretofore constructed with an
air-conducting tube connected with a bulb, but when such extinguishers are
employed; before a flame is extinguished it is made to violently deviate from
a perpendicular position, and is more or less unsafe, whereas, in the device
herein described the carbonic acid gas immediately extinguishes the flame without
blowing it out, and further, the device need not be brought in contact with the
wick.
In the drawing the dotted line represents the open position of the chimney.
It will be understood that the lamp A may be attached to a rod or a stick 13
in any suitable or approved manner, enabling the device to be employed to
extinguish candles no matter at what elevation the flame may be.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. A candle extinguisher, constructed substantially as herein shown and
described.
2. For use as a candle extinguisher, a lamp whose.chimney is deflected at the
upper end, from the vertical line of its body portion.
3. For use as a candle extinguisher, a lamp chimney which is deflected, at the
upper end, from the vertical line of its body portion, when said chimney is
employed on a lamp having a burner and is secured to the lamp over the burner.
Dated
THO
1088
BainoT
CHAD TI day UL JUTY 1098).
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agent, 53, Chancery Lane, London.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agent, 53, Chancery Lane, London.