Year: 1886

page_text: I CHARLES LAWRENCE WRIGHT of Copford Place, near Colchester in the County
of Essex Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
This invention has reference to fixers or means for securing the tight fitting of.
the ends of candles in their holders or sockets.
My improved fixing means consists of a plate of metal or other suitable material
bent or formed into the form of an open tube or cylindrical sheet the division edges
more or less overlapping and so as to admit of the tube being compressed or
enlarged to varying diameters of candle ends and sockets by more or less opening
the curled sheet. The wall of the fixer is jagged, slit, fluted or otherwise formed
with projecting edges which become pressed against the candle and secure it.
These projections may conveniently be three in number equidistantly disposed
around the interior and be each inclined on their inner edge commencing to project
gradually so as better to work into the candle, and a cheap form of tooth, or
projection can be had by cutting and turning up on the inside. The candle acts
as a wedge by being forced against these inclined projections as it is inserted
forcing the collar or fixer apart and pressing it tightly against the candle socket.
In modifying the invention to new candlesticks in some cases the construction
of the fixer us a separable part may be avoided and the inclined projections form
part of the socket.

page_text: poons or Apparatus for Fixing or securing
Candles in Holders.
I CHARLES LAWRENCE WRIGHT of Copford Place, near Colchester in the County
of Essex Gentleman 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:―
This invention has reference to candle fixers or means for securing the tight
fitting of the ends of candiles in their holders or sockets.
My improved fixing means consists of a plate of metal or other suitable material
bent or shaped into the form of an open tube or cylindrical sheet the division
edges more or less overlapping and so as to admit of the tube being compressed or
enlarged to varying diameters of candle ends and sockets by more or less opening
the curled sheet. The wall of the fixer is slit, or formed with square blunt
projecting edges which become pressed against the candle and secure it. These
blunt square projection pieces may conveniently be three in number equidistantly
disposed around the interior and be each inclined outwards from the cylinder wall
on the inner side commencing to project gradually so as better to press against
before working into the candle, and a cheap form of tooth or projection can be had
by cutting and turning up on the inside the pieces of metal at one side of each of
a series of diagonal slits in the metal to be formed into a cylinder having over-
lapping ends. The candle acts as a wedge by being forcedag ainst these inclined
projections as it is inserted forcing the collar or fixer apart and pressing it tightly
against the candle socket as well as tightly to the candle.
In modifying the invention to new candlesticks in some cases the construction
of the fixer as a separable part from the candlestick socket may be avoided and the
inclined projections form part of the socket itself.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 shews an exterior side view of a candle fixer adapted for use in a plain
ordinary socket of a candlestick. Figure 2 shews a section of same. Figure 3 an
exterior view from the opposite side to Figure 1 and shewing the overlapping slit.
Figure 4 shews a plan or upper edge view and Figure 5 an under or opposite edge
view. Figure 6 shews the piece of metal forming the fixer with its bent up
projections b, 61, 62, laid out flat.
Figure 7 shows a modification of the fixer adapted for new sockets of candle-
sticks, by exterior side view, Figure 8 shews a section of the same, Figure 9 an
opposite side view to that shewn by Figure 7, and Figure 10 ahews an upper side
or plan thereof, Figure 11 shewing an underside view. Figure 12 shews the
cylinder portion laid out to shew the cuts and turned in fins or blades. a indicates
the cylindrical portion which is placed either in the socket of an ordinary candle-
stick as in the case of Figures 1 to 6 inclusive, or forms part of a socket of
improved construction to be inserted in a candlestick as in the case of Figures 7

page_text: to 12 inclusive, and this cylindrical portion is cut or formed so as to produce the
inclined inwardly projecting wings b, 61, 6. The candle to be held by the holder
being passed down the cylinder a when in the candlestick meets with the
obstruction offered by the inclined edges of the fins b, b¹, 6 and these being blunt
or square are pressed or wedged outwards until meeting the wall of the socket or
candlestick the socket or fixer becomes itself tightly jammed and further pressure
jams the fins 6, 61, 62 into and so as to tightly hold the candle. In the former
arrangement indicated by Figures 1-6 the split cylinder a being able to open
at a adapts itself to variations of sizes of sockets, whilst in Figures 7-12 the
socket is fixed in its candlestick sufficiently by the limited expansion of the lower
part of the cut cylinder. In either arrangement the fins are out of sight being
below the socket rim line.
The parts may be produced by cutting, stamping or casting or by combinations
of such or by any suitable processes..
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. The construction and use of a candle fixer having inwardly projecting
inclined, or wedge shaped fins, blunt or square edged to press against the candle,
formed on an expansible cylinder, below the line of sight or socket rim arranged
and operating substantially as described in respect of Figures 1 to 6.
2. The construction and use of a candle fixer socket having blunt or square
edged inwardly projecting inclined blades or fins formed interiorily of a cylindrical
part arranged and operating substantially as described in respect to Figures 7 to 12.
Dated this 2nd day of November 1886.