Improvements in and connected with Candle-shade? Holders.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Candle-shade? Holders.
I, AMELIA RAYNES, of 34A, Ramsden Road, Balham, London, S.W., Spinster, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in candle-shade holders and in accordance
therewith I provide a shade-holder having a depending rod, which passes through and
is supported in, collars, or they may conveniently be clips, fixed to or formed integral
with a second rod which is provided at its lower end with a candle-gripping socket,
consisting of a base from which converge upwardly a suitable number of resilient
metal strips or prongs. Rising from the centre of the base of the gripping socket
is a small spike adapted to enter the lower end of a candle.
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From the foregoing it will be gathered that I provide means for raising and
lowering the shade at will, together with a convenient candle grip which is adapted
to fit into any candle-stick or its equivalent.
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HUGHES & YOUNG,
55 and 56, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in and connected with Candie-snade folders.
I, AMELIA RAYNES, of 34A, Ramsden Road, Balham, London, S.W., Spinster, 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:-
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This invention relates to improvements in candle-shade holders, and has for
object to provide an article of this class that will allow of the shade carried by same
being readily adjusted in height, while at the same time it forms a secure gripping
device for holding a candle, in conjunction with a candle-stick, bracket or the like.
And in order that this my said invention may be the more readily understood and
carried into practical effect, reference is hereby made to the accompanying sheet
of illustrative drawings, wherein :
Fig. 1, is a side elevational view of the holder with the upper part broken away.
Fig. 2, being a plan view thereof. Fig. 3, illustrates a detail of the invention.
Fig. 4, a perspective view of the holder complete and as applied to a candle-stick,
while Figs. 5 and 6, are elevational views of modified forms of the invention.
Referring to the drawings wherein like letters of reference indicate like parts
throughout the several figures, a is a metal or other rod to the upper part of which

page_text: the shade 6 is affixed in the usual manner. Said rod a passes through and is
supported in collars, (or they may conveniently be clips) c¹ fixed to, or formed
integral with, a second rod c which is bent at right angles at its lower end c², and
there fixed to, or formed integral with, one of a number of resilient prongs or
claws d rising from a circular base . These prongs or claws being resilient
form a gripping device adapted to receive candles of varying diameters and
securely hold same.
Rising from the centre of the base d¹ is a spike 2 adapted to enter the base of a
candle, and assist in holding same firmly in place. The prongs or claws d may be
of a straight form, and diverge from the base d¹, as shown by particularly Fig. 1,
or they may conveniently be of the form shown.by Figs. 5 and 6.
In operation, the gripping portion of the device is inserted into a candle-stick,
bracket, or its equivalent, into which the candle is inserted, and the rod a carry-
ing the shade slid in an upward or downward direction according to the height
at which it is desirable the shade 6 should be above the candle. If found desir-
able, the collars e' may be lined upon the inner sides with leather or other yielding
substance, in order to more effectually grip the rod a and retain same in its
desired position.
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:-
CLAIMS.
1. In candle-shade holders, the rod c.having collars or clips c¹ thereon, in which
is adjustably supported the rod a carrying the candle-shade, substantially as
described and illustrated.
2. In candle-shade holders, the vertical rod having collars or clips in which
is adjustably supported the shade carrying rod, in combination with a base at
right angles to the latter rod, said base having a number of resilient prongs or
claws arranged around same and a spike in the centre, substantially as and for
the purpose described and as illustrated by the drawings.
Dated this 9th day of March 1898.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
55 and 56, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for Applicant.