IMPROVEMENTS IN CANDLESTICKS AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES FOR HOLDING CANDLES AND TAPERS
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Alfred Warrington, of No. 8, Carlton
Road, Kentish Town, in the Parish of Saint Pancras, in the County
of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN CANDLESTICKS
AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES FOR HOLDING CANDLES AND TAPERS."
Sealed the 17th July 1868, and dated the 20th April 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Alfred
Warrington at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
his Petition, on the 20th April 1868.
I, THOMAS ALFRED WARRINGTON, of No. 8, Carlton Road, Kentish
Town, in the Parish of Saint Pancras, in the County of Middlesex, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
CANDLESTICKS AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES FOR HOLDING CANDLES AND TAPERS,"
to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object an improvement in candlesticks,
branches, or candle and taper holders of whatsoever kind for burning
and holding candles or tapers, by means of which they are made to

page_text: support or contain the different sizes of candles or tapers without any
paper wrapping or other equivalent arrangement, with greater facility
and advantage than any arrangement heretofore known.
In order to carry out this Invention, I make a parallel hole or
receptacle in the top of the candlestick, branch, or candle and taper
holders, of whatsoever kind, of a diameter slightly greater than that of
the largest candle or taper to be used, on the inside of which hole or
receptacle one or any number of V or other shaped projections or
corrugations are formed or caused to protrude. They may also be
formed as threads of a screw or portion thereof, or inclined in either
direction in a straight line, which projections or corrugations may
extend for the whole or any portion of the depth of the said hole, and
the points or edges of these projections or corrugations causes the
diameter of the said hole to be smaller than that of the smallest sized
candle or taper to be used. These projections or corrugations may be so
arranged as to cause the opening left between their points or edges to be
of the same diameter at the bottom as the top, or if desired, the diameter
at the bottom may be larger than at the top. By this arrangement any
sized candle or taper from the largest to the smallest can be used, and
by the simple act of pressing the candle or taper into the hole or
receptacle at the top of the candlestick, branch, or candle holder, of
whatsoever kind, it will be held perfectly firm, although inserted, but a
very short distance or depth, without requiring the use of paper
wrapping or any equivalent arrangement, and the candle or taper by this
Invention can be burnt to the extreme end without requiring the
assistance of a save all," or any extaneous aid, thus avoiding all
waste and saving a great deal of trouble. The top of the candlestick,
branch, or candle holder of whatsoever kind may be formed or made in
one piece with the projections or corrugations, or the projections or
corrugations may be formed in seperate pieces or on a separate piece of
the material used, and fitted into the hole or receptacle in the candle-
stick, branch, or candle holder of whatsoever kind, by which means this
Invention can be applied to candlesticks, branches, or other candle
holders, of whatsoever kind already made.
What I claim as my Invention is, any candlestick, branch, or candle
and taper holder, of whatsoever kind, and of whatsoever material made,
which has a parallel or under cut hole or receptacle with one or any

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Thomas Alfred Warrington in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 18th July 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
ALFRED WARRINGTON, of No. 8, Carlton Road, Kentish Town, in the
Parish of Saint Pancras, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twentieth day of April, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the thirty-
first year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto the said Thomas Alfred Warrington, Her special
licence that I, the said Thomas Alfred Warrington, my executors,.
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Thomas
Alfred Warrington, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at
any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might,

page_text: make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CANDLESTICKS AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES FOR HOLDING
CANDLES AND TAPERS," upon the condition (amongst others), that I, the
said Thomas Alfred Warrington, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and
seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Thomas Alfred Warrington, do
hereby declare the nature of said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement and accompanying Sheet of
Drawings:-
:-
This Invention has for its object an improvement in candlesticks,
branches, or candle and taper holders, of whatsoever kind, for burning
and holding candles or tapers, by means of which they are made to
support or contain the different sizes of candles or tapers without any
paper wrapping or other equivalent arrangement, with greater facility
and advantage than any arrangement heretofore known.
In order to carry out this Invention, I make a parallel hole or
receptacle in the top of the candlestick, branch, or candle and taper
holders, of whatsoever kind, of a diameter slightly greater than that of
the largest candle or taper to be used, on the inside of which hole or
receptacle one or any number of V or other shaped projections or
corrugations are formed or caused to protrude; they may also be formed
as threads of a screw or portions thereof, or inclined in either direction
in a straight line, which projections or corrugations may extend for the
whole or any portion of the depth of the said hole, and the points or
edges of these projections or corrugations causes the diameter of the
said hole to be smaller than that of the smallest sized candle or taper to
be used; these projections or corrugations may be so arranged as to
cause the opening left between their points or edges, to be of the same
diameter at the bottom as the top, or if desired, the diameter at the
bottom may be larger than that at the top. By this arrangement any

page_text: sized candle or taper from the largest to the smallest can be used, and by
the simple act of pressing the candle or taper into the hole or receptacle
at the top of the candlestick, branch, or candle holder of whatsoever
kind, it will be held perfectly firm, although inserted but a very short
distance or depth, without requiring the use of paper wrapping or any
equivalent arrangement, and the candle or taper by this Invention can
be burnt to the extreme end without requiring the assistance of a "save
all" or any extraneous aid, thus avoiding all waste, and saving a great
deal of trouble. The top of the candlestick, branch, or candle holder of
whatsoever kind may be formed or made in one piece with the pro-
jections or corrugations, or the projections or corrugations may be
formed in separate pieces or on a separate piece of the material used,
and fitted into the hole or receptacle in the candlestick, branch, or
candle holder of whatsoever kind, by which means this Invention can
be applied to candlesticks, branches, or other candle holders of what-
soever kind already made.
broken off; a, a, a, show V-shaped projections.
(Fig. 2) is a plan of (Fig. 1).
(Fig. 3). B, represents the top of the candlestick, branch, or candle
holder as at present in use. A, shows my Invention inserted in
the place of the top generally used; a, a, a, being the V-shaped
projections.
(Fig. 4) is a plan of (Fig. 3).
(Fig. 5) shows projections a, a, a, inclined, or forming threads of a
screw.
(Fig. 6) is a plan of (Fig. 5).
What I claim as my Invention is any candlestick, branch, or candle
and taper holder, of whatsoever kind, and of whatsoever material made,
which has a parallel or "under cut" hole or receptacle, with one or any
number of V or other shaped projections or corrugations on the inside
of the same, extending entirely or partially from the top to the bottom
of the holes or receptacles, whether they run in a direct vertical line or
inclined in cither direction, or if they form a thread, or threads, or

page_text: portions of a thread, or threads of a screw, or any other arrangement
of a similar kind by which the end herein described is attained.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Alfred Warrington, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Fifth day of June, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
THOMAS ALFRED WARRINGTON. (L.S.)
Witness,
CHA". F. T. YOUNG, C. E.,
Consulting Engineer for Patents,
7, Duke St.,
Adelphi, W.C.