Improvements in Candleholders.
Year: 1897

page_text: I, JANE CHARLOTTE BAZETT TOWNSEND, Wife of George Philip Townsend, of
106 Belgrave Road, in the County of London, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide a means whereby a candlestick may be
used with any sized candle without the end of the latter, if too large, having to
be scraped, or otherwise reduced, or, if too small, to have paper twisted round it
or be otherwise increased, as is often necessary with the candlesticks now generally
in usc.
In carrying my invention into practical effect I produce a spring clip in the
form of a skeleton cylinder consisting of a piece of metal wire of suitable thickness
and length, bent or twisted into any required number of loops, preferably of
equal length, and having the free ends thereof joined together in any suitable
manner, so that the said clip is pliable and more or less elastic. The extremities
of these loops at one end of the clip are inclined outwards at an angle to the
vertical axis thereof, forming the top or mouth of the clip for receiving the end
of the candle, and the extremities of the loops at the other end of the clips are
thrust into the socket of the candlestick into which they fit tightly, owing to their
capability of being compressed and expanding.
By thrusting this clip more or less deeply into the socket of the candlestick, it
can be made to accommodate the end of a large or small candle respectively, as
required.
001
1
1
Improvements in Candleholders.
I, JANE CHARLOTTE BAZETT TOWNSEND, Wife of George Philip Townsend, of
106 Belgrave Road, in the County of London, do hereby declare the nature of this
30 invention 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 my invention is to provide a means whereby a candlestick may be
used with any sized candle without the end of the latter, if too large, having to
be scraped, or otherwise reduced, or, if too small, to have paper twisted round it

page_text: or be otherwise increased, as is often necessary with the candlesticks now generally
in use.
In carrying my invention into practical effect I produce a spring clip in the
form of a skeleton cylinder consisting of a piece of metal wire of suitable thickness
and length, bent or twisted into any required number of loops, preferably of
equal length, and having the free ends thereof joined together in any suitable
manner, so that the said clip is pliable and more or less elastic. The extremities
of these loops at one end of the clip are inclined outwards at an angle to the
vertical axis thereof, forming the top or mouth of the clip for receiving the end
of the candle, and the extremities of the loops at the other end of the clips are
thrust into the socket of the candlestick into which they fit tightly, owing to their
capability of being compressed and expanding.
By thrusting this clip more or less deeply into the socket of the candlestick, it
can be made to accommodate the end of a large or small candle respectively, as
required.
In the accompanying drawings;
Figure 1 is a perspective side view of an improved candle-holder according to
this invention.
Figure 2 is a plan of the same.
Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.
The improved candle-holder is made of a wire A or the like. which is formed
into a series of loops A¹ preferably of equal length, the wire being bent so that
these loops form the skeleton walls of a cylinder. The ends of the wire are joined
in any suitable manner as at A².
At one end of the cylinder the loops are all bent outwards as at A³ thus forming
a tapered opening into which the end of a candle may be inserted, and a flange
which prevents the holder from slipping down too far into the candlestick.
The holder thus constructed is easily compressed or expanded, with regard to
its diameter, and so will serve the double purpose of readily grasping candles of
various diameters, with one end, while accommodating itself to candlesticks of
various sizes, at the other.
It is obvious that though only described as a candle-holder, this device may be
readily used for other purposes, where an adaptable holder is required, for instance
it may hold flowers, and be placed in a vase or similar vessel, in which case the
flowers may be removed from the vase without disarranging them.
Again, holders made according to this invention may obviously be ornamented
in any desirable manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is:
1. A wire candle-holder substantially as described.
2. A double purpose candle-holder substantially as described or illustrated in
the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 8th day of November 1897.
J. C. B. TOWNSEND.
Boult & Wade,
Agents for the Applicant.