improvements in Candle or Taper Holders and Extinguishers.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Feb., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 14th Nov., 1899-Accepted, 20th Jan., 1500
I, THOMAS SINGLETON, of Bank Top Works, Darwen, in the County of Lancaster,
Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of combined candle
or taper holders and extinguishers, the object being to produce a candle or
taper holder adapted to receive and hold any size or diameter of candle or taper,
and so constructed that the candle or taper will be automatically extinguished
when any predetermined length of same has been consumed. The invention
consists of a holder constructed out of one piece of wire so bent as to form a base
or stand and a spring holding device and extinguisher.
According to this invention I employ a piece of wire of any desired length
and strength according as the holder is required to be large or small. The wire
is bent about its middle in a circular or partly circular form so as to make the
base or standing part, and the ends of the wire are bent upwards or in a vertical
direction, and at their extremities are in contact with one another. The inner
edges of the extremities of the wire are slightly grooved and the two ends form
a spring clip in which and in the grooves the candle or taper is held. When
the candle or taper burns down to the spring clip it is extinguished.
The inner edges of the extremities of the wire are preferably slightly flanged
to prevent their crossing one another. By making the base part in the form of
a coiled conical spring the holder can be fixed on the end of a rod or pole and
used for lighting gas brackets a considerable height from the ground.
improvements in Candle or Taper Holders and Extinguishers.
I, THOMAS SINGLETON, of Bank Top Works, Darwen, in the County of Lancaster,
Machinist, 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 relates to improvements in the manufacture of combined candle
or taper holders and extinguishers, the object being to produce a candle or
taper holder adapted to receive and hold any size or diameter of candle or taper,
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page_text: and so constructed that the candle or taper will be automatically extinguished
when any predetermined length of same has been consumed. The invention
consists of a holder constructed out of one piece of wire which may be so bent
as to form a base or stand and a spring holding device and extinguisher.
The base or stand of the holder may be made of a seperate piece of metal such
as a plate or dish to which the holder is fixed.
Such being the nature and object of my said invention the following is a
complete description of same. reference being had to the annexed drawings, in
which:-
Fig. 1 is an elevation of a taper holder constructed out of a single piece of
wire.
Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of a flat spring taper holder soldered to a
metal base or stand.
Fig. 3 is another form of holder.
Fig. 4 is a plan view of Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 is an elevation of a holder the base of which is formed of a coiled conical
spring.
According to this invention I employ a piece of wire 1 of any desired length
and strength according as the holder is required to be large or small. The
wire 1 is bent about its middle in a circular or partly circular form so as ic
make the base or standing part 2, and the ends of the wire 1 are bent upwards
or in a vertical direction, and at their extremities 3, 3 are in contact with one
another. The inner edges of the extremities 3, 3 of the wire 1 are slightly
grooved as at 4, 4 and the two ends 3, 3 form a spring clip in which and in
the grooves 4, 4 the candle or taper 5 is held. When the candle or taper 5 burns
down to the spring clip it is extinguished.
The inner edges of the extremities of the wire 1 are preferably slightly flanged
as at 6, 6 (see Fig. 4) to prevent their crossing one another. By making the
base part 2 in the form of a coiled conical spring (see Fig. 5) the holder can
be fixed on the end of a rod or pole and used for lighting gas brackets a con-
siderable height from the ground.
Instead of the wire 1 being bent or coiled to form the base, the vertical portions
of the wire are soldered or otherwise fixed to base plates or dishes 6, 6 (see Figs. 2
and 3) which serve both as stands and to catch any drippings from the burning
candle or taper. The wires may be flat or round, and in Fig. 3 one wire passes
through a hole in the other one and a hole 6 is provided for the passage of
the taper. A hole 5 is provided for the passage of the taper through the
stand 6.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
(1) The improved candle or taper holder and stand constructed of one piece
of wire as and for the purpose herein described and substantially as illustrated
by Figs. 1, 4 and 5 of the annexed drawings.
(2) The improved candle or taper holder comprising the flanged and grooved
spring extremities 3, 3 for holding the taper or candle and automatically
extinguishing same as herein described and substantially as illustrated by
Figs. 1, 4 and 5 the annexed drawings.
Dated this 13th day of November 1899.