Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Candlestick.
FREDERICK CRABBE Tinman 15 Caer Street Swansea do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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A disc of metal flat or concave with 2, or 3, or more arms or extenstions from
outside circumference to desired length such arms to be increased in width at the
extremitys on either side plain or serrated each arm to be bent in an upward
direction straight or curved the extreme ends to be bent up or down and to face each
other in a perpendicular direction and to be curved to form a circle.
December 4th 1895.
F. CRABBE,
15 Caer Street, Swansea.
I, FREDERICK CRABBE of 15 Caer Street, Swansea, in the County Glamorgan-
shire, Tinman, 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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in candlesticks or holders for candles,
and has for its object, to provide a means for holding candles of various sizes, in
combination with a pan or tray for collecting the overrunning grease or guttering
of the candle (if any) instead of allowing this to fall into the tray of the candle-
stick, (if this be of the pattern known as, a chamber candlestick) or to fall over
and run down upon the table or the like if this be a standard candlestick, or upon.
the piano, dressing-table, floor, or the like, if the said holder be used in connection:
with a sconce or candelabra.
In order that my invention and the manner in which I purpose constructing and
using the same may be fully understood, reference is hereinafter made to the
accompanying drawings of which
Fig. 1 is a plan view of the stamping first produced in the construction of my
invention.
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Fig. 2 is a side elevation, while Fig. 3 is a plan view, of my invention, when
completed and ready for use.
Fig. 4 is a vertical central section of a chamber candlestick with my said
invention (not in section) attached thereto.
In carrying my invention into effect, I punch, stamp, or otherwise produce from
sheet metal of any suitable kind, a piece of any dimensions, substantially as
at Fig. 1, consisting of a circular disc or centre A, from which projects two or
more arms or extensions such as B, the extremities of which C, are in the first
instance preferably circular or approximately so, as at Fig. 1. The said disc or
centre A may be perfectly flat or dished, preferably the latter, while the arms or
extensions B may be either flat, or fluted or serrated, as shewn and by the means

page_text: of suitable tools and dies the ends Care bent or curled downwardly (in respect
of Fig. 1) upon the dotted linesia, after which the arms B are bent or curled
upwardly (in respect of Fig. 1) in any desired form towards each other, until the
bent or curled portions Care parallel or approximately so, and facing each other
as at Fig. 2, the said portions C, being so bent or curled as to collectively form a
circular opening as at Fig. 2, or a rectangular opening as at Fig. 3, the said
opening being for the reception of a candle D, of circular or other formation in
cross section, and by reason of the springy nature of the portions B, attained by
the bending or curling of these as shewn, the portions C are thus rendered capable
of receiving and holding candles of various sizes, and retaining the same until
fully expended or burnt out, and such guttering of the candle or overrunning of
the grease as may occur, or the fall of the final end of the wick when exhausted,
would be collected in the dish or concave disc A.
The device or holder thus formed may be arranged to fit into the mouth of a
standard candlestick, or a sconce, or candelabra, and to adapt it for these purposes
1 may solder, rivet, or otherwise connect to the under surface of A, a tapered
tubular portion, as suggested by dotted lines at E in Fig. 2.
Or when the said device or holder is intended for use in connection with flat or
chamber candlesticks such as F, I may solder, rivet, or otherwise firmly connect
the same thereto as shewn at Fig. 4. Or I may provide in the centre of A, a
circular or other shaped hole as suggested by the dotted circle at b, Fig. 1, so that
the said holder may be portably connected to the candlestick F, by the means of a
small bolt and nut as suggested at c in Fig. 4.
I am aware that spring holders have hitherto been made and used for carrying
candles, but I am not aware that these have ever been constructed in the manner
described and shewn by me, by punching or stamping the candle holding portion,
and the grease collector from one solid piece of metal, and by which the cost of
production is materially reduced, therefore,
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
1st. The construction and use of a spring holder, punched or stamped, from one
solid piece of sheet metal, and bent or curved and adapted for receiving and
holding candles of various sizes, substantially as herein described and shewn.
2nd. In an improved spring candle-holder the combination of a flat or concave
pan A, having two or more arms or extensions such as B, with enlarged ends such
as C, the said arms being bent or curved towards each other, while the said
enlarged ends. C are bentor curved at a to collectively form a circular or
rectangular opening for the reception of various sized candles, such as D, the
whole provided from one piece of sheet metal and fixed or portably connected to
a chamber candlestick such as F Fig. 4, or provided with an extension such as E
Fig. 2, for adapting the same for use with standard candlesticks, sconces, or
candelabra, substantially as and for the purposes herein described and shewn.
Dated this 4th day of September 1896.
GEO! THOS: HYDE,
1 Broad Street Buildings, Liverpool Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for Applicant..