IMPROVEMENTS IN CANDLE HOLDERS OR SAVE-ALLS
Year: 1880

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LETTERS PATENT to Jacob Wolf Spear, of North Buildings, in the City of
London, Manufacturer, for an Invention of 'IMPROVEMENTS IN CANDLE
HOLDERS OR SAVE-ALLS."
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jacob Wolf Spear at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th January 1880.
JACOB WOLF SPEAR, of North Buildings, in the City of London, Manufacturer.
'IMPROVEMENTS IN CANDLE HOLDERS OR SAVE-ALLS."
This Invention relates to improvements in the construction of save-alls for
holding candles in candlesticks and the like, the main object of the improvements
being to render such save-alls self-adjustable, and thereby applicable to candles and
candlesticks of all sizes.
In carrying out my Invention I employ a split tube or cylinder made of thin
sheet brass or other suitable metal which has a certain amount of spring. The
upper end of the cylinder is formed with a flange, and on the periphery of the
cylinder, and in the direction of the axis thereof, I fix or form a number of ribs or
projections, such ribs tapering or inclining towards the bottom of the save-all, the
edges of the said ribs being serrated or roughened.
By this construction if the improved save-all be placed in the socket of a
candlestick, and the end of the candle be placed in the top of the save-all, by
simply pressing downwards the save-all its diameter will be contracted (from the
action of the inclined ribs against the interior of the candlestick) until the candle
is clasped securely, at the same time the tendency of the apparatus to expand
outwards will cause the ribs to be firmly pressed against the interior of the socket
of the candlestick, further security being obtained from the effect of the serrated
edges of the ribs.
In a modification of the apparatus I employ a slightly conical cylinder in halves,
jointed together at the lower and smaller end, the upper end of each half cylinder
being provided with a rim or flange. The periphery of the cylinder is provided
with inclined serrated ribs, as hereinbefore described.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Jacob Wolf Spear in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 9th July
1880.
JACOB WOLF SPEAR, of North Buildings, in the City of London, Manufacturer.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN CANDLE HOLDERS OR SAVE-ALLS."
This Invention relates to improvements in the construction of save-alls for
holding candles in candlesticks and the like, the main object of the improvements
being to render such save-alls self-adjustable, and thereby applicable to candles and
candlesticks of all sizes.
In carrying out my Invention I employ a split tube or cylinder made of thin
sheet brass or other suitable metal which has a certain amount of spring. The
upper end of the cylinder may or may not be formed with a flange, and on the
periphery of the cylinder, and in the direction of the axis thereof I fix or form a
number of ribs or projections, such ribs tapering or inclining towards the bottom
of the save-all, the edges of the said ribs being serrated or roughened.
In a modification of the apparatus I employ a slightly conical cylinder in halves,
jointed together at the lower and smaller end, the upper end of each half cylinder
being provided with a rim or flange (or the flange may be dispensed with). The
periphery of the cylinder is provided with inclined serrated ribs, as herein before
described.
But to make my Invention better understood I will proceed to describe the same
by reference to the accompanying Drawing, in which Figure 1 is an elevation, and
Figure 2 a plan of my improved spring cylinder save-all; Figure 3, sectional
elevation shewing the same applied to a candlestick and holding a candle; Figures
4, 5, and 6, similar views to Figures 1, 2, and 3, but shewing the modified con-
struction of apparatus.
In Figures 1, 2, and 3, a is a tube or cylinder split, as shewn at b, and made of
thin sheet brass or other suitable metal which has a certain amount of spring;
c, c, c, are the ribs or projections formed vertically on the periphery of the tube a,
as shown. The said ribs are inclined or wedge shaped, as shewn, and are roughened
or serrated on their outer edges.
By this construction if the improved save-all be placed in the socket d of a
candlestick, as shewn in Figure 3, and the end of a candle e be placed in the top of
the save-all, by simply pressing downwards the save-all its diameter will be con-
tracted from the action of the inclined ribs c against the interior of the socket
of the candlestick until the candle e is clasped securely, as shewn, at the same time
the tendency of the apparatus to expand outwards will cause the said ribs c to be
firmly pressed against the interior of the socket of the candlestick, thereby holding
the save-all in position, further security being obtained from the effect of the
serrated edges of the ribs. In some cases it may be found advantageous to form
the ribs c on the interior surface of the cylinder a instead of on the exterior
thereof.
In the modification of the apparatus shewn in Figures 4, 5, and 6, 9, g', are the
two halves of a slightly conical cylinder, the halves being jointed together at their
lower end h, as shewn; i, i, are the rims or flanges on the half cylinders g, g', (but
these rims or flanges may be dispensed with); j, j, j, are the inclined serrated ribs.
The action of this modified construction of save-all is substantially the same as that
berein before described, except that it has no tendency to spring outwards.
Having thus described my said Invention, and the best means with which
I am acquainted for carrying the same into effect, what I claim is,-
Firstly. The improved candle holder or save-all, consisting of a split spring
cylinder or tube, the periphery of such cylinder or tube being provided with
inclined serrated ribs or projections, the whole arranged and operating substan-
tially in the manner and for the purpose herein before described and represented

page_text: in Figures 1, 2, and 3 of the accompanying Drawing, or any mere modification
thereof.
Secondly. The modification of the apparatus shewn in Figures 4, 5, and 6 of the
accompanying Drawing.
Thirdly. A candle-holder or save-all having inclined serrated ribs or projections,
as hereinbefore described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Jacob Wolf Spear, have hereto set my hand
and seal, this Fifth day of July, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty.
J. W. SPEAR. (L.S.)