Improvements in Candle-sticks or Holders.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Sept., 1895-Accepted, 26th Oct., 1895
Improvements in Candle-sticks or Holders.
I, JOHN BEARD, 17 Trearddur Square, Holyhead, Clerk, 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 :-
The object of my invention is to provide a candle-stick or holder by which
a candle can be securely held in place by a partial rotation of the appliance which
is the essential feature of my invention. The appliance consists essentially of two
parts namely a clip or grasp for the candle itself and a socket of peculiar
construction in which the clip or grasp above mentioned is placed and by rotation
made to clip the candle and hold it upright.
In order to more clearly show the essential features of my invention I refer to
the accompanying sheet of drawings in which
Fig. 1, 1 1 and 1° show various views of the clip for the candle Fig. 1 being
an isometrical view Fig. 1 and plan Fig. 1B a side view and Fig. 1° an
end view.
Fig. 2, 24, 2º, and 2° show various views of the socket in which the clip is
placed; Fig. 2 being an isometrical view. Fig. 2ª a plan, Fig. 2B a side view and
Fig. 2° an end view.
Referring to Fig. 1 a a are the tongues of the clip which more or less surround
and grasp the candle.
These tongues are connected together by a base piece b, the
whole being so bent or formed in course of manufacture as to provide two projecting
parts similar to c c.
Referring to Fig. 2, d is the base of the socket which may be either a plate or
else a flat ring of metal.
Attached to or formed on this base are the two peculiar shaped lips of metal e e,
the edges f g h and f'g'' being joined to or forming part of the plate or ring d
above mentioned.
The points and are sufficiently above d to admit tightly the projections c c on
the clips (Fig. 1). The diameter of d should be the same as the length of the
connecting piece b of Fig. 1, and the space between i and i should be sufficient to
allow of the connecting piece 6 being placed down on the base d. In use the
candle is placed between the tongues a a of Fig. 1, the bottom of the candle resting
on b as shown in Fig. 3.
The tongues a a are now closed upon the candle by the user pressing them
together with his fingers. The clip is now placed so that b rests on the base d of
Fig. 2 as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2 and on giving a half turn in the
direction of the arrows, the projections c c pass under the lips e e, the peculiar form
of which will be found to close the tongues towards one another and retain the
tongues a a against the candle and keep it upright as in Fig. 4 when the users
fingers are removed. Instead of the clip or socket being separate the clips may be
connected to the base of the socket by a rivet passing through the centre of into
the centre of d and on which the clip and tongue can be rotated so as to bring the
projections c under the lips e.
The socket may either have a split or continuous stem to drop into the top of an
ordinary candlestick as shewn in Fig. 5 or it may be fastened to the top of an
ordinary candlestick as in Fig. 6 or it may be fastened direct to a pan as shewn
in Fig. 7.

page_text: The clip and socket may be made of any suitable and pliant metal, and the
various details constituting the entire appliance may be considerably varied without
departing from the spirit of my invention.
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 :-
1. In candlesticks or holders for candles, the combination of a pair of tongues
embracing the candle on opposite sides, the said tongues being connected at their
lower ends, at about the diameter of a candle apart by a connecting piece furnished
with projections which slide under lips on a plate or flat ring; the inner edges of
the lips being of such form as to close the tongues on one another and grasp the
candle between when the projections are rotated under the lips; and the tongues
and their connecting piece being either separate from the plate or flat ring or
rivetted or otherwise attached thereto, the whole substantially as described in the
above Specification and exemplified by the drawings.
Dated this 20th day of September 1895.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23 Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for Applicant.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23 Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for Applicant.