improvements in candlesticks Grease Candle
Year: 1898

page_text: I, JOHN BELL, of Catherine Hill House, Frome, in the County of Somerset,
Photographer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention for improvements in candlesticks, called, The Perfection, Anti-
Grease Candlestick, is as follows:
The candle is inserted into a tube with a coil spring underneath the candle,
and a small metal dish with a rim of metal on the top turned inwards, and
pressed over the candle, there being a hole in centre of dish smaller than the
candle, which prevents it coming up through the dish, the spring presses the
candle up tightly to the dish untill the candle is all consumed, the rim around
the top preventing any molten wax or grease from escaping on to the candlestick
or other places where it is not wanted, the wax being all consumed.
Dated this 27th day of Anril 1808
nek or Canduie Lamp.
I, JOHN BELL, of Catherine Hill House, Frome, Somerset, Photographer, 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 candle-lamps, and has
for its object to provide and arrange certain appliances which will prevent the
dropping of the melted wax or grease from the candle while burning, and which
will enable the whole of the candle to be consumed without any waste.
My invention consists in the provision of a metallic dish or bowl, perforated in
the centre to be placed over the top of the candle, with a rim or flange turned
inwards, forming an annular recess, sloping towards the centre where the top
of the candle projects; this removable metallic dish is attached by clips or the
like to a metal plate fixed by wires or rods to the upper end of a cylindrical
holder, corresponding to the pillar of an ordinary candlestick; an inner tube
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page_text: attached to a coiled spring is placed in the holder, with a dish shaped receptacle
for the end of the candle formed on the top; the annular space surrounding the
candle when placed in the dish, receives any melted wax which may escape from
the top and trickle down the candle.
My invention will be more fully described in connection with the accompanying
sheet of drawings, in which Figure 1 represents (partly in section,) a candlestick
complete, with a candle inserted ready for lighting; Fig. 2 is a perspective
sketch of a detachable metallic dish to surround the top of a candle; Fig. 3 is
a plan of a plate or disc attached by wires or rods to the top of the holder, to receive
and retain the metallic dish, and Fig. 4, represents the inner tube, with a dish
shaped receptacle on the top for the candle, and coiled spring attached ready
for insertion in the holder.
The same letters indicate similar parts in all the figures.
A is the ordinary cylindrical holder, attached to a candlestick of any suitable
design; for the purposes of keeping the outside of the candle cool, and assisting
in its proper combustion, rods B are attached to the top of the holder, and support
a plate or disc of metal C, shaped as shown in Fig. 3; a thin metal disc D, with
a hole d made therein, is formed into a concave shape, and a piece of metal E
of a similar size and shape, but with a much larger central hole, is inverted and
attached, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2; the hole is made considerably smaller
than the candles to be used, so as to keep them in place while burning; a short
tube F of sufficient size to surround the candle, is attached to the under surface
of the plate D, this forms a cap for the candle to keep it in its vertical position;
a couple of clips G are also attached to the plate D, these pass by recesses g in
the disc C to engage with its outer diameter, and thus secure the dish to the disc.
H is the candle, round the top of which the detachable dish D E has been
placed, the wick end of the candle protruding through the hole d; the bottom
of the candle rests in in a circular tapering dish I formed on the top of a
cylinder J at the bottom of the dish a coiled spring K is attached, which when
placed in the outer holder, presses the dish I upwards, and keeps the candle tightly
against the cap on the metallic dish D: to prevent the cylinder J and its attach-
ments from slipping round in the holder, and to keep the candle steady while
being pressed upwards, a stud jis attached at the bottom, as shewn in Fig. 4,
and a channel or groove j is made in the holder A, the stud engaging in the
groove holds the cylinder quite steady as it rises.
The parts being provided as described, their operation is as follows:-The plate
or disc C is attached by the rods B to the holder A, the cylinder J with the
spring K inserted in the holder and fastened at the bottom by any suitable means,
the dish I will be pressed by the spring against the disc C, and the candlestick
will be ready for the reception of the candle; the large end of the candle is then
put through the hole in the disc C into the dish I, and the metallic dish D E
placed over the top, with the wick and end protruding through the hole d, the
candle is then pressed down by means of the dish and cap F until the dish D comes
into contact with the disc C, the dish is turned until the clips G pass the
openings and engage the outer diameter of the disc, which holds the candle
in position ready for lighting.
If during the process of combustion, any melted wax or grease should escape
from the candle, it would fall into the curved part of the dish D and round the
wick into the cup of melted wax on the top of the burning candle, and be con-
sumed; and in case any part should run down the candle, it would be held by
the lower dish I and rise with the end of the candle, and burnt up without any
waste.
These appliances, although primarily intended for use as ordinary candlesticks,
are equally adapted for carriage lamps, where the candles are more exposed to
draughts, and consequently a greater liability to the melted wax getting out of
its proper place.

page_text: 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 and the like, the provision of removable metallic dishes as
herein described, to surround the burning wicks and tops of candles to receive
any escaping wax or grease, and other dishes or cups to hold the lower ends of
candles, with annular spaces in which any further escaping wax may fall, ar-
ranged in their respective positions substantially as and for the purposes herein
described and illustrated.
2. In candlesticks and the like, the provision of dishes for the prevention of
wax and grease escaping from burning candles, in combination with clips, plates,
and springs for actuating the same, substantially as herein set forth and described.
Dated this 16th day of June 1898
J. G. WESTLAKE,
Applicant's Agent, 2, John Street, Bristol.
J. G. WESTLAKE,
Applicant's Agent, 2, John Street, Bristol.