A READING LIGHT-HOLDER FOR USE BY RAILWAY TRAVELLERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC
Year: 1884

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I JOE LONGBOTTOM of Boughton Lodge, Chester, in the County of Chester, Hop
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for A READING
LIGHT-HOLDER FOR USE BY RAILWAY TRAVELLERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC, to
be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to furnish a cheap, portable and convenient holder
for a candle, to be used more especially by Railway Travellers, but also by the
general public.
My invention consists of a flat metal plate, preferably about 2 inches long and
one inch and a half wide; in the centre of which a spike or pin is fixed, upon
which the lower end of a candle is placed; or instead of a spike a cylindrical socket
may be used. When the holder is not in use the spike is protected by a piece of
cork, and, when so protected, it may be carried with safety in the pocket or in a
travelling bag.
In some cases I fit my improved holder with a reflector, which is fixed or hinged
to the horizontal plate, and is placed in a vertical position behind the candle when
in use.
My said invention is very light, and is intended to hold a short wax or composite
candle, to be used for reading or lighting purposes, and, when required for use, can
be place on a narrow ledge of a Railway Carriage window, or in any other
convenient position where light is required. It is however, principally intended to
supply a much needed want experienced by Railway Travellers.
GEO. DOWNING,
Agent for Applicant.

page_text: A Reading Light Holder for Use by Railway Travellers and the
General Public.
I JOE LONGBOTTOM of Boughton Lodge Chester in the County of Chester Hop
Merchant do hereby declare the nature of my invention for A READING LIGHT
HOLDER and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My said invention relates to the construction of a convenient and portable candle
holder for the use,. as a reading light, of Railway Travellers and others which is
equally adaptable for attaching to the upholstery or to stand upon the window
ledge of the carriage and when not in use to be carried in the pocket and form a
recepticle for spare candles.
The objects are to meet a want long felt by Travellers i.e. a cheap and simple
means of providing a Reading Light.
My said Invention in its simplest form, consists of a small metal plate either
hinged or attached rigidly, to a reflector standing vertically.
In the centre of the said plate is a pin or spike upon which the candle is placed,
with the object of rendering the Holder suitable for various sizes of candles the
wire composing the said spike passes up the back of the said Reflector, and forms
the hook for attaching to the upholstery, the said wire also keeps the plate and
reflector at right angles to each other.
A modification of my said Reading Light Holder is in the form of a Box suitable
to contain 3 candles, the lid of which when open forms one side of the Reflector, the
other side is composed of a secondary lid, between which said lids is hinged to one
end of the said Box, a small plate having the spike upon which the candle is placed,
when open this said plate keeps the reflectors in position.
In another form of my said Reading Light Holder the Box is composed of two
halves, of triangular section, hinged together; the tray or plate is also in two parts
each hinged to one half of the said Box, one part has the spike attached, the other
part is provided with a small hole which passing over the spike keeps the two
halves of the Box in position.
In a modification of this form the two parts composing the Box are made in
plan, in the form of arcs of circles hinged together similarly to the last described
form; the plate or tray consists of two parts of oval shape jointed together at their
larger ends, the small end of each piece being attached to the outer edge of each
half of the Box in such a manner as to cause the candle to come forward when the
Box is opened, which when open forms a semi-circular-reflector.
With the object that my invention may be the better understood, I hereunto
append a sheet of explanatory Drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of
the simplest form of my said Reading Light Holder with a fixed reflector, "A"
being the tray, "B" the reflector, and "C" the spike to hold the candle-Fig. 2 is
the form of Reading Light Holder which is also a Box designed to contain three
candles, in which "A" is the hinged tray "B" the lid, "C" the secondary lid, and
"D" the spike, which passes through the slot "E" when folded up Figs. 3. 4. & 5.

page_text: are three views of the first described form, constructed to fold up flat, in which "A"
is the plate or tray, "B" the reflector, "C" the wire forming spike, hook and
"back bone" to keep the Holder open, the wire "C" passes under the spring "D"
which keeps it in position Figs. 6 and 7 are elevation and plans respectively of
the other Box form of my said Reading Light Holder in which A. A¹ are the two
halves constituting the Box, B. B¹ are the two parts of the tray hinged to the Box
and being held in position by the spike "C"-Figs. 8 and 9 are elevation and plan
respectively of the other modified form of "Box" Holder in which the parts A. A'
are the two halves forming the semicircular reflector, and B. B¹ the two oval pieces
constituting the tray, the candle spike C forming the centre hinge, the ends D. "D."
being attached to the edges of the Box, when same is closed the Tray and candle
recede as indicated by the dotted lines; this Box may be made to contain two
candles by providing another spike.
Having fully described, illustrated and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and the manner in which the same is to be carried into effect, I claim as
new and desire to secure by Letters Patent
1. A Candle Holder consisting of a plate and reflector fastened together rigidly,
the said plate having a spike upon which the candle is placed, for use as a Reading
Light, substantially as herein described and illustrated.
2. In a Reading Light Holder having a spike upon which the candle is placed,
the method of hinging together the plate and reflector and fastening same in
position by means of the spike wire, which also forms the Hook for hanging up by,
substantially as herein described and illustrated.
3. In a Reading Light Holder having a spike to hold the candle, the combination
of Box, Lid and Tray to form both candle holder and recepticle for spare candles
substantially as herein described and illustrated.
4. In a Reading Light Holder in which the candle is placed upon a spike the
construction of the Reflector in two parts hinged together, and the arrangement of
the parts of the Tray so as to fasten together by means of the said spike and keep
the said reflector open, substantially as herein described and illustrated.
5. In a Reading Light Holder having a spike upon which to fix the candle, the
arrangement of the parts of the case and tray so as to cause the candle to come
forward when the said case is opened and to recede when the same is closed,
substantially as herein described and illustrated.