Improved Means of Holding and Extinguishing Candles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Dec., 1897 --Accepted, 12th Feb., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means of Holding and Extinguishing Candles.
We, CURT FERDINAND TEICHER, of 20B, Georgenstrasse, Liepsig, Germany,
Manufacturer, and JULIUS FRIEDRICHI ALFRED RUNGE, of 30, Querstrasse, Leipsig,
aforesaid, Merchant, 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:-
This invention relates to a device for holding and extinguishing a candle,
characterized by an elastic ring mounted in a groove in the lower end of the candle
and which normally operates to cause the candle to be firmly held in the socket of
the candle-holder, and which, when the candle has burnt down to and consequently
softens in its proximity, operates, by contracting about the softened candle material,
to smother and extinguish the flame. The invention also embraces the applica-
tion of a movable elastic ring operating as aforesaid in association with a graduated
scale on a candle corresponding in units of time with the rate of consumption of
the candle so as to cause the candle to be extinguished at a predetermined time upon
the elastic ring being set to a corresponding position on the candle.
On the accompanying drawings:-
Figure, 1, represents, in elevation, a candle adapted with such improvements;
and Figure, 2, represents a transverse section through A-B, Fig. 1.
c, represents the elastic ring which is let into a groove, b, made in the holding
end of the candle, a, and operates to ensure the candle being firmly held in the
socket of the candle holder and to extinguish the flame when the candle burns
down to the socket.
d, represents the elastic ring, which is adjustable to any desired position on the
candle, and which is preferably used in association with graduated marks (as
indicated in Fig. 1,) representing units of time as regards the consumption of the
candle material when the candle is burning, so as to enable the ring to be set at
any time at which it is desired that the candle flame should be extinguished.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
1. A device for holding and extinguishing a candle characterized by an elastic
ring mounted in a groove in the lower end of the candle and which normally
operates to cause the candle to be firmly held in the socket of the candle holder,
and which, when the candle has burnt down to and consequently softens in its
proximity, operates, by contracting about the softened candle material, to smother
and extinguish the flame, as set forth.
2. A device for extinguishing candles, characterized by a movable elastic ring,
operating, when the candle has burnt down to and consequently softens in its
proximity, by contracting about the softened candle material, to smother and
extinguish the flame, the same being preferably used in association with a

page_text: graduated scale on the candle, corresponding in units of time with the rate of con-
sumption of the candle so as to cause the candle to be extinguished at a predeter-
mined time, upon the elastic ring being set to a corresponding position on the
candle, as set forth.
DAY, DAVIES & HUNT,
Chartered Patent Agents,
321, High Holborn, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.