Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Apr., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 15th Jan., 1889
Comolete Specification Accepted, 16th Feb., 1889
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
My improvement consists essentially of a block or mass of sulphur having
wicking, consisting of fibres or threads, of combustible material distributed thoughout
the upper portion of the block or mass. The wicking of fibres, or threads, may if
desirable, extend throughout the entire mass of sulphur.
The improvement also consists in a block or mass of sulphur, shaped so as to
form a candle and provided with a surrounding band of metal, which band of
metal projects slightly above the upper side or end of the main portion or body of
the said candle.
Preferably, the block or mass of sulphur will be provided on the upper side at
about the centre, with a projection, whereby the candle may be easily lighted.
The band of metal surrounding the candle may be retained there by friction or
secured in any other suitable manner.
There may be a plate of metal beneath the bottom of the candle, if desirable,
and such plate, if used, may be secured to the metal band at the lower edge of the
latter.
By this improvement I am enabled to produce a disinfecting candle which will
be extremely convenient for use and, moreover, very safe. It will burn easily but
not too rapidly. When the sulphur shall become liquefied, it will be prevented from
running over onto any support whereon the candle may be placed by means of the
surrounding band of metal.
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements relating to Disinfectants.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings in the County of Middlesex, 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 improvement consists in a candle made of sulphur and provided with a
surrounding band of metal projecting by preference slightly above the upper side
or end of the main portion or body of the candle.
My improvement further consists of a sulphur candle formed into a block or mass
and having wicking consisting of fibres or threads of combustible material distributed
throughout the upper portion of the block or mass.
The improvement further consists in a sulphur candle formed of a block or mass and
having wicks arranged transversely at the upper surface. Preferably, the both ends
of these wicks will be upturned for ignition.
In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of a candle embodying
my improvement. Figure 2 is a transverse vertical section of the same. Figure 3.is.
a transverse vertical section illustrating certain modifications.
Similar letters of
reference designate corresponding parts in all the above figures.
The candle, in the example of my improvement shown in Figures 1 and 2 has a.
body, a of cylindric form provided on the upper side at about the centre with a nipple
or projection a¹.
Around the body a extends a band which is preferably made of metal and extends
slightly above the top of said body in order that it may prevent the flowing over of
any liquefied sulphur upon any article on which the candle may be placed and burned'.
This band may simply be retained by friction in place around the body or it may be
secured in any other suitable manner. There may be a plate of metal beneath the
bottom of the body a of the candle, if desirable, and in case such a plate should be
employed it might be secured to the lower edge of the band b.
The candle in this example of my improvement is shown as being of large diameter
compared with its length or heighth and it is desirable to make it in this way in order
that a larger surface of the sulphur shall be exposed for combustion.
I employ a wick or wicking consisting of threads or fibres of combustible material
distributed throughout the entire body a of the candle or the entire upper portion of
the body as well as the nipples or projections a¹. I have represented such thread or
fibre by short lines in Figure 2 and 3 and marked such lines with the letter c.
In Figure 3, I have illustrated a slight modification. Here the upper surface of
the block is concave inwards of the circumference, as indicated at a. The circum-
ferential top portion is shown flat as in the other example of my improvement.
d designates wicks transversely arranged at the upper surface of the block. They
are shown as located in the concave portions a². They extend transversely. As here
shown they are arranged radially, their middle portion being embodied in the sulphur
and the two ends of each being upturned for ignition.

page_text: I find that they contribute to the proper burning of the candle.
Obviously a candle embodying my improvement may be made in other shapes as for
instance square or approximately square, or of other polygonal contour.
A candle embodying my improvement will burn slowly and without entailing any
serious danger of conflagration.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent I declare that what I claim is :
1. A sulphur candle provided with a surrounding band of metal projecting slightly
above the upper side or end of the main portion or body of said candle, substantially
as specified.
2. A sulphur candle consisting of sulphur formed into a block or mass and having
wicking consisting of fibres or threads of combustible material distributed throughout
the upper portion of the block or mass, substantially as specified.
3. A sulphur candle having the top surface concaved inwardly from the circum-
ference, substantially as specified.
4. A sulphur candle having wicks transversely arranged at the upper surface,'
substantially as specified.
5. A sulphur candle, having wicks transversely arranged at the upper surface and
their ends, substantially as specified.
Dated this 15th day of January 1889.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.