Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Aug., 1887.
Specification Accepted, 14th Oct., 188?
on-Lans, inventor.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, F.C.S. M.I.M.E. of the Agency for Foreign
Patent Solicitors, 6 Lord Street, Liverpool, and 6 Bank Street, Manchester, both in
the County of Lancaster, and 323 High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, Civil
Engineer, 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 present candle holder, the principal purpose of which is to fasten candles on
Christmas trees, presents the following essential advantages on those that have been
used hitherto for the same purpose, and which were fixed to the tree by screwing them
into the trunk or clamping them on the branches.
In the present system the troublesome screwing into the trunk is superseded,
and the unsafe fastening on the more or less wavering branches is done away
with.
The present candle holder consists essentially in a piece of undulated or corrugated
metallic sheet, which is bent round the trunk at any place, and held fast by a band
fixed to the sheet or wound round it by means of eyes and hooks or studs. In this
manner there are left between the trunk and the metal sheet vertical channels, into
which the ends of the candle sticks, which are bent to an angle, can be introduced and
held up.
In the annexed drawing
Figure 1 is an elevation of the trunk of a tree with the candle holders fixed to it.
Figure 2 shows a section through the trunk, and top view of the candle sticks.
Figure 3 a view of the unfolded candle stick holder.

page_text: Figures 5 and 6 a modification of a similar candle stick holder in elevation and
section.
The strip of corrugated sheet a together with the band is placed round the trunk
and closed by means of the stud c fixed at the part where the metal sheet strip and
band are connected together, the stud c passing through eyes d made in convenient
places.
There are formed between the trunk and the strips a channels e in which the candle
sticks, the ends of which are bent to an angle, are inserted. It is evident that these
holders applied to a Christmas tree allow of the disposing of the candles in a great
variety of ways.
In this
Figure 1 shows an application of the holder for hanging up of clothes.
case the clothes-hooks are, after their introduction, further secured against coming out
by a wire bent round, or by any other suitable means. The holder is in this case
placed, for instance, round trees, lamp posts of garden localities.
In the model shown in Figures 5 and 6 the fastening of the holder is accomplished
by driving a nail in.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention,
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 :-
A holder for candle sticks or wardrobe hooks, or other like articles, which consists
of a piece of corrugated sheet of metal, ending in a narrow band of metal, and
capable of being fixed to tree trunks or any other suitable object, in such manner,
that between the trunks and the strips of metal, channels are formed, for the reception
of pegs of candle sticks, wardrobe hooks or the like, and the corrugated sheet being
arranged so as to be closed on itself, or through a special band, substantially as
described.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.