IMPROVEMENTS IN CANDLE-HOLDERS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Carl Keibel at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 17th July 1882.
CARL KEIBEL of Folsong Dear Tauer, German Empire, "IMPROVEMENTS IN
CANDLE-HOLDERS
My invention has for its object a device for securely holding candles of varying
diameters without requiring these latter to be cut if thick or wrapped round with
paper or the like if thin.
The said device consists substantially of a sleeve, tube or socket of suitable
material in which a female screw-thread is cut and the sides whereof are cut or
slotted in such a manner as to present sharp edges to the candle, corresponding to
the threads of the screw which are thus cut into the candle (which is screwed into
the socket) whereby it is firmly secured. To adapt this socket to candles of
different diameters, its aperture is made tapering inward and downward.
The socket is preferably provided with an outer shell which serves as a grease
cup to receive the material cut from the candle by the screw and also that which
drips from the same when burning, and may have apertures at the bottom to
facilitate cleaning
This holder may either be made in one piece with a candle-stick or separate
therefrom; in the latter case it may have a shank upon which a screw is cut
allowing the shank to be fastened in the body of the candle-stick or, say, in a
cork-plug or stopper adapted to fit into the opening which ordinarily serves for
the reception of the candle. Or the shank may be smooth or serrated and the
holder may be cemented into the candle-stick.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Carl Keibel in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 15th January
1888.
CARL KEIBEL of Folsong, near Tauer German Empire.
CANDLE HOLDERS."
“IMPROVEMENTS IN
My candle holder shown in the accompanying drawing, has for its object
principally to allow candles of different diameters to be fixed with equal facility.
This also allows the troublesome cutting of the end of candles which are too thick
to be dispensed with, as well as the equally troublesome wrapping of paper or the
like round the end of candles which are too thin.
A holder made according to my system as hereinafter described may be made
either to form part of the candle stick, or may be made separately from the latter
and be firmly connected therewith by the also hereinafter indicated means
My holder shown in Figs 1, 2 and 4 consists of three (or more or fewer) fingers
a a rising from the bottom a' which are formed in such manner that in a box
having an inwardly tapering female screw thread in its interior; slots are made
which extend from the upper edge of the box to the bottom thereof. Then the
cutting edges present the ends of threads and present a sharp edge to the object
to be screwed in which facilitates the cutting of the thread into the candle
It is obvious that, if a candle be screwed into a holder thus produced, the
screw-thread of the latter will readily be cut in the candle whereby the latter is
securely fixed in the holder
The holder is tapered towards the bottom so as to allow candles of both large
and small diameters to be attached. As already mentioned such a holder can be
made in one piece with the candlestick c. By means of a shank a" with a metal
screw thread as shown in Figs 1 and 4 or by the shank a" with a wood screw
thread as shown in Fig 5 the holder can readily be attached to existing candle-
sticks. In Fig 5 for instance e indicates a plug into which the thread of the holder
shank is screwed. By fitting such a plug into an existing candlestick, connection
can be effected in a simple manner. The holder might also be made with a smooth
or a serrated shank and be connected with the candlestick by cementing.
The holder may be surrounded by a casing whose bottom has apertures 6' b for
cleaning, this gathers the paraffin wax & which is forced out at the slots in the
holder when the candle K is screwed in, and also the substance which drips from
the candle. This casing may be provided, at the top as shown or at the bottom,
with a rim or lip and if the holder is screwed in, it may serve to hold the casing
at the same time.
The casing can then readily be cleansed by unscrewing the holder.
Having now described my invention and the manner of performing the same I
wish it to be understood that what I claim and desire to protect under the herein-
before in part recited Letters Patent is :
First A candle holder into which candles of different thicknesses may be screwed
and held firmly and which consists of a box with female screw thread
which becomes narrower at the bottom, said box being slit the entire length
of the screwed part so that separate fingers a a are formed at the edge of
which the screw threads present sharp edges to the candle to be screwed in
so as to enable the thread to be cut in the candle substantially as set forth

page_text: Second-In combination with a candle holder as described in claim 1 a casing b
surrounding the same and having openings b¹ b' at the bottom to allow the
material separated by the screwing in of the candle or dripping from it
when the candle is burning to be gathered and removed substantially as set
forth.
In witness whereof I the said Carl Keibel have hereunto set my hand and
seal this ninth day of January in the year of Our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty three.
CARL KEIBEL (L.S.)