An Improved Candle-holder for Candlesticks and Candelabra
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 19th May, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 8th Feb., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 9th Mar., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Candle-holder for Candlesticks and Candelabra,
IGABRIEL CHARLES MASSON-CHEVALLIER, of Montreuil-sous-Bois, near, Paris,
France, Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This Invention relates to an improved candle holder applicable to all kinds of
candlesticks and candelabra and possessing the advantages of the ordinary save all
without its objections and which is adapted to hold candles of different diameters.
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The Invention consists essentially in the combination with a saucer-like sconce
metallic spring clips for securely holding the candle as well as for retaining and
extinguishing the remnant of the burning wick when the candle has burnt down to the
end so as to prevent the breaking of the sconce which frequently occurs when the latter
is made of glass or porcelain, through the burning wick falling into the wax which has
run down in the socket.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specifica-
tion, wherein figure 1 represents an elevation and figure 2 a plan of the improved
candle holder fitted in a candlestick. Figure 3 is a vertical section of the candle clip
and sconce, while figure
4 shews the candle clip separately.
The device comprises two distinct parts, vist. the sconce and the candle clip. The
sconce, which may be. made of glass, porcelain, or other material, has a brim a of
saucer or cup form and a shank 6. The saucer has an annular shoulder c to receive
and hold the candle clip, and the shank bis slightly coned, externally to enable it to
fit candlesticks of different sizes, and hollowed at 6, to receive the wax which may
run down the candle. The sconce a b may also be formed in one with the candlestick.
The candle clip shewn in figure 4, which may be stamped out of sheet metal in a
single piece, consists of a ring d.interrupted or divided, as shewn, for the purpose of
rendering it elastic, and has lugs e stamped up on its exterior surface for engagement
with the shoulder c which is undercut or grooved so as to fix the holder securely therein.
The ring is formed with spring bowsiff acting as clips, the ends of which converge
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page_text: to the centre, as shewn, and are bent downwards to form a cavity to receive and
retain the residue of the wick, while the bows serve to clip the candle, and hold it
firmly in position. Should the candle gutter, the melted wax will pass down between
the clips, and he collected in the cup or socket b¹.
G. C. MASSON-CHEVALLIER.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London,
Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Candle-holder for Candlesticks and Candelabra.
I, GABRIEL CHARLES MASSON-CHEVALLIER, of Montreuil-sous-Bois, near Paris,
France, Gentleman, 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 :-
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This Invention relates to an improved candle-holder, applicable to all kinds of
candlesticks and candelabra, which possesses all the advantages of the ordinary
all" without its objections and which is adapted to hold candles of different diameters.
The Invention consists essentially in the combination with a saucer-like sconce of
metallic spring clips for securely holding the candle as well as for retaining and
extinguishing the remnant of the burning wick when the candle has burnt down to
the end so as to prevent the breaking of the sconce which frequently occurs when
the latter is made of glass or porcelain, through the burning wick falling into the
wax which has run down in the socket.
Reference is to be had to the drawings left with my provisional specification, wherein
figure 1-represents an elevation of the improved candle holder fitted in a candlestick,
figure 2 a plan, and figure 3 a vertical section, of the same. Figure 4 shews the
candle-clip separately.
The device comprises two distinct parts vizt. the sconce and the candle-clip. The
sconce, which may be made of glass, porcelain, or other material, has a brim a of saucer
or cup form, an annular shoulder c to receive and hold the candle-clip and a shank b
which is slightly coned, externally to enable it to fit candlesticks of different sizes,
and hollowed at 61 to receive the wax which may run down the candle. The sconce
may also be formed in one with the candlestick. The candle clip, shewn in figure 4;
which may be stamped out of sheet metal in a single piece, consists of a
ring d

page_text: interrupted or divided, as shewn, for the purpose of rendering it elastic, and has lugs e-
stamped upon its exterior surface for engagement with the shoulder c which is undercut
or grooved so as to fix the holder securely therein. The ring d is formed with spring
bows facting as clips, the ends of which converge to the centre, and are bent down-
wards to form a cavity (as shown in figure 3) to receive and retain the residue of
the wick, while the bows serve to clip the candle and hold it firmly in position. Should
the candle gutter, the inelted wax will pass down between the clips, and be collected.
in the cup or socket b'.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1.
claim is :-
A candle holder constructed of a sconce or saucer a having a grooved shoulder c
and cup or socket b' in combination with a spring ring d having clips converging
to the centre to form a cavity to retain the residue of the wick after the candle has been
entirely consumed, as described.
G. C. MASSON-CHEVALLIER.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London,
Patent Agents.