AN IMPROVED APPARATUS TO BE PLACED ON A CANDLE TO CATCH OR COLLECT ANY MELTED MATERIAL ESCAPING FROM THE TOP OF THE SAME
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake,
& Co., Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, for the Invention of
"AN IMPROVED APPARATUS TO BE PLACED ON A CANDLE TO CATCH OR
COLLECT ANY MELTED MATERIAL ESCAPING FROM THE TOP OF THE SAME."
A communication from abroad by Arthur Lacotte, of the Departement of La
Gironde. France.
Sealed the 12th December 1879, and dated the 4th July 1879.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Robert Lake at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 4th July 1879.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London. "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS TO BE PLACED ON
A CANDLE TO CATCH OR COLLECT ANY MELTED MATERIAL ESCAPING FROM THE TOP
OF THE SAME." [A communication from abroad by Arthur Lacotte, of the Departe-
ment of La Gironde, France.]
This Invention relates to an apparatus or device designed to be used in con-
nection with a candle to catch the drops of tallow or other material of which the
candle is made, and which fall from the latter when it is being carried; the object
of the said device being to prevent the said drops from falling upon floors, carpets,
or other articles.
In carrying the said Invention into practice I provide a concavo-convex plato of
glass or other suitable material, having a hole in its centre large enough for the
candle to pass through; this plate is supported by branches or arms soldered
within a collar and extending under the plate; the inner end of one of these
branches passes a short distance beyond the inner face of the said collar, and thus
serves to prevent the said plate from rubbing against the candle. The said collar
is formed of a ring of metal and is cut open at one part, being thus made to act as
a spring.
When the candle which passes through the collar and through the plate is
stationary the whole apparatus or device is carried down along the candle to the
lower part thereof; but when the latter is to be carried or moved the said device
is moved up the candle near to the upper part thereof, the pressure of the said collar

page_text: maintaining the apparatus in the desired position, Any drops of melted tallow,
which would otherwise fall upon the floor or candlestick or upon some other article,
will be caught and retained by the said apparatus.-
-=The said apparatus may be made-in- a slightly modified manner as follows, that
is to say :—I take a thin sheet of metal and cut the same so as to produce a number
of pieces projecting upward from a band; the piece of metal so shaped is then bent
round and the two ends thereof are brought together, and a ring or circle is thus
formed through which the candle is designed to pass; the said projections are then
bent over in such a manner that some of them will be underneath the glass plate,
and the others will overlap 'the upper surface. thereof after passing through the
central-hole-in-the-said plate. The glass plate is thus securely held, the said piece
of thin metal thus serving the same purpose as the collar and branches first herein
described.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Robert Lake in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 3rd
January 1880.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London. "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS TO BE PLACED ON
A CANDLE TO CATCH OR COLLECT ANY MELTED MATERIAL ESCAPING FROM THE TOP
OF THE SAME." A communication from abroad by Arthur Lacotte, of the Departe-
ment of La Gironde, France.
The said improved apparatus has for its object to permit the carrying about of
candles in rooms, or on staircases, and the like without danger of the soiling or
staining occasioned by the drops or melted particles falling from the candles.
The said apparatus, constructed according to this Invention, is illustrated in the
accompanying Drawing.
Figure 1 is a plan of a glass dish or plate.
Figure 2 is a plan shewing a collar and three branches or arms for supporting the
said dish.
Figure 3 is a central section of the said dish and its support.
Figure 4 is a side elevation, shewing the said apparatus complete and mounted
upon a candle to permit the same to be moved or carried about.
Figure 5 is a side elevation, shewing the said apparatus as adjusted when the
candle is to remain at rest.
As shewn in Figures 1, 2, and 3, the glass dish or plate A is round and slightly
concave, and has a central aperture O. The support is an open metal collar or
ring B which forms a spring, and to whose interior are soldered or otherwise
attached the three metal branches or rods C terminating in volutes which support
and keep in place the dish A.
The spring collar B by its elasticity keeps the apparatus at any required or
suitable height on the candle to receive or catch the drops falling from the same.
When the said candle is to remain stationary or at rest the said collar is pushed
down to bring the apparatus into the position indicated in Figure 5. If it is
desired to move about with the candle the said collar is pushed upward on the
same, so that the said apparatus will be near the top of the candle, that is to say,
about 1 inch or 1 inches below the flame, as in Figure 4, the pressure of the collar
keeping the said apparatus in place. When the said apparatus is lowered to the
top of the candlestick it will form an ornament to the latter.
Having thus fully described the said Invention, as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent, and the manner of performing the same, I wish it understood
that I claim,
The improved apparatus constructed substantially as shown to be applied to a
candle for catching or receiving the drops or melted particles which fall from the
same, as above set forth.
'
In witness whereof, I, the said William Robert Lake, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Third day of January, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty.