Improvements in Candlesticks.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application. 7th Nov., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 11th Dec., 1.93-Accepted, 13th Jan., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Candlesticks.
JOHN CROXTON BROWN Nether Dean Kimbolton independent means do-
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My improved candlestick has a cylinder from ten to twelve inches long, the
diameter according to the size of candle to be used.
The upper end is fitted with a brass cap with an opening to allow the wick to
project. This cap is made to take on or off at leisure.
Inside is a spiral spring the length of the cylinder with a plug attached to it
slightly concaved for the candle to rest upon.
This spring is pressed down by the candle, the
the candle is consumed the spring forces it up.
length of unconsumed candle.
Dated this 6th day of November 1893:
brass cap securing the whole; as:
A slit in the cylinder shows the-
Improvements in Candlesticks.
I, JOHN CROXTON BROWN Nether Dean Kimbolton independent means, 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 invention relates to improvements in candlesticks, and by which the candle-
is always held in its place, without risk of being shaken out of the candlestick as.
sometimes occurs with candlesticks now in use.
And in order that my invention may be the better understood I have appended
the accompanying sheet of drawings in which
Figure 1 represents a sectional elevational view of my improved candlestick and
Figures 2 and 3 are respectively a section of the cap and plug hereinafter more-
particularly referred to.
Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several.
views.
In accordance with my invention I make a cylinder a, which is secured to the
base of the candlestick by any suitable means, and of such length,-say from
10 to 12 inches, and diameter as to suit the candle to be inserted. I also employ
a cap having on its inside a screw thread at the bottom, and a ridge or lip cat
the top, forming a circular channel. This cap b, which is also provided with an
opening at the top, is screwed, or otherwise secured, onto the top of the cylinder a,.
and through which passes the wick of the candle.
Situated within the cylinder a, and resting upon the base of the candlestick, is a
spiral spring d upon which rests at its upper end the plug e. As will be seen on.
referring more particularly to Figure 3, said plug e is provided with a collar el for
catching any grease which may travel down the candle, the latter being held
securely in the cup portion of the plug e by means of a small projection passing into.
the body of the candle.

page_text: The working of my invention is as follows; viz. :-The cap is first unscrewed
and the candle passed into the cylinder and pressed down until the cap may be
screwed on again.
As the candle is consumed, so the spiral spring d forces same against the-ridge
or lip c which is employed for preventing the candle from coming into contact with
the sharp opening formed at the top of cap b. An opening or slot f formed in the
side of the cylinder a enables the user to ascertain the length of the candle yet to
be consumed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
b
First. In candlesticks the employment of the cap 6 provided internally with a
screw thread and ridge or lip c substantially as and for the purposes herein set
forth and shown in the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Second. In candlesticks the employment of the plug e having a collar e¹
substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth and shown in the accom-
panying sheet of drawings.
Third. Improvements in candlesticks substantially as herein described and
shown in the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Deted this 11th day of December 1893
JAMES STEVENSON,
Gray's Inn Chambers, 20, High Holborn, London, W.C.,
Agent for Applicant.