An Improvement in Candlesticks.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 11th May, 1891.
Complete Specification Left, 10th Feb., 1892-Accepted, 26th Mar., 1892
An Improvement in Candlesticks.
I, PIUS SANER of Breitenbach, Switzerland, Magistrate, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
When a candle is, as usual, held in the central column of a candlestick and is
intended to be slid up or down therein, the grease or other material of the candle
running down at the side of the candle to a certain extent cements the candle in
the column rendering it difficult to slide it, and moreover it is not desirable to take
hold of the side of the candle especially when it is more or less covered with the
material that has run down.
The object of my invention is to avoid these inconveniences by the construction
of a candlestick in the following manner. From the centre of the base which is
as usual of dish or saucer form, a central column projects upwards with a suitable
handle for carrying the candlestick projecting from one side of the column.
In each side of the column there is a long vertical slot through which passes a
horizontal bolt carrying at its one end beyond the column a socket for holding the
lower end of the cardle, and at its other end, outside the coluam, a thumb nut.
From the top of the column projects an arm carrying a ring vertically over the
socket above mentioned. The candle is passed through the ring with its lower end
inserted in the socket, being thus held at the side of and parallel to the central
column. When it is required to lower or raise the candle, the thumb nut is slightly
unscrewed and the socket is lowered or raised to the desired position where it is
clamped by screwing up the nut.
The socket is preferably made with its side slit to form spring segments which
can hold candles of different sizes and it is made shallow so that the candle can be
burnt quite out.
Such of the grease or other material as may run down the candle is collected in the
dish below, the nut to which the fingers are applied for raising or lowering being
left quite clean.
Dated this 11th day of May 1901
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Candlesticks.
1, PIUS SANER, of Breitenbach in the Canton of Soleure in the Republic of
Switzerland, Horological Instrument Manufacturer, 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 :-
Candlesticks as hitherto made possess objectionable disadvantages, and are also
disagreeable and troublesome to handle, arising from the heated material of which
the candle is made, such as stearine, tallow, etcetera, becoming liquid and running
down, the holder often becoming dirtied in its interior and exterior; it often also
becomes stopped up, so that the height at which the candle shall stand cannot be
regulated and the candle be moved up and down, so that often very considerable
pains must be taken and also force exerted in order to move the candles either
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higher or lower. When such has to be done, the holder and the candle often suffer,
since the candles become mutilated and do not last so long.
If the candle, by forgetfulness, has been left burning and the candle has not, at
the proper time, been raised in its stick, there are very frequently greater evils than
those above mentioned.
The kind of candlesticks which has hitherto been made use of has, besides the
objectionable evils already mentioned, this objection, that the holders, that is to
say, the parts in which the candles directly stand, are difficult to polish and to be
kept clean, since the cavity or opening becomes filled with dirt and is difficult to
get at.
The necessity for a better and more practical kind of candlestick is commonly
felt, more especially in hotels, and this has been the case for a long time.
The said evils are done away with in this new candlestick, since the candles stand
quite independently and outside of the usual holder, so that there will no longer be
the objectionable overflow of the candle material into the cavity or opening of the
holder, thereby preventing the necessary movement of the candle, and, further, in
this new kind of candlestick, the entire holder is less dirty and more easily kept
clean.
In Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings, there is shown a side view of a
candlestick made according to the present invention, part being in section for the
purposes of illustration.
Figures 2 and 3 are horizontal sections on the line a-x. y-y, respectively of
Figure 1.
In the hollow holder A, which is connected in any suitable manner with the
basin-shaped stand B, are two vertical slits a-a, a-a', lying diametrically opposite
each other. The latter extend almost the entire length of the holder A and receive
the screw C, which is pushed right across through the holder A. The screw C has
fastened to its one end a little cap D, which receives the end part of the candle E,
it also has a guide plate b, the form of which corresponds to the outside of the
holder A. On the other free end of the screw or pin C, a screw mute is applied,
by means of which the screw or pin C can be held fast in any desired position ou
the holder A.
At its upper end, the holder A carries the ring F, fastened thereto, and through
which the candle E is placed. The small cap D has one or more slits d, so that it
acts as a spring on the end part of the candle E, and, in consequence, can take
candles of different sizes. A handle G, which will serve as a suitable holder for
the candlestick, is fastened to the part A.
In the candlestick, as has been described, the melted matter, of which the candle
is made, does not drop into the hollow holder A, and, consequently, the candle can
be casily and conveniently raised and lowered at any time, when the screw nut c,
fastened upon C, is somewhat loosened. The screw C is pushed upwards or down-
wards in the vertical slits a a, a' a', and the nut c is then again tightened.
The holder A can, it will be understood, be made hollow or solid, and it, as well
as the stand B, can be made in various forms out of any suitable material, and be
ornamented in any way.
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 :-
1. The improvement in candlesticks, which consists in providing such with a
sinall cap for receiving the candle, applied sideways to the vertical holder and on
which it can be moved up and down and yet can be made fast at any desired point.
2. A. candlestick, of the kind described in Clain 1, so constructed that the small
cap D, for receiving the candle, is connected with a screwed pin C which is pushed
through a vertical holder A, can be moved up and down in a corresponding
longitudinal slot of the same and held fast by a nut e in its different positions, the

page_text: holder A being fastened to a suitably shaped pedestal and provided with a ring F
above for guiding the candle.
Dated this 9th day of February 1892.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.