Improvements in the Fitting and Fixing of Candles to their Sockets and of Candlestick Sockets or Receptacles for Candles.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Nov., 1888.
Complete Specification Left, 31st May, 1889-Accepted. 6th July. 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Fitting and Fixing of Candles to their Sockets
and of Candlestick Sockets or Receptacles for Candles.
I SIDNEY ADOLPHUS WITTMANN of 47 Great Marlborough Street W. London,
Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists, in the lower end of candles [where they are let into a
candlestick itself] being shaped, made, fashioned or moulded as a screw; and thus made.
to screw into and fit into the Candlestick socket, the sides of which are likewise turned,
moulded, made or fashioned in the shape of a female screw to receive the candle &
hold it.
1000
November 28th 1888.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Fitting and Fixing of Candles to their Sockets
and of Candlestick Sockets or Receptacles for Candles.
1, SIDNEY ADOLPHUS WITTMANN, of 47 Great Marlborough Street, in the County
of London, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the saine is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
My Invention relates to an improved method of fitting and fixing of candles
to their sockets, and of candlestick sockets or receptacles for candles, to fix the same
in a rigid position.
The invention consists in the lower ends of candles and the portion let into any
size socket or nozzle of any candlestick, being shaped, made, fashioned or moulded
with a worm or thread in a screw shape formed beyond or on the circumference of
the candle, constructed of the same material as the composition of the candle, for the
purpose of wedging or fixing the said candle into a plain ordinary plain socket or
nozzle of a candlestick now in common use, as in figure 1.
If preferable I construct the socket or nozzle of metal, wood, earthenware, or of
any other material, with a corresponding or female thread to enable the aforesaid
candle to be screwed firmly into the female thread of the socket or nozzle.
And in order that my Invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed
to describe the accompanying drawings thereof, reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon.
Figure 1 represents an elevation of the bottom portion of a candle A with a worm
or thread B formed in the shape of a screw, for the purpose of permitting the sharp
edges of the thread to wedge itself into an ordinary plain socket or nozzle of a
candlestick E, described in section or to screw into a female thread formed in the
socket as in figure 2.
The thread or worm of the screw may be made of any desired shape or section.
Figure 2 denotes a section of the socket or nozzle C, of a candlestick constructed
with a female thread D, for the purpose of receiving the aforesaid candle, and to retain
the candle in a rigid position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
:
First The combination of a worm, or thread, in the formation of a screw on the
circumference of the bottom of a candle, and the candle, for the purpose of being

page_text: inserted into any ordinary plain socket or nozzle of a candlestick, to retain the
candle in a firm and rigid position, substantially as herein described and according to
the accompanying drawings.
Secondly: The formation of a female thread or screw in the interior of a socket
or nozzle of a candlestick to receive the male or corresponding thread of the candle,
and the thread or worm to be of any sectional shape, substantially as herein described
and according to the accompanying drawings.
1000
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.