Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Mar., 1887
Complete Left, 25th Apr., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 27th May, 1887
J. THOMAS ROWE WESTON, 131 St. Thomas Road Finsbury Park London, Clerk do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
The manner in which accomplish my object is, I make or construct inside the
orifice and upon the bore of the socket of a candlestick or candle lamp one or more
grooves, indentures furrows or such like either in a longitudinal, oblique, spiral or other
direction, so that the apex or apeces of the one or more grooves or so forth may
protrude into the bore and along a part or the whole length of the socket of a candle-
stick or Candle lamp in order that when the candie is being inserted into the socket
of the Candlestick or candle lamp, the apex or apeces of these one or more grooves or
such like may cut into or wedge themselves into the substance of the candle, and
thereby fix the candle in the socket of the candlestick or candle lamp.
Daind his Soventh day of March 1887
THOMAS ROWE WESTON.

page_text: Ад партoved candalestick.
I. THOMAS ROWE WESTON Clerk, of 131 St. Thomas Road, Finsbury Park, N., in
the County of Middlesex, 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 consists of an improved method of fixing the candle in the socket
or nozzle of the candlestick by means of projecting pieces of metal, wood, china or any
other hard substance, fixed in the inside of the socket or nozzle, knife shape so that the
projections may cut or imbed themselves into the candle, as the candle is passed down
the socket or nozzle, thereby fixing it in a stationary upright position, and candles of
any size are securely held by this invention and so secure are the candles held in the
socket or nozzle, by the different devices set forth in the following statement and
according to the accompanying drawings, that it will make the candlesticks or candle
holders invaluable to be able to receive a candle fixed in an upright position, by simply
passing the candle in a downward direction into the socket or nozzle.
I make or construct inside the orifice and upon the bore of the socket or nozzle of a
candlestick or candle lamp, one or more grooves, indentures, furrows, projections, or
any other such like contrivances in a longitudinal, oblique, spiral, or any other
direction, so that the apex or apeces of the one or more sharp groove edges, or so forth
may protrude into the centre of the bore and along part or the whole depth of the
socket or nozzle of a candlestick or candle lamp, in order that when the candle is
being inserted into the socket or nozzle of the candlestick or candle lamp, the apex or
apeces of these one or more grooves or such like may cut into, wedge, or imbed them-
selves into the substance of the candle and thereby fix the said candle in the socket of
the candlestick or candle lamp.
I prefer to make the socket or nozzle one inch or more in depth, with the projec-
tions, grooves, webs, indentures or any other shape to run parallel, conical, or tapered
from the bottom of the interior of the socket or nozzle to the top of the opening of the
socket or nozzle, these projections, grooves, webs, indentures being of sufficient
prominence to cut into the candles of different thicknesses and thereby fixing or
wedging the candle in the socket or nozzle.
The projections, grooves, webs, indentures may be made of one or more parallel
shapes, as Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4, or of one or more tapered projections, or grooves as
Figures 7 and 8, or they may assume geometrical forms as Figures 9, 10, 11 and 12,
or any other shape where the projections are formed so that they may be of sufficient
prominence to engage candles of different sizes by cutting into or imbedding
themselves into the candle, when the candle is inserted in the socket or nozzle of
the candlestick.
This socket or nozzle formed according to this invention may either be con-
structed in one with a candlestick by itself-or it may be so made, as to be able to
insert or remove from the socket or nozzle, like an ordinary removeable socket,
nozzle, or "save-all."

page_text: A candle of any size or thickness, the socket or nozzle is made to hold; the candle
being inserted into the interior of the socket or nozzle, with a downward movement,
when a portion or portions, of the projections, webs, indentures, apex or apeces, will
cut or become imbedded into the substance of the candle, thereby holding the candle
firmly in an upright position in the said socket or nozzle, the projections, webs,
indentures, apex or apeces, becoming more deeply imbedded in the full size candle
that the socket or nozzle receives, than in the smaller size candles of a less diameter.
And in order that my Invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed to
describe the accompanying drawing thereof, reference being had to letters and figures
marked thereon.
Figures, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11, represent the plans of the tops or openings of the
sockets or nozzles, on which are described the different modes of construction here-
with in the foregoing statement, on each plan are described the shape or shapes of tho
projections, webs, indentures, apex or apeces, which imbeds themselves into the
substance of the candles.
Figures 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 denote the positions of the projections, webs,
indentures, apex or apeces drawn in transverse section of the socket or nozzle, with
dotted lines to show the portion of candle fitted into the socket or nozzle.
Like letters refer to like parts in each of the figures.
A. The projections, webs, cutters, apex or apeces, which imbed themselves into the
substance of the candle.
B. The socket or nozzle which receives the candle.
C. The pan or receiver fixed to the socket or nozzle to catch the gutterings or
drippings of the candle.
1. The candle described by dotted lines.
Having now fully described the nature and object of my Invention and the manner
in which the same is to be performed, I claim as new and novel the following:
First. The combination of the socket or nozzle B, which has fixed in the interior,
any of the various devices of projections, webs, cutters, apex or apeces A, and being
of sufficient prominence to cut or imbed themselves into the different size candles, and
thereby wedging or fixing the candle into the socket or nozzle, substantially herein
described and according to the accompanying drawings.
Secondly. The combination of the projections, webs, cutters, apex or apeces A, mado
any shape, length, breadth or thickness, either running parallel with the interior of
the socket or nozzle B, starting from the bottom of the socket or nozzle B, and
projecting upwards any length preferably not beyond the opening of the socket or
nozzle B, to receive a candle D, by passing the candle D, with a downward movement
into the socket or nozzle B, with the projections, webs, cutters, apex or apeces A,
inserting or imbedding themselves into the substance of the candle D, and thereby
wedging the candle into the socket or nozzle B, in its stationary or upright
position, substantially herein described and according to the accompanying drawings.
Thirdly, I claim a candlestick or candle lamp with a complete socket or nozzle 13,
formed in one with or as parts of a candlestick, or being inserted and removeable there-
from like an ordinary removeable socket or save-all," and to make the socket or
nozzle B, any size or depth, and to make the projections, webs, cutters, apex or
apeces A, any shape, size, width or depth, substantially herein described and according
to the accompanying drawings.
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