provements in Candlesticks or Candle Holders.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 7th Feb., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 9th Mar., 1889
RESERVE
PROVISIONAL DIECIFICATION
Improvements in Candlesticks or Candle Holders.
ARTHUR HENRY
We, FREDERICK BENJAMIN PATTERSON, Gentleman, and
PATTERSON, Commercial Clerk, both of Suffolk House, Capworth Street, Leyton, in
the County of Essex, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, to be as
follows:-
The object of our invention is to so construct candle sticks or holders as to render
the same capable of being readily cleaned, without the necessity of having to place
them over or in front of a fire in order to melt the wax or tallow, as is now frequently
the case with candlesticks or holders of cheap construction. Our invention has
further for its object to render candlesticks or holders adaptable to candles of all sizes,
without having recourse to strips of paper to wrap around a candle to cause it to
fit the socket.
In constructing a candlestick or holder according to our invention, we dispense
with the socket employed for receiving the candle, the candle now being held in a
clip and resting on the base of the candlestick or holder, or being held by the clip
alone.
In carrying out our invention, we provide a special device or means for holding
the candle, whatever may be its size, such device or means consisting of a curved or
bent blade, or piece of metal rivetted at one side to the candlestick or holder, and
springing over to the centre thereof, where its free end terminates in a clip. This
blade or piece is slit and twisted for a portion of its length in such a way as to
lie at right angles to the untwisted portion and to form arms, the ends of which
terminate in the clip for embracing the candle. The untwisted portion of this blade
or piece forms a handle to the candlestick or holder.
Around the arms is a loop or runner, by means of which the clip is caused to
securely grip the candle.
Or, if desired, the arms may be secured to a rod, plate, or upright, fixed to the
candlestick or holder.

page_text: It will thus be readily seen that a candlestick or holder constructed according to
our invention can be readily cleaned, there being no socket to retain the "ends
guttering of the candle.
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In some cases we may provide a device for receiving any guttering from the
candle. This device consists of a curved or bent blade or plate secured at one side
to the candlestick or holder and springing over to the centre thereof where it terminates
in a disc forming a grease saucer or plate. An orifice is cut in this disc through
which the candle is passed and is retained by the clip above mentioned, which would
lie beneath the said saucer or plate. This device likewise forms a handle to the
candlestick or holder, which is thus provided with two handles.
Dated this 31st day of August 1888
ERNEST DE PASS, Fel. Inst. P.A.,
68, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Candlesticks or Candle Holders.
We, FREDERICK BENJAMIN PATTERSON, Gentleman, and ARTHUR HENRY
PATTERSON, Commercial Clerk, both of Suffolk House, Capworth Street, Leyton, in
the County of Essex, 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, reference being had to the accompanying drawings
and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
The object of our Invention is to so construct candlesticks or candle holders as to
render the same capable of being readily cleaned, without the necessity of having
to employ heat in order to melt out the wax or tallow from the socket, as is now
frequently the case with candlesticks or holders of cheap construction. Our inven-
tion has further for its object to render candlesticks or candle holders adaptable to
candles of all sizes, without having recourse to strips of paper to wrap around the
base of the candle to cause it to fit the socket.
In constructing a candlestick or holder according to our invention, we dispense
with the socket heretofore employed for receiving the candle, the candle now being
held by a special device, hereinafter described, and resting in the dish or tray of the
candlestick or holder, or maintained by the device alone.
And in order that our invention may be readily understood, we proceed to
describe the same fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1,
is an elevation, and Fig. 2 a plan of a candlestick or holder provided with our
improved device.
The device or means we employ for the purpose of holding the candle, whatever
may be its size, consists of a curved or bent blade or piece of metal a, rivetted
at b, to the candlestick or holder, and springing over to the centre thereof where
its free end terminates in a clip A. This blade or piece is slit to form arms a¹, a¹¹,
and is twisted for a portion of its length, as shewn in the drawings, so as to lie at
right angles to the untwisted portion, the ends of the slit portion terminating in
the clip which embraces and holds the candle. The untwisted portion a of this
blade or piece forms a handle to the candlestick or holder.
Around the aruns, is a loop or runner c by means of which the clip A is caused to
securely grip the candle.
Or, if desired, the arms may be secured to a rod, plate or upright fixed in the
dish or tray of the candlestick or holder. Or the arms may be rivetted to the handle
as shewn in fig. 1*.
It will thus be readily seen that a candlestick or holder constructed according
to our invention, can be readily cleaned, there being no socket to retain the " ends
or guttering of the candle.
In some cases we may provide a device for receiving any guttering from the
candle. This device, which is shown in elevation in Fig. 3, and in plan Fig. 4,
consists of a curved or bent blade or plate d which is secured to the candlestick or

page_text: holder, by preference at the side opposite to the clip device. This blade or plate
likewise springs over to the centre of the candlestick and terminates in a disc e
forming a grease saucer or plate. In this disc is an orifice or opening through
which the candle is passed and is retained by the clip A, above mentioned, which
lies beneath the said saucer or plate.
This device likewise forms a handle to the candlestick or holder which may thus be
said to be provided with two handles.
Having now described our Invention and in what manner the same may be per-
formed we claim,
1. The combination and use, with a candlestick or candle holder, of the device or
means herein before described, and shewn in the annexed drawings, for the purpose
of holding candles of all sizes, thus dispensing with the use of a socket, and ren-
dering the candlestick or candle-holder capable of being readily cleaned.
2. The combination and use, with a candlestick or candle holder, of the device or
means herein-before described for receiving any guttering from the candle, and as
shewn with reference to figs. 3 and 4 of the annexed drawings.
3. Candlesticks or candle-holders constructed substantially as herein before
described and as shewn with reference to the annexed drawings, and for the purpose
.set forth.
Dated this 7th day of February 1889.