Year: 1896

page_text: We, GEORGE WILLIAM KEEP, of 1, Victor Street, Leicester, Grocer and FRANK
HOPKIN WHYSALL of 44, Lower Hill Street, Leicester, Gentleman do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relating to candlesticks has for its object improvements in their
construction by means of which the candle will always be maintained in an upright
or vertical position even when the base or bowl of the candlestick rests upon an
unlevel surface so as to tilt it on one side.
According to this invention the candle tube or holder is provided with a ball and
socket or universal joint located in or between one or more arms rising upwards
from the base or bowl of the candlestick.
The said candle holder is also suitably lengthened and counterweighted at or
near its lower end below the joint so that it is thereby compelled to maintain
the vertical position irrespective of the position in which it may be carried or
the level of the surface upon which it may be placed.
By means of this invention guttering or burning down on one side of candles
is avoided and the grease or fat is prevented spilling if the candlestick
should not be carried in a perfectly horizontal plane.
A receptacle for matches may also be combined in the tray of the candlestick
and a roughened or striking, surface provided therewith.
Dated this 9th day of December 1896
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: formed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention relating to candlesticks has for its object improvements in their
construction by means of which the candle will always be maintained in an upright
or vertical position even when the base or bowl of the candlestick rests upon an
unlevel surface or is carried so that it is tilted on one side.
According to this invention the candle tube or holder is provided with a ball and
a socket or universal joint located in or between one or more arms rising upwards
from the base or bowl of the candlestick.
The said candle holder is also suitably lengthened and counterweighted at or
near its lower end below the joint so that it is thereby compelled to maintain
the vertical position irrespective of the position in which it may be carried or
the level of the surface upon which it may rest.
By means of this invention guttering or burning down on one side of candles
is avoided and the grease or fat is prevented spilling if the candlestick
should not be carried in a perfectly horizontal plane.
A receptacle for matches may also be combined in the tray of the candlestick
and a roughened or striking surface provided therewith: "
The invention will be fully understood from the following further description
having reference to the accompanying drawing showing a candlestick constructed
in accordance with this invention.
A represents the bowl of the candlestick from which there rises an arm or
pillar B in the upper horizontal end of which is a circular recessed socket B¹ adapted
to receive a ball or spherical base C to the candle holder C'.
Depending from the ball is a pendulous extension D counterweighted, as, repre-
sented by the solid part to such an extent as to cause the ball or sphere to
automatically vary its position in the socket and adjust itself so as to maintain
the candle and holder in a vertical position irrespective of whether the bowl rests
on an inclined surface or is carried unlevel as represented in the dotted outline.
It will be understood that the ball or sphere fits loosely within the socket so
as to readily rearrange itself with the varying position of the candlestick when
being carried and the pendulous counterweight by which such movement is
effected may be solid or be tubular and filled for preferably a part of its depth
with molten metal.
The counterweighting of the ball base of the holder may be effected by any
other suitable method than that described.
In some cases the socket may be fixed between two or more arms which rise
up from the bowl.
D' is a receptacle for matches.
The invention is not limited to the precise details set forth in the drawings as
it is obvious these may be varied in different ways without departing from the
main lin
lines of the invention...
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:―
1. The construction of a candlestick in which the candle holder is arranged to
automatically maintain a vertical position, irrespective of the position in which
the candlestick is fixed or carried substantially as described.
2. A candlestick in which the candle holder is provided with a ball and socket
or universal joint substantially as and for the purpose described.
3. In a candlestick, the combination with a socket of a candle holder having a
spherical base, and a counterweight attached to the latter substantially as and for
the
purpose 'described.'
4. In a candlestick the combination of one or more arms, a socket attached thereto,

page_text: a spherical base candle holder in the said socket and a pendulous counterweight
attached to the said base substantially as and for the purpose described.
5. The improved candlestick having an automatically maintained vertical candle
holder substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 6th day of September 1897.
Witness:-
E. N. LEWIS
Berridge Street, Chambers,
Leicester.
GEORGE WILLIAM KEEP.
Boult & Wade,
Agents for the Applicants.