Improvements in Candle Protectors.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 18th D.c., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 29th June, 1894-Accepted, 25th Aug., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Candle Protectors.
We, BOYD LAIRD of 72 Lemon Street, Leeds, in the County of York,
Manufacturer and GEORGE NEWNES of Southampton Street Strand, London W.C.,
Member of Parliament, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has reference to the manner in which we construct protectors for
placing on the ends of. lighted candles for the purpose of preventing the grease
from falling about or running down the sides of the candle.
In carrying our invention into effect in one convenient manner we make our
protectors of metal in the form of a socket having a barrel or circular ferrule
portion for fitting on to the end of the candle but arranged with a lip or rim on the
upper end for preventing its passing too far down and for forming the well for
the melted grease or composition to lie within, and we place a flange or rim around
the upper portion of the barrel in the form of a circular shield which by its weight
will tend to keep the protector in its correct position during the burning of the
candle, that is, the protector will slide down the candle while it is burning and not
remain in any fixed position.
We prefer to make the barrel or ferrule portion taper so that it may fit on to
various sizes of candles.
Sometimes we make the barrel with fluted or grooved bands within it for fitting
on to the top of the candle in a rapid manner by the ribs or fluted rims bedding
into the material of the candle.
In another form of protector which we employ, we dispense with the outer flanged
shield and make a rim or beaded head for convenience of manipulation and we
sometimes make the barrel split or with a number of springing or yielding arms or
clips instead of with a plain or circular tubular end.
We modify the shape of the protector to suit any particular form of shade or
shield which it may be desired to display, candle or to match any particular candle-
stick or ornament as may be desired.
Dated thi. 11sh do D1002
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Candle Protectors.
We, BOYD LAIRD, of 72 Lemon Street, Leeds, in the County of York,
5 Engineer, and GEORGE NEWNES, Member of Parliament, of Wildcroft, Putney
Heath, London S.W. 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: -
This invention has reference to the manner in which we construct protectors and
O shade holders for placing on the ends of lighted candles for the purpose of
preventing the grease from falling about or running down the sides of the candle.
In order that our invention and the method of carrying the same into effect may
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page_text: be the more readily understood, we append hereunto or sheet of explanatory
drawings to be hereinafter referred to-
Figure 1 is an elevation of one form of our improved candle protector, while
Figure 2 is a sectional view of the same.
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of our holder with the flange made in the form of
a cup or collector.
Figure 3 is a sectional view of a second, and Figures 44 and 5 elevations and
plan, of a third form of our candle protector, made from cast metal.
In carrying our invention into effect in one convenient manner, we stamp or
otherwise produce our protectors from sheet or other metal which we form into a
socket having a barrel or circular ferrule portion A, Figures 1 and 2, for fitting on
to the end of the candle. We arrange a lip or rim B on the upper end of the
socket for preventing its passing too far down and for forming the well for the
melted grease or composition to lie within, and we place a flange of rim around
the upper portion of the barrel in the form of a circular shield such as C, which by
its weight will tend to keep the protector in its correct position during the burning
of the candle, that is, the protector will slide down the candle while it is burning
and not remain in any fixed position.
We prefer to make the barrel or ferrule portion taper as illustrated in the
figures so that it may fit on to various sizes of candles.
Sometimes we make the barrel with fluted or grooved bands within it for fitting
on to the top of the candle in a rapid manner by the ribs or fluted rims bedding
into the material of the candle.
Instead of stamping or working up our protector from sheet or other suitable
metal, we sometimes produce it from cast metal of a form such as shown at Figure 3
or with a number of arms or projections such as shown at Figures 4 and 5, instead
of the continuous barrel as illustrated at Figures 1, 2 and 3. We produce the
form shown at Figures 4 44 and 5 either with an outer flanged shield or cup as in
Figures 1, 1 2 and 3, or without such shield as shown.
In another form of protector which we employ, we also dispense with the outer
flanged shield and make a rim or beaded head for convenience of manipulation and
we sometimes make the barrels split or with a number of springing or yielding
arms or clips instead of with a plain or circular tubular end.
We modify the shape of the protector to suit any particular candle or to match
any particular candlestick or ornament as may be desired.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
:-
1. The improved candle protectors for placing on the burning ends of candles,
substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and as illustrated in
the accompanying drawings.
2. The construction of a candle protector for placing on the burning end of a
candle, by stamping or otherwise working sheet or other suitable metal to the
required form or configuration substantially as herein before described and as
illustrated in Figures 1, 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings.
3. The construction of a candle protector for placing on the burning end of a
candle, by casting metal to the required form or configuration, substantially as
herein before described and as illustrated in Figures 3, 4, 44 and 5 of the
accompanying drawings.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicants.