Improvements in Candle-shade Holders.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Apr., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 7th Jan., 1898-Accepted, 12th Feb., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Candle-shade Holders.
I, FREDERICK WILLIAM KENDRICK, of Royal Works, Brearley Street, Birming-
ham, in the County of Warwick, Brass Founder, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object the construction of a simple and inexpensive
shade-holder for candles, which shall be capable of automatically adjusting itself
to the position of the light during the burning down of the candle. I effect my
purpose in the following way:-I construct of stout wire, of any suitable section,
a standard or upright, attached at the bottom to a spring clip. To a shade-ring of
ordinary construction, I affix by any convenient method, a cylindrical or tubular
traveller, slide, or carrier, to which I connect an angular strut of light wire, ter-
minating in a loop or eye, the said traveller being adapted to slide freely upon the
standard or upright in a vertical direction, and the eye or loop of the strut being
so made as to coincide, in plan, with the centre of the shade-ring. The mode of
application is as follows:-The spring clip at the foot of the standard being made
to engage with the lower part of the candle, (or, if preferred, with the candle-stick,)
the traveller attached to the shade-ring is passed over the top of the standard,
which is then occupying a position parallel to the candle, and is slid down the
standard or upright till the eye or loop reaches the top of the candle, when it is
threaded over the wick. As the candle burns down, the eye or loop gradually
descends with it, bringing down the traveller and shade-ring, so that the shade
always maintains the same position in relation to the light. The eye or loop being
in a central position with respect to the shade ring, it is impossible for the shade to
come into contact with the light.
Dated this 6th day of Anril 1807
Improvements in Candle-shade Holders.
I, FREDERICK WILLIAM KENDRICK, of Royal Works, Brearley Street, Birming-
ham, in the County of Warwick, Brass Founder, do hereby declare the nature of
o 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 has for its object the construction of a simple and inexpensive
shade-holder for candles, which shall be capable of automatically adjusting itself
to the position of the light during the burning down of the candle.
I effect my
purpose in the following way:-I construct of stout wire of any suitable section,

page_text: a standard or upright, attached at the bottom to a spring clip. To a shade ring of
ordinary construction, I affix by any convenient method, a cylindrical or tubular
traveller, slide, or carrier, to which I connect an angular strut of light wire, ter-
minating in a loop or eye, the said traveller being adapted to slide freely upon the
standard or upright in a vertical direction, and the eye or loop of the strut being
so made as to coincide, in plan with the centre of the shade-ring. The mode of
application is as follows:-The spring clip at the foot of the standard being made
to engage with the lower part of the candle, (or, if preferred, with the candle-stick,)
the traveller attached to the shade-ring is passed over the top of the standard,
which is then occupying a position parallel to the candle, and is slid down the
standard or upright till the eye or loop reaches the top of the candle, when it is
threaded over the wick. As the candle burns down, the eye or loop gradually
descends with it, bringing down the traveller and shade-ring, so that the shade
always maintains the same position in relation to the light. The eye or loop being
in a central position with respect to the shade-ring, it is impossible for the shade to
come into contact with the light.
The nature of my invention, and the manner in which the same is to be per-
formed are illustrated in and by the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 shews the shade holder in elevation attached to the candle, the shade
being omitted to avoid confusion of details. (a) is the standard or upright, (b) the
spring clip to attach to the candle, and (c) the shade-ring, to which is affixed the
traveller (d) and the angular strut (e).
Fig. 2 shews the application of my invention in plan, the letters of reference to
the several parts being the same as in Fig. 1, that is to say, (a) is the standard or
upright, (b) the spring clip, which is shewn engaging with the candle (f). (c) is
the shade-ring working in conjunction with the traveller (d). The eye or loop of
the angular strut, (e), is threaded upon or over the wick of the candle, the position
of which is indicated by the letter (G).
The way in which the several parts shewn in Figs. 1 and 2 are made to effect
the purposes of my invention is sufficiently described in the first part of this speci-
'fication.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
First. The application to a candle-shade holder of an automatically adjustable
shade-ring, having a vertical action regulated and governed by a traveller or tubular
slide, working upon and in conjunction with the standard or upright of the said
shade-holders, or the equivalent thereof, substantially as described and illustrated.
Second. The application to a candle-shade holder of a strut, preferably of wire
and of angular form, affixed to and acting in conjunction with the said traveller or
tubular slide, or the equivalent thereof, for the purpose of producing automatic
adjustment of the candle-shade, in a vertical direction, and, by being threaded
upon the wick to prevent displacement of the shade horizontally, substantially as
described and illustrated.
Third. The combination of the traveller or slide with the strut or their respective
equivalents for the purpose of maintaining the position of the candle-shade in
relation to the light during the whole time the candle is being burnt, substantially
as described and illustrated.