A NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR TRIMMING THE ENDS OF CANDLES TO MAKE THEM FIT IN THE SOCKET OF A CANDLESTICK
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Peter Jensen, of 33, Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex, for the Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR
TRIMMING THE ENDS OF CANDLES TO MAKE THEM FIT IN THE SOCKET OF A
CANDLESTICK." A communication from abroad by August Edward Lundberg,
of Stockholm, Sweden. Engineer.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Peter Jensen at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd July 1879.
PETER JENSEN, of 38, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex. "A NEW OR
IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR TRIMMING THE ENDS OF CANDLES TO MAKE THEM FIT
IN THE SOCKET OF A CANDLESTICK." (A communication from abroad by August
Edward Lundberg, of Stockholm, Sweden, Engineer.)
The object of this apparatus is to trim or form the ends of candles to the shape of
a cone suitable for fitting in the socket of a candlestick.
The apparatus may be made of tin, and consists of a conical socket open at both
ends, and fitted with a ringshaped or other handle at the small end. To strengthen
the socket it is formed with a swelled rim or flange at top and bottom. The socket
is formed with a rectangular aperture in the direction of its axis or nearly so, and
going right through the top and bottom rim. Along one edge of this aperture is
fitted a small steel cutter or blade having its sharp edge projecting a little beyond
the inside of the cone.
By turning this appartus on the end of a candle the cutting edge will cut the
candle end conical, corresponding to the conical inside of the apparatus, giving it
the proper shape for fitting in the candlestick socket.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Peter Jensen in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 2nd
January 1880.
" A NEW OR
PETER JENSEN, of 33, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex.
IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR TRIMMING THE ENDS OF CANDLES TO MAKE THEM Frr
IN THE SOCKET OF A CANDLESTICK." (A communication from abroad by August
Edward Lundberg, of Stockholm, Sweden, Engineer.)
The object of this apparatus is to trim or form the ends of candles to the shape
of a cone suitable for fitting in the socket of a candlestick.
And in order that this Invention may be fully understood I will proceed to
describe the same with reference to the accompanying Drawings, of which Figure 1
is a side elevation; Figure 2, a plan; Figure 3, a longitudinal section; and Figure 4,
a cross section on line F, G, Figure 3.
The apparatus may be made of tin, and consists of a conical socket A open at
both ends, and fitted with a ring shaped or other handle B at the small end. To
strengthen the socket it is formed with a swelled rim or flange C at top, and a
similar flange D at the bottom. The socket is formed with a rectangular aperture
in the direction of its axis, or nearly so, and going right through the top and bottom
rim. E is a small steel cutter or blade having its sharp edge projecting a little
beyond the inside of the cone socket A, and fixed firmly in the said rectangular
aperture.
By turning this apparatus on the end of a candle the cutting edge will cut the
candle end conical, corresponding to the conical inside of the apparatus, giving it
the proper shape for fitting in the candlestick socket. The shavings pass out
through the opening left between the edge of the knife blade E and the slanting
aperture in the body of the socket A, which at this place is formed with an outer
rib H.
I am aware that it is not new to place a cutter in a conical socket adapted for
pointing lend pencils and other objects, but I claim,―
The combination of parts forming the improved candle trimmer, in which a
cutter E is placed in a socket A of the form here indicated, and having a ring
shaped or other handle B at the smaller end, all substantially as shown in the
Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Peter Jensen, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Thirty first day of December, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy nine.