Improvements in Candle and Lamp Attachments for Bedsteads and other Articles of Furniture.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 1st June, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 28th Feb., 1898-Accepted, 7th May, 1898'
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Candle and Lamp Attachments for Bedsteads and
other Articles of Furniture.
I, RICHARD FRANCIS RANDELL, of the Firm of The Patent Safety Candle Grip
Company Limited, of Stanhope Street, in the City of Birmingham, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an attachment for securing candles and oil or electric
lamps to bedsteads, sofas, chairs, desks and other articles of furniture, and consists
in the employment of an attachable and detachable arm or depending bracket
or arm, the outer end of which is provided with a candle grip or socket, or a lamp
holder or the like, and the other end provided with an eye, clip or clamping device
for securing the said bracket to a bedstead or other analogous article of furniture.
In carrying out one form of my invention in connection with a candle attach-
ment for use upon a bedstead, the same comprises a depending bracket, curved to
a suitable form and made preferably from flat or round sectioned tubing, which
may either be left plain, or be twisted or otherwise ornamented, and the up por
end thereof is flattened and pierced so as to form an eye adapted to take over the
screwed pin surmounting one of the pillars of a bedstend end rail and to be there
secured by the knob, terminal or ornament being screwed thereon so as to clamp
the eye of the attachment between the summit of the pillar and the foot of the
knob, which thus acts as a nut for securing the attachment in position.
The lower end of the bracket arm is also flattened and pierced into an eye, where-
through a screw on the underside of the pan or grease-guard of a candle holder
passes and is there secured by a winged or other nut taking upon the protruding
end, the said pan being provided with a grip, socket or other means
for holding or receiving a candle. Or the said lower end of the bracket
may be provided with a holdor for an oil or an electric lamp and
the lead wires, in the latter case, preferably pass up the hollow interior
of the arm, and instead of forming the attachment end of the said arm into an eye
for taking over the screw as described, the same may be provided with an adjustable
clip, band or other means for effecting its connection to a pillar or rail of a bed-
stead or to a suitable part of a couch, chair or other article of furniture, or to
the rail of a desk or the like. In the case of band clips or like attachments, I
prefer to line the same with felt, leather or other non-scratching malorial to
prevent injury to the article to which the attachment is secured.
Dated this 31st day of May 1897.

page_text: Improvements in Candle and Lamp Attachments for Bedsteads and
other Articles of Furniture.
I, RICHARD FRANCIS RANDELL, of the Firm of The Patent Safety Candle Grip
Company Limited, of Stanhope Street, in the City of Birmingham, Manufacturer,
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 relates to an attachment for securing candles and oil or electric
lamps to bedsteads, sofas, chairs, deaks and other articles of furniture, and consists
in the employment of an attachable and detachable arm or depending bracket
or arm, the outer end of which is provided with a candle grip or socket, or with a
lamp holder or the like, whilst the other end is provided with an eye, clip or
alamping device for securing the said bracket to a bedstead or other analogous
article of furniture.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents a candle attachment for use
upon bedstead, and constructed according to one form of my invention, with
parts of the same shown in section. The said attachment, in this view is shown
as in use, and connected to the pillar of a bedstead framing.
Figure 2 represents a side elevation of the attachment separately, and
Figure 3 is a plan thereof.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures
of the drawing.
The improved attachment, as represented in the aforesaid figures of the drawings
comprises a depending arm or bracket a, curved to a suitable form and made
from flat or round sections or other suitable tubing, which may either be left
plain, or twisted or otherwise ornamented, whilst the upper end a¹, thereof is
Anttened and pierced at a³, so as to form an eye a³, adapted to take over the screwed
pin, surmounting one of the pillars b, of a bedstead end rail and to be there
secured by the knob, terminal or ornamont 68, being screwed thereon so as to
clamp the eye of the attachment between the summit of the pillar and the foot
of the knob, which thus acts as a nut for securing the attachment in position.
The lower end at, of the bracket arm is also flattened and pierced into an eye aº,
wherethrough a screw c¹, on the underside of the pan or grease-guard c³, of a candle
holder c, passes and is there secured by an ornamental or other nut c³, taking upon
the protruding end, the said pan being provided with a grip d, or with an ordinary
socket or other means for holding or receiving a candle c
As another form of my invention, the said lower end of the bracket may be pro-
vided with a holder for an oil or an electric lamp and the lead wires, in the latter
caso, preferably pass up the hollow interior of the arm, and instead of forming
the attachment end of the said arm into an eye for taking over the screw as
described, the same may be provided with a spring or self-adjusting band clip,
as represented in side elevation in Figure 4, and in plan, in Figure 5 but with
the clip part and the pillar embraced by it shown in section.
The attachment clip in this modification is marked f, and the eyed upper end a³,
of the bracket or arm a, is secured thereto by a rivet a³, the other parts of the
attachment being marked with the same letters of reference as the preceding
figures.
By employing a spring band clip as the means of connecting the candle or
lamp bracket, the same admits of being detachably applied to any member or

page_text: part of a bedstead framing, or to a suitable part of a couch, chair or other article
of furniture, or to the rail of a desk or the like, and the same is also self-adjusting
to fit varying sized members within certain limits. Although, if necessary, such
clips may be provided with contracting or tightening up screws for adjusting them
around the members or parts to which they are to be applied, and, in all cases
where band clips or like attachments are employed, I prefer to line the same with
felt, leather or other non-conducting material to prevent injury to the article to
which the said attachment is applied.
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: A candle or lamp attachment for bedsteads and other articles,
consisting of an attachable and detachable bracket ог arm, one end
of which is provided with a candle grip or holder, or with a lamp
holder or the like, whilst the other end is flattened or formed into an eye
adapted to take over a screw at the summit of a bedstead or like pillar and to be
there secured by the screwing on of the knob or other terminal of the said pillar,
substantially as described and set forth.
Secondly A candle or lamp attachment for bedsteads, and other articles, con-
sisting of a bracket or arm, one end of which carries a candle or lamp holder, whilst
the other end is provided with a spring or contractible clip for securing the same
to a bedstead or other article, substantially as described and as set forth.
1000
DOCU
0007
RICHARD FRANCIS RANDELL.
By Henry Skerrett,
24, Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.