Improvements in Candle Holders for use in any Ordinary Candlestick.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Dec., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 13th Sept., 1889-Accepted, 7th Dec., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Candle Holders for use in any Ordinary
Candlestick.
I, GEORGE HENRY MULLISS of Clare Cottage, Arthur Street Ryde Isle of Wight,
Coachbuilder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
My invention consists of a brass, nickel plated, or other metal band or cylinder,
containing a flat spring or springs, to contract or expand the said band or cylinder,
which cylinder will, by the aid of the said flat spring or springs, drop into and fit
tightly the barrel of any candlestick:
To the band or cylinder is attached two spiral springs, projecting upwards from
the candlestick, each spring having a small piece of brass, or nickel plate, or other
metal, in the form of one third part of a circle, which small pieces of metal will clip
the candle to be held, and is so arranged by the spiral springs, as to clip any sized
candle as at present in use with equal facility, and so entirely dispense with any
unsightly paper or other wrapping, to secure the candle in the candlestick.
There is also attached at the top of the band or cylinder, and at the bottom of the
spiral springs, a brass, nickel plated, or other metal, saucer projecting outwards, to
receive any grease which may run down the candle.
Dod this 98th day of December 1888
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Candle Holders for use in any Ordinary
Candlestick.
1, GEORGE HENRY MULLISS of Clara Cottage, Arthur Street Ryde, Isle of Wight,
Coachbuilder, 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 :-
My invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described, in the manufac-
ture of candle holders, so constructed as to fit any sized candlestick or candle.
In the accompanying drawing my invention is shewn in its full size, and is
composed as follows:-
Fig. I. A. A. is a saucer to rest on the top rim of the candlestick, B. B. are coiled
springs, fastened to the beforementioned saucer, with ends projecting upwards to C. C.
which are cylin Irical clips, and which clips and springs are so constructed that any
sized candle is held in a tight grip. D. is a small spike, projecting upwards from the
saucer A, so that the candle rests upon it, and burns quite away, thereby leaving no
waste ends. E. E. is a double spring, attached in the centre by a rivet, or screw, to
the under part of the saucer A, which spring is intended to drop into the barrel of the
candlestick, and is so constructed, that the ends may be pressed together quite easily
with the thumb and finger, and will then fit tightly any ordinary candlestick.
Fig. 1. is merely to illustrate the application of Fig. I. to an ordinary candlestick
and candle.
Any portion of my invention may be brass. steel, or nickel plate.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that the features of novelty
claimed are as follows:-
The construction and arrangement of the coiled spring Fig. I. B, the clips Fig: I. C,
and the springs Fig. I. E.
In witness whereof; I, the said George Henry Mulliss, have hereunto sot my
hand, this Twelfth day of September, in the year of our Lord, One thousand
eight hundred and eighty-nine.
Witness:
JAMES WILLIAM WALLER,
15, Cross Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight.
GEORGE ENCY MULLIOD.