Improvements in Shade Holders for Candles.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Dec., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 4th Sept., 1800 Accepted, 5th Oct.,
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shade Holders for Candles.
I, LOUIS BRENNAN, of The Cottage, Gillingham, in the County of Kent, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
This invention relates to shade holders for candles arranged to descend automatically
as the candle is consumed with little or no risk of burning the shade.
For this purpose the shade holder is made as a light framework which has a ring or
several prongs arranged to encircle the wick and rest on the wax or other material of
the candle at the root of the wick so that as the material is consumed the ring or the
prongs and the holder descend carrying down the shade as the candle is consumed.
In order to prevent the holder from canting to either side it has arms extending
down below the point of support with weights or a ring of some weight attached to
them so that the centre of gravity of the holder and shade is below its point of
support at the root of the wick.
The downwardly extending arms may be light springs bearing against the body of
the candle or they may be connected to a ring which loosely encircles the body of the
candle.
Dated this 6th day of Decombo- 1000
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shade Holders for Candles.
I, LOUIS BRENNAN of The Cottage Gillingham in the County of Kent, Engineer 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 shade holders for candles arranged to descend automatically
as the candle is consumed with little or no risk of burning the shade.
For this purpose the shade holder is preferably made as shown in the accom-
panying drawing as a light framework A, which has a ring B arranged to encircle the
wick Cand rest on the wax or other material of the candle D at the root of the.
wick so that as the material is consumed the ring and the holder descend carrying
down the shade as the candle is consumed. Instead of the ring B several arms E of
the shade holder may be made as prongs nearly encircling the wick. The arms E
are preferably made of material which is a bad conductor of heat.
In order to prevent the holder from canting to either side or out of the vertical
position in relation to the flame it has arms F extending down below the point of
support with weights W as shown, or it may be a ring of some weight attached to
the arm so that the centre of gravity of the holder and shade K is below its point of
support at the root of the wick.
A shade holder constructed in this manner will always retain its vertical position
with the flame in its centre whether the candle be held in an upright position or in a
slanting position such as is indicated in the drawing.
In some cases the downwardly extending arms F may be made as light springs
bearing against the body of the candle or they may be connected to a ring which
loosely encircles the body of the candle, in both of which constructions the holder
will be prevented from canting to either side. This construction however is not so
advantageous as that before described as it does not retain the vertical position of the
shade when the candle is held inclined and does not admit of the candle being fully
burnt out.

page_text: 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:
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1. A shade holder for a candle which is supported by arms that take a bearing at
the root of the wick and is prevented from canting by weights or their equivalent
attached to the holder so that the centre of gravity of the holder and shade is below
the point of support substantially as herein described.
2. The modified construction according to which the holder is held in position by
downwardly projecting arms or their equivalent bearing against the body of the
candle substantially as described.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.