An Improved Candle Shade Holder.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Jan., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Oct., 1895-Accepted, 7th Dec., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Candle Shade Holder.
I, HERBERT LEA GROCOTT of No. 35, Chapter Road, Willesden Green,
London in the County of Middlesex, Hosier, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object an improved form of holder or support for
candle shades designed to obviate the drawbacks attaching to those hitherto in
use, and especially the inconvenience of requiring frequent adjustment as the
candle to which they are attached burns down.
The support which I have invented adapts itself automatically to the con-
sumption of candle and preserves throughout the same relative distance between
the flame and the shade, to which it has originally been set nor can it fall off
or lose its hold of the candle as long as any portion of the same remains unburnt.
In carrying my invention into effect I support a ring or strip of metal at a
suitable height to receive and support the candle shade by two wires bent inwards
at or about a right angle, and again bent downwards parallel to their original
direction, and secured about an inch below the bend in a ring or circular band
of brass, nickel or other suitable material, of a diameter somewhat larger than
that of the candle to which it is intended to be adjusted. This band is curved
inwards at four opposite points of its circumference so as to touch the candle.
Another similar band provided with tubes or eyelets through which the uprights
pass slides freely on the lower portion of the support from the knee or bend
down to the lower band. A small ring of steel wire or other suitable material
of such a diameter as to enclose the wick of the candle and to lie within the
outer wall or rim of the same when lighted, is attached to the upper ring by two
curved wires.
When the apparatus is in use, the wire ring rests on the candle around the
candle wick and supports the shade, the bands serving merely to hold the apparatus
steady, and slipping down the outside of the candle as it is consumed. When the
candle becomes shorter than the normal distance between the two bands encircling
it the lower band rests on the candlestick whilst the upper band together with the
part encircling the wick slides down the uprights until it rests upon the lower
band.
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I, HERBERT LEA GROCOTT, of No. 2 and 3, The Square, Shrewsbury, in the
County of Shropshire, Hosier, late of 35 Chapter Road Willesden Green London
in the County of Middlesex 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 has for its object an improved form of holder or support for candle

page_text: shades designed to obviate the drawbacks attaching to those hitherto in use, and
especially the inconvenience of requiring frequent adjustment as the candle to which
they are attached burns down.
The support which I have invented adapts itself automatically to the consumption
of candle and preserves throughout the same relative distance between the flame
and the shade, to which it has originally been set nor can it fall off or lose its hold
of the candle as long as any portion of the same remains unburnt.
In carrying my invention into effect I support a ring or strip of metal at
a suitable height to receive and support the candle shade by two wires bent inwards
at or about a right angle, and again bent downwards parallel to their original
direction, and secured about an inch below the bend in a ring or circular band of
brass, nickel or other suitable material, of a diameter somewhat larger than that of
the candle to which it is intended to be adjusted. This band is curved or indented
inwards at four opposite points of its circumference so as to touch the candle.
Another similar band provided with tubes or eyelets through which the uprights
pass slides freely on the lower portion of the support from the knee or bend down
to the lower band. A small ring of steel wire or other suitable material of such a
diameter: as to enclose the wick of the candle and to lie within the outer wall or rim
of the same when lighted, is attached to the upper ring by two curved wires.
When the apparatus is in use, the wire ring rests on the candle around the
candle wick and supports the shade, the bands serving merely to hold the apparatus
steady, and slipping down the outside of the candle as it is consumed. When the
candle becomes shorter than the normal distance between the two bands encircling
it the lower band rests on the candlestick whilst the upper band together with
the part encircling the wick slides down the uprights until it rests upon the
lower band.
I will now proceed to describe the invention with reference to the accompanying
drawings in which
Fig. 1 represents the instrument in position upon the candle and supporting the
shade portion of which latter is cut away to shew the: apparatus.
Fig. 2 is a plan of the apparatus regarded vertically from above.
In these drawings A A' indicate two wires or supports preferably bent or curved
to the form shewn supporting a ring or circular wire or a strip of metal or other
suitable incombustible substance B so arranged as to form a supporting ring or
carrier for the candle shade to be placed thereon.
The said wires.A A' are prolonged vertically downwards and bent inwards at or
about a right angle to their original direction and at a distance of 3 or 4 inches
below the ring B, for the space of about half an inch. They are then bent again
at about a right angle parallel to their original direction and prolonged downwards
for an inch or more and secured in a suitable metal or other ring D. The diameter
of this ring D should be a little larger than that of the candle over which it
is designed to fit, and it is provided with four equidistant points or indentations d d
on its inner surface devised to lightly touch the candle and maintain the ring D
at a given distance therefrom all round, by which means I secure greater steadiness
of the apparatus and prevent the melting of the candle by heat absorbed by the
ring D.
A second band or ring C provided with the projections or indentations c c has on
its outer side two tubes or eyelets a a', through which the uprights A A¹ pass.
This ring C slides freely on the lower part of the supports A A¹ from the knee or
bend down to the lower band D.
The band C moreover has secured to it two curved wires F F¹ bearing a central
ring E of steel wire or other suitable material, and preferably as light as possible
consistent with adequate strength. These bent wires F F' are preferably flattened
or filed underneath at the curve approximately to a knife edge, so as to expose a
'minimum heating surface to the candle body. The central ring E is of such
a diameter as to conveniently encircle the wick of the lighted candle while the
shoulders of its supports are so devised as to avoid cutting through the outer

page_text: edge of the candle and thus avoid causing the guttering or flowing down of the
melted grease from the candle.
The operation of the device is as follows:-
When the apparatus is in use, the wire ring E rests on the candle around the
candle wick and supports the shade, the bands C and D serving merely to hold the
apparatus steady and slipping down the outside of the candle as the same is
consumed. When the candle becomes shorter than the maximum distance between
the rings C and D, the lower band D rests upon the candlestick whilst the upper
band C and its attachments, relieved of the weight of the apparatus, descend
gradually down the uprights A A¹ as the candle burns down until they come
to rest upon the lower band D. It is therefore obvious that at no point can this
device fail to be steadily supported or be caused to droop or fall over through the
combustion of the candle. The invention is applicable to candles of all sizes and
makes and may be made of any required dimensions.
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 :-
1. The improved candleshade holder substantially as herein before described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. In a candleshade holder, the automatically adjusting device for supporting and
steadying the apparatus consisting essentially of the ring C provided with
indentations or inward projections c c and outside tubes or eyelets a a' in combi-
nation with the uprights A A' and the lower ring D with projections d d substantially
as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 23rd day of October 1805
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
31, High Holborn, London, W.C., Patent Agents for the Applicant..