A METHOD OF MAKING THE. NOZLES OF CANDLESTICKS (OF. SILVER, SILVER PLATED, OR OTHER METAL,) IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THE CANDLE MAY BE RAISED OR DEPRESSED TO ANY HEIGHT WITHIN THE SOCKETT, AND CAPABLE OF BEING EASILY ADJUSTED, SO AS TO RECEIVE AND HOLD FIRM CANDLES OF DIFFERENT SIZES
Year: 1798

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SAMUEL
ROBERTS, of Park Grange, in the Parish of Sheffield, in the County of York,
Silversmith and Plater, send greeting.
WHEREAS His present Majesty, in and by His certain Letters Patent
under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at Westminster, the
Thirtieth day of October, in the thirty-ninth year of His reign, did, of His
especial grace, certain knowledge, and meer motion, for Himself, His heirs and
successors, give and grant unto me, the said Samuel Roberts, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, especial licence, full power, sole priviledge and
authority, that I, the said Samuel Roberts, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, and every of them, by myself and themselves, or by my and their deputy
or deputys, servants or agents, or such others as I, the said Samuel Roberts,
my executors, administrators, or assigns, should at any time agree. with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter .during the term of years
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
my Invention of "A METHOD OF MAKING THE. NOZLES OF CANDLESTICKS (OF. SILVER,
SILVER PLATED, OR OTHER METAL,) IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THE CANDLE MAY BE
RAISED OR DEPRESSED TO ANY HEIGHT WITHIN THE SOCKETT, AND CAPABLE OF BEING
EASILY ADJUSTED, SO AS TO RECEIVE AND HOLD FIRM CANDLES OF DIFFERENT SIZES ;"

page_text: within that part of Great Britain called England, the Dominion of Wales, and
the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, in such manner as to me, the said Samuel
Roberts, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should and lawfully might
have and enjoy the whole profit, commodity, and advantage from time to time
coming, growing, acruing, and arising by reason of the said Invention, for
and during the term of years therein mentioned; to have, hold, exercise, and
enjoy the said licence, powers, priviledges, and advantages therein granted or
mentioned to be granted unto me, the said Samuel Roberts, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, for and during and untill the full end and term of
fourteen years from the date of the said Letters Patent next and immediately
ensuing, and fully to be compleat and ended, according to the Statue in such
case made and provided; in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso,
declaring that the same should be void unless I, the said Samuel Roberts,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of my said Invention, and
in what manner the same was to be performed, by an instrument in writing
under my hand and seal, and cause the same to be inrolled in the High Court
of Chancery within one calendar month next and immediately after the date of
the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Samuel Roberts, in pursuance of the said
proviso, do hereby particularly describe and ascertain the nature of my said
Invention, to be as follows:-
The novelty and usefull part of this Invention consits in a nozle seperate
and detached from the candlestick, with a bottom or slider in the. inside, move-
able up and down by means of a screw or worm, and which may be made to
contain and hold firm candles of different dimensions by means of moveable
or sliding pieces of metal within the nozle, without obstructing the working of
the screw to raise the candle. See the Drawings and references annext.
Figure 1 is a section of the nozie compleat, in which A, A, is the upper
part of the nozle, with grooves cutt underneath, as represented in Figure 7,
a, a, a, in which the slides, Figure 6, are moveable backwards and forwards;
B, B, is the under part of the nozle, connected with the inside hoop C, C, as
represented in Figure 3; the outer ege of which is turned over the outer edge
of the upper part A, A, Figure 1, at G, G. In the hoop C, C, are three
grooves D, D, cut thro' the hoop; E, E, is the outer hoop of nozle, in the
inside of which are cut three spiral grooves, forming a female screw as at
Figure 2.
Fis the bottom of the nozle, on the outside of which are fix'd three
short pegs, as at Figure 4, which pegs go thro' the grooves D, D, and into each
of the spiral grooves in the screw hoop, Figure 2. Figure 5 is the upper side

page_text: of the under part of the nozle B, B, Figure 1, in which are three grooves b, b, b,
Figure 5. Figure 6 is three pieces of metal inserted in the cavity. H, H,
Figure 1, call'd the sliders, and moveable in the grooves. a, a, a, Figure,7; on the
under-side of the sliders is a short peg d, which goes into the grooves b, b, b,
Figure 5. I is a piece of metal fixed to the screw hoop, Figure 2, which fitting
into, a corresponding notch in the candlestick serves to prevent the hoop from
turning round. The screw hoop, Figure 2, is sliped upon the inner hoop of
Figure 3, the bottom of which is turned over the end of it as at e, e, so as to
prevent its coming off'; when the top part of the nozle A, A, is turned to the
left, the peg of the slides, Figure 6, is forced along the grooves b, b, b, Figure 5,
from f to g, and the sliders of consequence drawn nearer the center, and are
again withdrawn by being turn'd the contrary way; to raise the bottom F, the
under side of the nozle B, B, Figure 1, is turn'd to the left; to lower it again, it
is turn'd the contrary way. The bottom of the nozle may be made to rise by
another method, as represented by Figure 8, in which his the top of the nozle,
j, the nozle hoop; k, the moveable bottom, solder'd to the spiral screw m, in
which is cut a groove n from one end to the other; o is a bottom solder'd in
the lower end of the hoop; in the center of the bottom o is a hole to admit
of the screw m going thro', see Figure 9, but with a projection on one side to
fit into groove n, so that when the nozle h is turned round, the screw m shall
turn likewise. At the bottom of the sockett of the candlestick is fix'd a female
screw, in which the male screw m turns, and which, when the nozle h is turn'd
round, causes the bottom k to asscend or desend, or the female screw may be
solder'd into the bottom of the hoop j at o, and the hole, Figure 9, be in bottom
of the sockett of candlestick.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this. Twenty-
second day of November, in the thirty-ninth year of the reign of our
Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the grace of God, of Great
Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c., and in
the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that. on the same Twenty-second day of
November, in the year above mentioned, the aforesaid Samuel Roberts came
before our Lord the King in His Chancery; and acknowledged the Specifica-
tion aforesaid,.and all and every thing therein contained, in form above written.
And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according to the tenor of the
Statute in that case made and provided.
Inrolled the Twenty-sixth day of November, in the year above written.
Inrolled the "Twenty-sixth day of November, in the year above written.

page_text: SHALL OLE, I, SAMUEL
ROBERTS, of Park Grange, in the Parish of Sheffield, in the County of York,
Silversmith and Plater, send greeting.
WHEREAS His present Majesty, in and by His certain Letters Patent
under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at Westminster, the
Thirtieth day of October, in the thirty-ninth year of His reign, did, of His
especial grace, certain knowledge, and meer motion, for Himself, His heirs and
successors, give and grant unto me, the said Samuel Roberts, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, especial licence, full power, sole priviledge and
authority, that I, the said Samuel Roberts, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, and every of them, by myself and themselves, or by my and their deputy
or deputys, servants or agents, or such others as I, the said Samuel Roberts,
my executors, administrators, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term of years
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
my Invention of "A METHOD OF MAKING THE NOZLES OF CANDLESTICKS (OF SILVER,
SILVER PLATED, OR OTHER METAL,) IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THE CANDLE MAY BE
RAISED OR DEPRESSED TO ANY HEIGHT WITHIN THE SOCKETT, AND CAPABLE OF BEING
EASILY ADJUSTED, SO AS TO RECEIVE AND HOLD FIRM CANDLES OF DIFFERENT SIZES;"

page_text: within that part of Great Britain called England, the Dominion of Wales, and
the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, in such manner as to me, the said Samuel
Roberts, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should and lawfully might
have and enjoy the whole profit, commodity, and advantage from time to time
coming, growing, acruing, and arising by reason of the said Invention, for
and during the term of years therein mentioned; to have, hold, exercise, and
enjoy the said licence, powers, priviledges, and advantages therein granted or
mentioned to be granted unto me, the said Samuel Roberts, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, for and during and untill the full end and term of
fourteen years from the date of the said Letters Patent next and immediately
ensuing, and fully to be compleat and ended, according to the Statue in such
case made and provided; in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso,
declaring that the same should be void unless I, the said Samuel Roberts,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of my said Invention, and
in what manner the same was to be performed, by an instrument in writing
under my hand and seal, and cause the same to be inrolled in the High Court
of Chancery within one calendar month next and immediately after the date of
the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Samuel Roberts, in pursuance of the said
proviso, do hereby particularly describe and ascertain the nature of my said
Invention, to be as follows:-
The novelty and usefull part of this Invention consits in a nozle seperate
and detached from the candlestick, with a bottom or slider in the inside, move-
able up and down by means of a screw or worm, and which may be made to
contain and hold firm candles of different dimensions by means of moveable
or sliding pieces of metal within the nozle, without obstructing the working of
the screw to raise the candle. See the Drawings and references annext.
Figure 1 is a section of the nozle compleat, in which A, A, is the upper
part of the nozle, with grooves cutt underneath, as represented in Figure 7,
a, a, a, in which the slides, Figure 6, are moveable backwards and forwards;
B, B, is the under part of the nozle, connected with the inside hoop C, C, as
represented in Figure 3, the outer ege of which is turned over the outer edge
of the upper part A, A, Figure 1, at G, G. In the hoop C, C, are three
grooves D, D, cut thro' the hoop; E, E, is the outer hoop of nozle, in the
inside of which are cut three spiral grooves, forming a female screw as at
Figure 2. F is the bottom of the nozle, on the outside of which are fix'd three
short pegs, as at Figure 4, which pegs go thro' the grooves D, D, and into each
of the spiral grooves in the screw hoop, Figure 2. Figure 5 is the upper side

page_text: of the under part of the nozle B, B, Figure 1, in which are three
grooves b, b, b,
Figure 5. Figure 6 is three pieces of metal inserted in the cavity H, H,
Figure 1, call'd the sliders, and moveable in the grooves a, a, a, Figure 7; on the
under-side of the sliders is a short peg d, which goes into the grooves b, b, b,
Figure 5. I is a piece of metal fixed to the screw hoop, Figure 2, which fitting
into a corresponding notch in the candlestick serves to prevent the hoop from
turning round. The screw hoop, Figure 2, is sliped upon the inner hoop of
Figure 3, the bottom of which is turned over the end of it as at e, e, so as to
prevent its coming off; when the top part of the nozle A, A, is turned to the
left, the peg of the slides, Figure 6, is forced along the grooves b, b, b, Figure 5,
from f to g, and the sliders of consequence drawn nearer the center, and are
again withdrawn by being turn'd the contrary way; to raise the bottom F, the
under side of the nozle B, B, Figure 1, is turn'd to the left; to lower it again, it
is turn'd the contrary way. The bottom of the nozle may be made to rise by
another method, as represented by Figure 8, in which h is the top of the nozle,
j, the nozle hoop; k, the moveable bottom, solder'd to the spiral screw m, in
which is cut a groove n from one end to the other; o is a bottom solder'd in
the lower end of the hoop j; in the center of the bottom o is a hole to admit
of the screw m going thro', see Figure 9, but with a projection on one side to
fit into groove n, so that when the nozle h is turned round, the screw m shall
turn likewise. At the bottom of the sockett of the candlestick is fix'd a female
screw, in which the male screw m turns, and which, when the nozle h is turn'd
round, causes the bottom k to asscend or desend, or the female screw may be
solder'd into the bottom of the hoop j at o, and the hole, Figure 9, be in bottom
of the sockett of candlestick.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-
second day of November, in the thirty-ninth year of the reign of our
Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the grace of God, of Great
Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c., and in
the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the same Twenty-second day of
November, in the year above mentioned, the aforesaid Samuel Roberts came
before our Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specifica-
tion aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained, in form above written.
And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according to the tenor of the
Statute in that case made and provided.
Inrolled the Twenty-sixth day of November, in the year above written.