A Sealing Wax Holder.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Apr., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 31st Dec., 1892-Accepted, 4th Feb., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Sealing Wax Holder.
I, WILLIAM WALLACE SAVAGE, of 109 St. James's Street, Brighton, in the
County of Sussex, Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a holder for enclosing sealing wax, and
which will prevent any waste in the use of same; to attain this, I employ a tube
made of any suitable metal or material, the top of which I cut in the form of claws,
the said claws being turned in so that the sealing wax cannot be forced out, into
this tube I place under the sealing-wax, a wire spring in a compressed state, and
this is held in by means of a cap, circular, hexagonal, or any other desired shape,
and which I screw on the bottom of the tube.
In working my invention I place sealing wax in the tube, and, as it is used, the
spring expands thereby keeping the sealing wax always against the claws at the
top of the tube. The utility of the sealing wax holder is very much enhanced by
the cap at the bottom of the tube, as a monogram, crest, or any other device may
be engraved on it.
Dated this 31st day of March 1892.
THOMAS. H. MELLOR,
110, St. James's Street, Brighton, Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Sealing Wax Holder.
I, WILLIAM WALLACE SAVAGE, of 109 St. James's Street, Brighton, in the
County of Sussex, Chemist, 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 :-
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The object of my invention is to provide a holder for enclosing sealing wax which
will prevent any waste in the use of same.
In order that my invention may be more readily understood reference is made to
the accompanying drawings which form part of this Specification in which
Fig. 1 is an exterior view of one of my holders and
Fig. 2 is an interior view of the holder showing the sealing wax and wire spring
in position.
To attain the object of my invention I employ a tube A made of any suitable
metal, or made partly of metal and partly of any other desired substance, the top
of which I cut in the shape of claws B which are turned in, in such a manner that
the sealing wax C cannot be forced out by the wire spring D, and between the
claws B sufficient space E is left to allow the melted wax to escape.
In carrying out my invention I put a stick of sealing wax into the tube A, and
under this I place the wire spring D in a compressed state, the said spring having
at each end a metal disc H which presses at the top directly on to the sealing wax,
and is retained in the tube by a suitable cap F which is screwed on to the bottom of
the tube.
It will be readily seen that as the sealing wax is used the wire spring D will
expand and force the sealing wax against the claws at the top of the holder until it
is all exhausted.
The utility of the holder is also very much enhanced by forming the cap F in

page_text: such a manner as will permit of a crest, monogram or other device being engraved
thereon.
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 what
I claim is :-
A sealing wax holder made as and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth and
illustrated in the drawings hereunto annexed.
Dated this 30th day of December 1892.
THOMAS H. MELLOR,
110, St. James's Street, Brighton, Agent for the Applicant.