Improved Device for Catching the Drippings of Candles.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Nov., 1893-Accepted, 9th Dec., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Device for Catching the Drippings of Candles.
I, FRITZ BOVENSCHEN, of Crefeld, Prussia, in the German Empire, Manu-
facturer, 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 a device for catching candle drippings, by means of
which the melted grease or composition dripping from candles when held in a
slanting position, is caught in a receptacle or catcher.
The devices at present used for effecting that purpose are unsuitable or imperfect,
in so far that they are too inconvenient and expensive, require certain forms of
candlesticks, interefere with the burning of the wick, or the candle must be of
certain form to avoid the necessity of pressing the catcher down in proportion to
the consumption or diminishing of the candle.
I will now describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawing in
which :-
Fig. 1. is a sectional elevation of the improved device, &
Fig. 2 is a similar view of the device with modified catcher or receptacle.
Fig. 3. shews the position of the device when the candle is held in a slanting
position.
The device consists of a conically formed cap a on whose lower edge a conical
ring 6 (Fig. 1) is secured, or its lower edge 6' may be bent or curved as shewn in
Fig. 2.
The ring 6 or bent edge 61 forms a receptacle or catcher all round the candle,
into which catcher the drippings of the candle when not in a vertical position drop
or run.
The cap a has a circular opening or mouth at its upper end of about the diameter
of the candle, so that the upper part of the cap (Fig. 1 & 2.) rests on the edge of
the candle and consequently acts as sole supporter of the device; the top of the
candle and the wick are therefore not interfered with by the device.
The ring bor bent edge b¹ of the cap does not rest against or come in contact
with the candle; consequently, when the candle is in a slanting position, -the cap a,
simply resting on the upper edge of the candle, oscillates in accordance with the
slanting position of the candle, so that at the side of the device which is lowest, a
small space or opening is formed between the candle and upper edge of the cap,
through which the melted grease or composition runs into the catcher (Fig. 3).
This improved device simply requires to be put on the candle without any
attachments and it follows or descends with the candle according to its consumption,
the device is likewise equally as easily taken off the candle.
This invention is not restricted to the forms or modifications shewn in the accom-
panying drawing, or to any particular material, since the device may be made of
any suitable material, as for instance, sheet metal, tin, muscovy-glass, papier-maché,
cardboard etc.
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 :-
An improved device for catching the drippings of candles, consisting of a conical
cap a resting loosely on the upper edge of the candle, the lower or inner ring 6 or
bent edge forming a catcher or receptacle into which the melted grease or com-
position, dripping from the candle when held in a slanting position, drops or runs

page_text: through the narrow space or opening formed between the candle & the edge of
the cap, substantially as described and shewn in the drawing.
Dated this 7th day of November 1893.
J. C. CHAPMAN,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Chartered Patent Agent.