IMPROVEMENTS IN CANDLE HOLDERS
Year: 1885

page_text: I, CHARLES DENTON ABEL, of N° 28 Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane
in the county of Middlesex Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent do hereby
declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CANDLE HOLDERS" 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 an improved construction of candle holders or nozzles
which differ from those heretofore employed in having their recess or socket made
to decrease gradually in diameter from the upper to the lower end, instead of
being made of uniform diameter throughout, so that when a candle is introduced,
it will be always be held at point in the tapering socket corresponding in diameter
to that of the candle, while at the upper end of the holder claws or other clamping
devices are provided for holding the candle steady.
The accompanying drawings shew the above described improved candle holder
with tapering socket, in combination with various forms of clamping devices;
these are, however, only given as examples as it will be evident that a great
variety of clamping devices may be employed in combination with the tapering
socket.
The tapering socket may also vary in form, thus the internal surfaces thereof
may be convex as shewn at Figs. 1 and 2, or concave as at Fig 3 or they may be
corrugated; also the socket may be square, circular or polygonal in cross section,
and it may be solid or provided with openings, or it may consist of three or more
inclined ribs or bars or be otherwise formed so long as the object is obtained of
offering to the end of the candle three or more lateral points of support formed so
as to gradually approach each other towards the bottom of the socket.
In the arrangement shewn at Figs. 1 and 2 the upper part of the candle K is
held by three or more spring claws E acted upon by a screwed ring R that is
screwed upon a threaded part G of the holder, the claws A being forced inwards by
screwing the ring downwards, until the claws bear against the candle K.
The claws may either be mounted on a ring V as at Fig. 2, through which the
candle passes, or they may be attached to the surface of the socket, and may have

page_text: inclined downward extensions approaching each other so as to form the tapering
surfaces against which the lower end of the candle fits.
Fig. 3 shews a perspective view and Fig. 4 a plan of an arrangement in which
the clamping of the candle K is effected by means of three curved arms D pivotted
at P to a ring X that can be rotated upon the candle holder, and having their free
ends S protruded through openings in the projecting part W of the holder, so that
on turning the ring X in one direction the ends of the arms will be forced farther
through the holes, and will thus be made to nip the candle between them.
In the arrangement shewn at Fig. 5 the candle K is held by means of two
forked spring claws Z fixed to the top of the holder T, and having small handles H
by means of which they can be forced outwards, in order to admit of the insertion
or removal of the candle.
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
Constructing a candle holder with a socket the surface or surfaces of which
gradually taper inwards, or the sectional area of the space within which gradually
diminishes towards the bottom, in combination with a clamping device at the
upper end of the holder, so that the candle fits with its lower end against some
point of the tapering socket while its upper part is steadied by the clamping device
substantially as herein described.
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