Improvements in Chandeliers and in Appliances connected therewith.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Oct.. 1893
Complete Specification Left, 30th Apr., 1894-Accepted, 23rd June, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Chandeliers and in Appliances connected
therewith.
I, JAMES WILD of 193 Yorkshire Street Rochdale in the County of Lancaster
Plumber and Gasfitter do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has for its object the protection of ceilings, pictures and painting,
from smoke and heat arising from lighted gas, and is to be fixed to the stems or
central pipes of chandeliers, and not to the arms, gallerys, or burners. It consists
of segments screwed together round the centre of the stem, these segments will vary
in number according to the number of lights on the chandelier. These segments
have in them slots or holes to receive arms or brackets which project over the
centre of the lighted gas, and have a scroll hook on which to hang the shades.
These arms or brackets will be so arranged that they can be easily slipped out of
the slots when needful for dusting or cleaning without unscrewing or removing
the central segments. These arms or brackets will also be made fixtures when
necessary for rough and constant work. These central segments can be easily
moved up or down the stem to any position. These central segments have inside a
loose soft metallic or rubber ring, so that the stem is not marked or injured in
moving the central segments up or down the stem. These arms or brackets will
be made in various designs to suit the various makes of chandeliers either round,
flat, square, twisted, fluted or embossed, and will also have various kinds of scrolls
attached to same. The central segments will also be made in various ways, the
slots or holes that receive the arms or brackets will be made to slot in from the
inside and also from the outside of central segments according to the requirements
of the chandelier. It is intended to make the central segments, arms, or brackets,
in iron, steel, brass, copper or other workable metals. If chandeliers are made too
heavy with the added weight, so as to interfere with the sliding up and down
arrangement, I claim a steel spring attachment to the wheels of chandelier, and
also for light purposes, a rubber band attachment to cup of central stem and passing
over the wheel bearer of the chandelier. Either the spring or band will make the
chandelier so that it may be adjusted to any position.
Dated the Eleventh day of October 1893.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Chandeliers and in Appliances connected
therewith.
I JAMES WILD of 193 Yorkshire Street Rochdale in the County of Lancaster
Plumber and Gasfitter 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 has for its object the protection of ceilings &c. from smoke or
carbon deposits arising from the combustion of coal gas employed in dwelling or
other rooms, which invention is adapted to be fixed or attached to the central
stem of a chandelier..
It consists of a convenient number of segments or parts of any desired form to
accommodate or correspond to the form of the stem which may be of rectangular

page_text: hexagonal, octagonal or other, form, suitably secured or attached to and at any
convenient part of the central stem the said segments or parts being provided with
or forming slots or recesses adapted to receive the extremities of suitable arms or
brackets made of suitable material and partaking of various artistic or decorative
forms which may easily be adjusted and removed when required or may be
permanently fixed with relation to the stem and which brackets extend or radiate
from the central stem towards and so that their opposite and hook shaped extremities
may be situate immediately over the gas burner's which extremities are adapted to
carry or hold the shades or smoke receivers.
When desired the segment pieces or attachments may have a lining which may
consist of a rubber or soft metallic ring provided therein, that is, between the
interior of the segments or attachments and the stem, thus marking or injury to the
surface of the stem may be and is avoided.
I also employ in conjunction with one or more of the carrier pullies over which
the chains (to which the balance or chandelier weights are attached) pass a steel
spring attachment or piece, or if desired an equivalent or elastic piece by means of
which the chandelier may be adjusted to any desired position, the spring piece or
other equivalent which latter I use preferably for certain purposes as for example
in the case of chandeliers which are not of heavy construction, the said spring or
elastic piece being adapted and so placed as to resist any objectionable or downward
movement of the chandelier.
In order that a clear understanding of my invention may be had I have hereunto
attached or annexed a sheet of drawings in which like letters of reference indicate
like parts throughout the various figures therein shewn.
Figure 1. represents in elevation a three light gas chandelier shewing my
invention applied thereto.
Figure 2. represents an end view of the spring piece.
Figures 3. 4. 5. and 6. represent mcdifications or forms of attachment pieces
and segments illustrating some of the forms which may be applied to chandelier
stems.
According to my arrangement as in the drawings hereunto annexed the segment
or attachment piece a, is provided on the central stem b. of the chandelier which
may be attached or secured by means of suitable nuts and screw threaded
pieces c, c¹ or may be secured thereon in one piece by any suitable means the
central opening of the attachment piece corresponding with the form of the central
stem b, which may be of any or various forms.
The extremities d' of the brackets d, being inserted in apertures or slots f, fitted
and held therein which brackets being provided with scroll hook shaped
extremities d³ carrying shades or smoke receivers e.
The said attachment a, may if desired and as may be required be provided with
a lining of rubber or soft metal as shewn at g. and h see Figs. 3 and 4, which
allows of the attachment piece a. with the brackets d to be slid up or down the
stem, that is, in the lengthwise direction thereof thus obviating marking or injury
thereto.
In cases where the tendency of the chandelier would be to fall in consequence of
the addition of weight, thereto by means of the brackets d and shades e, and
particularly in such cases where the weights are closed at their upper parts as is
now generally the case consequently not admitting of the application of metal or
shot thereto for the purposes of effecting a counterbalance then I employ a steel spring
piece i, suitably placed in the bearer carrying the ordinary weight pulley k that is,
the slit stem is placed in the slot, between the bearer j and pulley kas in Fig. 1, the
parts are then bent outwards and around the bearer and thus is secured thereto
the spring piece being so shaped and adapted as to impinge on or partially encircle
the periphery of the weight wheel or pulley k, so that the pulley is prevented from
rotating on its axis k¹ in the direction indicated by the arrow that is, prevents the
downward movement of the chandelier and thus capable of maintaining the
chandelier in any desired position.

page_text: If desired I may employ in certain cases an elastic rubber band or light spring
piece . which I pass around the bearer; and connected to the hook 6' a tension is
consequently created by the weight of the chandelier and its appendages so that
when the chandelier is pulled downwards the band allows the chandelier to be
pulled downwards, and to remain in such adjusted position.
It will be obvious from the foregoing description that my invention may be
applied to the stem of the chandelier at any convenient part and the smoke shades
may be suspended over the gas flame in any desired position relative thereto by
means above indicated and set forth the ceilings may thus be protected from the
effects of burning gas and the carbon deposited on or in suitable shades.
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. In combination an adjustable sliding or permanently fixed piece or block a
carrying two or more brackets each provided with a scroll hook adapted to carry
a smoke receiver or shade affixed to a central or chandelier stem and a spring
piece capable of maintaining any desired adjustable position of the chandelier
stem and appendages herein named with relation to the fixed pullies as fully
set forth.
2. The steel spring piece i. as and for the purpose set forth.
3. The segment attachment piece a, attached to a balanced chandelier stem.
carrying two or more brackets with or without a rubber lining as and for the
purposes set forth.
JAMES WILD.
J. H. Butterworth,
Rochdale, for the Applicant.
JAMES WILD.
J. H. Butterworth,
Rochdale, for the Applicant.