Improved Means and Appliances for Fixing Candles in Candlesticks or Candle Sockets.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Sept., 1896
IDIONAL
Improved Means and Appliances for Fixing Candles in
Candlesticks or Candle Sockets.
I, JOHN VIRTUE KELLY, of the Firm Messrs. Francis Tucker and Co.
Limited, High Street, Kensington, London, Soap and Candle Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is improved incans and appliances for fixing
candles in candlesticks or candle sockets.
For the purpose of this invention, I stamp or cut a disc or equivalent shape of
asbestos cloth with radial slots or recesses starting at a distance from the centre,
so that the middle may be plain or have a band for the bottom end of a candle
to rest upon, the portions between the radial slots serving as wings or rays which
can become bent or folded upwardly and form a wall and a stay to the candle
when pushed into the neck of a candlestick or into the socket of one.
The use of asbestos cloth for the purpose is very advantageous.
1. It allows the last bit of candle to burn itself out.
2. It is non-absorbent of the material of which the candle is made.
3. It serves as a wedge to hold the candle firmly and upright.
4. It is non-combustible and in practice can be employed over and over again
for fresh candles and from either side.
Asbestos sheet is special, but any other flexible material will suffice, or woven
wire discs with slits can be utilized for the purpose.
Dated this Och den of Santamban 1806
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166 Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said John Virtue Kelly.
Improved Means and Appliances for Fixing Candles in
Candlesticks or Candle Sockets.
I, JOHN VIRTUE KELLY, of the Firm Messrs. Francis Tucker and Co.
Limited, High Street, Kensington, London, Soap and Candle Manufacturer, 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:-
The object of this invention is improved means and appliances for fixing
candles in candlesticks or candle sockets.
My invention is represented on the annexed sheet of drawings.
Figure 1 plan of disc stamped with radial wings or rays with a flat central
portion for the bottom of a candle to rest on.

page_text: Figure 2 eage view.
Figure 3 plan similar to Figure 1, except that the centre is stamped out, so that
a candle when placed on it rests as on a band.
Figure 4 plan of thin flexible wire woven to shape, this in practice may be
stamped out of a sheet or be woven on to an edge wire.
Figure 5 represents the article in position in the socket of a candlestick, the
wings or rays slightly overlapping at the top ends and banding the candle in the
socket which is of greater diameter at the top than at the bottom.
For the purpose of this invention, I stamp or cut a disc or equivalent shape of
asbestos or other cloth with slots or recesses A. starting at a distance from the
centre B so that the middle may be plain or have a band C for the bottom end of
a candle D to rest upon, the portions between the radial slots serving as wings or
rays E, E, which can be bent or folded upwardly and form a wall and a stay to the
candle when pushed into the neck F of a candlestick or into the socket G
of one.
The use of asbestos cloth for the purpose is very advantageous.
1. It allows the last bit of candle to burn itself out.
2. It is non-absorbent of the material of which the candle is made..
3. It serves as a wedge to hold the candle firmly and upright.
4. It is non-combustible, and in practice can be employed over and over again
for fresh candles and from either side.
Asbestos sheet is specially adapted for the purpose but any other flexible
material will suffice, or limp woven wire discs with slits can be utilised for the
purpose.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The appliance indicated at Figures 1, 3, and 4 of the annexed drawings, made
of asbestos, limp woven wire, or other flexible material for the purpose indicated
at Figure 5, and as described.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166 Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said John Virtue Kelly.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166 Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said John Virtue Kelly.