Improvements in Candle-holders or Save-alls.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Feb., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 9th Nov., 1892--Accepted, 17th Dec., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Candle-holders or Save-alls.
J, THOMAS HOADLEY, of Clayton Road, Peckham, in the County of London,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention refers to caudle-holders or save-alls so constructed (as hereafter
described) as to cause the candles to rise automatically, regularly, and with
certainty, as they become consumed, no matter what qualities of candles be
employed.
According to my invention I provide a metal tube of ordinary construction,
(made preferably without any solder) and I spin or otherwise form therein, around
one end, an indentation. From the other end of the tube I insert a closing disc and
pass same down to the indentation on the tube, which forms a stop for the disc to bear
against. I then insert into the tube a helical or coiled spring, and upon the spring
I place another disc, and pressing the latter into the tube I then form another
indentation around the upper end of the tube, which prevents the upper disc being
forced out of the tube. Upon any candle being placed to bear upon one of the
discs, the latter, together with the candle, will sink into the tube a distance in
accordance with the weight of the candle, and as the latter burns, the carrying disc
will rise, by reason of the decreasing weight of the candle, until the last piece of
the said candle is consumed.
I preferably form the discs cup-shaped and with the edges outwards, so that the
indentations or collars prevent the grease entering between the two discs.
The apparatus may be employed for fitting into a candle-stick, or may form a
part thereof.
By this construction I am enabled to produce a self-acting candle holder which is
simple in action, can be used without alteration for candles of varying weights and
qualities, prevents waste of the candle ends, and at the same time is cheaply
manufactured.
Daind this 11th 3..--
L1000
BREWER & SON,
33, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Candle-holders or Save-alls.
I, THOMAS HOADLEY, of Clayton Road, Peckham, in the County of London,
Engineer, 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 :―
My invention refers to candle holders or save-alls, so constructed (as hereafter
described) as to cause the candles to rise automatically, regularly, and with
certainty, as they become consumed, no matter what qualities of candles be
employed, and my invention will be fully understood by describing same with
reference to the accompanying drawings, Figs. 1 and 2 thereon shewing in vertical
section examples of automatic self saving candlesticks constructed according to my
invention, Fig. 3 being a detached view of a part of the candlestick shewn at
Fig. 2. Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures.
According to my invention I provide a metal tube A of ordinary construction,
and as shewn at Fig. 1 I spin or otherwise form therein around one end, an inden-
tation B. From the other end of the tube AI insert a closing disc Ć and pass

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same down to the indentation in the tube A which forms a stop for the disc to bear
against. I then insert into the tube a helical or coiled spring D, and upon the
spring DI place another disc E, and pressing the latter into the tube A, I then
form another indentation F around the upper end of the tube, which prevents the
upper disc E being forced out of the tube.
Instead of spinning a groove in the metal of the tube A, an equivalent therefor
may be adopted, as is shewn at Fig. 2, where the base C forms an abutment for the
spring D, the disc E being supported by the spring D in the tube A as before while
the stop F for the disc E is formed by the inner flange or collar of the cap F¹,
shewn separately at Fig. 3, the said cap being made removable to facilitate the
cleaning of the tube should such be necessary.
Upou any candle being placed to bear upon the disc E, the latter, together with
the candle, will sink into the tube A a distance in accordance with the weight of
the candle, and as the latter burns, the carrying disc E will rise by reason of the
decreasing weight of the candle until the last piece of the said candle is consumed.
I preferably form the discs cup shaped and with the edges outwards so that the
indentation or collar F, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, will prevent the grease entering between
the disc E and the spring abutment B.
The apparatus may be employed or manufactured apart from the tray for fitting
into a candlestick, or may form a part thereof, as at Figs. 1 and 2.
By this construction I am enabled to produce a self acting candle holder which is
simple in action, can be used without alteration for candles of varying weights and
qualities, prevents waste of the candle ends, and at the same time is cheaply
manufactured.
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. Candle-holders or save-alls, a carrying disc supported on a spring in a tube,
I the strength of the spring being regulated or arranged in such manner that the
spring raises the carrying disc as the weight of the candle resting thereon decreases
by reason of its consumption whereby an automatically self-saving safety candle-
stick is produced and substantially as herein before described.
2. In candle holders or save-alls, the combination with a tube A formed with
indentations, of a spring D and discs CE situated within the tube and between
such stops or indentations, the strength of the said spring being such as to raise the
carrying disc within the tube, as the weight of the candle resting thereon decreases
by reason of its consumption, all substantially as herein described and illustrated
with reference to Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings.
3. In candle holders or save-alls, the combination with a tube A, a base C
thereto, and a removable cap F¹ with stop or collar F, of a spring D situated within
the tube, and a disc E supported by said spring, the strength of the latter being
such as to raise the carrying disc within the tube as the weight of the candle resting
thereon decreases by reason of its consumption, all substantially as herein described
and illustrated with reference to Figs. 2 and 3 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 9th day of November 1892.
THOMAS HOADLEY,
Brewer & Son,
33, Chancery Lane, London;