Improvements in Candle Holders.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Oct., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 29th July, 1890-Accepted. 6th Sept 1890
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Candle Holders.
We THEODOR WOHLMUTH of Maislingeramt near Scuftenberg, Lower Austria,
Manufacturer and FRANCIS ZOELCH of 3 Lugeck, Vienna, Merchant, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
This invention relates to means of securing candles in position in chandeliers,
candelabras or candlesticks, etc., for which purpose it has been hitherto customary to
lap paper around the extremity of the candle to make a proper fit; and the present
invention has for its object to avoid the necessity of employing paper for this purpose,
and it consists in a simple device by which candles of varying sizes may be secured
in place by the mere act of inserting the same into the socket.
According to our invention, the device, which we will term a candle-fastener,
consists of a conical socket piece closed at its lower end which is of smaller diameter
and having its lateral sides divided into a number of elastic tongues, the free upper
ends of which are bent inwards. This conical socket is slid on to the lower end of
the candle so that when the candle with the socket attached thereto is inserted into
the socket of the chandelier, etc., the said elastic tongues will wedge themselves
into the socket of the chandelier and as the tongues are forced towards the candle.
their inwardly bent ends will tightly grip the latter.
Candle fasteners of this description may be made of square metal sheets or strips
the lower edge of which is scalloped and the top portion of which is divided by
parallel cuts, perpendicular to the top edge into a number of elastic tongues; the said
scallops and the free ends of the tongues are bent inwards whereupon the whole is
rolled so as to join the lateral' edges forming a bottom of the scallops.
According to a modification, circular discs having radial strips radiating from their
circumference are cut or stamped of sheet metal, and the ends of the strips, are bent
inwards and finally the strips themselves erected round the central disc.
Dated this 30th day of October 1889.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Candle Holders.
We THEODOR WOHLMUTH of 6 Beatrixgasse, Vienna, Manufacturer, and FRANCIS
ZOELCH of 3 Lugeck, Vienna, Merchant 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 means whereby candles may be secured in position in
candle sticks, chandeliers, candelabras, and the like without the necessity, of winding
paper around the extremity of the candle in order to make a tight fit as, has been
heretofore customary, and the invention consists of a simple and effective device, by
which candles of different sizes will be at once secured in place by the mere act of
inserting them into the socket.
We are aware that candlesticks have been heretofore provided with a movable ring.
for enabling the diameter of the candle seat to be varied and that candle fasteners
which are inserted into the candle stick and are contracted or enlarged by screwing.
them up or down'in the candle stick have been used.

page_text: Now the device which forms the subject of the present invention and which we
term a "candle fastener" possesses this important advantage over the devices referred
to, viz., that it is automatic in its action. In other words it is necessary merely to
place this fastener into the candle stick or other socket and then press the candle into
the fastener, to securely fix the candle in the fastener and the latter in the candle
stick.
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To this end the candle fastener is composed of a number of springy metallic
tongues, which when in use surround the lower end of the candle and are so curved
that their concave surfaces are presented to the candle. The lower ends of these
tongues are in one with a disc or socket, while their upper ends are formed into small
inwardly bent hooks. It will be readily understood that when using such a candle
fastener in the manner above referred to, a portion of the fastener which is of larger
diameter is pressed into the candle seat so that the upper hooks are caused to grip the
candle.
The annexed sheet of drawings shows several forms of candle fasteners embodying
the invention. Figure 1 represents in the flat a piece of sheet metal cut of such
form as to be made up into the candle fastener of which Figure 2 is a sectional
elevation and Figure a plan view.
Referring to the drawings, this candle fastener consists in a strip of sheet metal a,
the lower edge of which is formed with points or teeth, while its upper portion is
divided by parallel cuts into a number of tongues c. The strip'a thus prepared is
brought into the form shown in Figures 2 and 3 by folding it along the dotted lines,
slightly curving it across the lower portion of the tongues c, and finally rolling it up.
The inwardly bent teeth b form a support for the bottom end of the candle, and
the inwardly bent hooks at the tops of the springy tongues c, which surround the
candle and are barrel shaped, are pressed against the candle when the fastener is
pressed into the candle stick socket and thus firmly hold the candle in place.
Figures 5 and 6 show a candle fastener of slightly modified form in sectional
elevation and plan view respectively. The same is made of a strip of sheet metal of
the shape represented in Figure 4, by folding inwardly the teeth and the top ends of
the tongues c, and by slightly curving the strip across the tongues c, whereupon the
strip a is rolled up.
Another method of making candle fasteners embodying the invention is illustrated
in Figure 7. In this case the tongues c radiate from a circular sheet metal disc b¹,
their free ends are bent inwardly, and after having been slightly curved the tongues
are bent upward. A candle fastener made in this way is shown in Figure 8.
The fasteners shown in Figures 5 and 8 are very easily made but as compared with
that shown in Figure 2 they possess this drawback viz., that the candles when inserted
are clamped by the hooks c at a higher point.
Figure 9 shows one of the candle fasteners applied to a candle stick. As the
tongues c surround the candle in the shape of a bulging barrel, and as they are
pressed against the candle when the fastener is inserted into the socket it will be
obvious that the fastener of this invention is-adapted for use with candles of different
thicknesses.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is.
1. A candle fastener consisting of springy metal tongues c, which surround th
candle in the shape of a bulging barrel and which when the fastener is inserted into
the candle stick or other socket are forced towards the candle so that the candle is
clamped between the inwardly bent top ends of the tongues, substantially as described
and shown in the drawings.
2. A blank for making candle fasteners consisting of a strip a of sheet metal, the
lower edge of which is provided with teeth 6 while the top portion is divided by
parallel cuts into a number of tongues c, the said teeth 6 and the top ends of the

page_text: tongues c when the fastener is formed being bent inward, the strip a slightly curved
across the tongues c which are folded against the lower portion and the whole rolled
up, substantially as described and shown.
3. A blank for making candle fasteners consisting of a circular sheet metal disc b₁
having a number of radial tongues c whose free ends are bent inward and the tongues
which are slightly curved crosswise bent upwards around the disc b₁, substantially as
described and shown.
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και αν καιy ν ν wy του.
T. WOHLMUTH.
F. ZOELCH.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, Londou, Patent Agents.