Improvements in and relating to Candle Holding Devices.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Oct., 1899-Accepted, 11th Nov., 1899
Improvements in and relating to Candle Holding Devices.
I, ISAAC MATTHEWS, of Abercarne, near Newport, in the County of Monmouth,
Confectioner, 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 the present invention is to provide an improved construction
and arrangement of candle holding device whereby candles may be burned down
to their extreme ends without the waste and inconvenience which occurs when
ordinary sockets are used, in which the candle ends melt and wax fast when
burned down too far.
I will now fully describe my invention and the manner of performing the same
having reference to the annexed drawings in which:-
Figures 1, 2 and 3 shew in elevation, plan and vertical section respectively,
a candle holding device constructed according to my invention.
Figure 4 shews a slight modification of the device permanently fixed to a base
so as to form an ordinary bedroom sconce, and,
Figure 5 is a vertical section of another modification.
Similar letters refer to like parts in all figures.
The upright screw pin a carries a head & upon which rests the foot of the
candle, the circumference of the latter being gripped between the pins d extend-
ing upwards from a disc e which screws as a nut upon the screw pin a aforesaid.
These pins are preferably of triangular section, as shewn, with sharp edges
which slightly cut into the candle thrust between them and thus hold it firmly.
f is a wooden plug, preferably slightly tapered, fixed tight on the lower extremity
of the screw pin a, whereby the device may be fitted to the sockets of existing
candlesticks. Or the plug may be dispensed with and the device fixed to a base
or support in any convenient manner. In Figure 4 the screw pin a is represented
as provided with a foot g which is soldered to a saucer h, so as to form an ordinary
bedroom sconce.
Figure 1 shews the normal position of the parts when the candle is first inserted,
the head 6 of the pin a being at the foot of the pins d. By revolving the disc e
so as to cause it to travel down the pin a the upper ends of the pins d may be
brought to a level with the head 7 (Figure 3) thereby permitting the entire
candle to be consumed without waste.
By an alternative arrangement, in lieu of the disc e moving vertically up and
down the pin a when revolved, the latter may have vertical movement whilst the
former merely revolves in, the same plane to effect such movement. the result
being precisely the same, namely, that the head of the pin a is brought from the
feet towards the heads of the pins d, and vice versa, as desired.
Figure 5 illustrates this modification, being a sleeve the lower end of which is
intended to be suitably fixed by means of a plug, foot or otherwise, to a socket
or other support or base. The function of this sleeve is to prevent rotation of the
pin a when the disc e is revolved and also to keep the latter in place. To this
end the hore of the sleeve is made of rectangular or other section than circular and
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page_text: the end of the pin a has a foot g which fits such bore. Or a pin or projection on the
pin a entering a slot or groove in the sleeve i may obviously be used for the same
object. A socket is formed at the upper end of the sleeve which receives the boss
of the disc e, said socket being surrounded by a flange 7 with which engages the
ring m screwed to the underside of said disc which is thus held in place on the
end of the sleeve whilst free to be revolved about it. On rotating the disc e the
pin a will be moved vertically up or down as the case may be.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is: -
1. A candle holding device comprising in combination an upright screw pin
the head of which bears against the candle foot, a disc screwing as a nut upon
said pin, and pins extending upwards from the latter and adapted to grip the
circumference of the candle, the whole constructed arranged and adapted to
operate substantially as and in the manner described.
2. In a candle holding device, the combination of a sleeve adapted to be fixed
to the support or base of the device, a screw pin entering said sleeve, a disc screw-
ing on said pin and revolvable about and held on the upper end of the sleeve, said
disc carrying pins adapted to hold the circumference of the candle, and means
for preventing rotation of the screw pin by the disc, substantially as described.
3. A candle holding device constructed and arranged as illustrated in Figures 1,
2 and 3 of the drawings.
4. A candle holding device constructed and arranged as illustrated in Figure 4
of the drawings.
5. A candle holding device constructed and arranged as illustrated in Figure 5
of the drawings.
Jof Ontaban 1900
E. P. ALEXANDER & SON,
Chartered Patent Agents,
19, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.