IMPROVEMENTS IN CANDLE HOLDERS
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Jacob Friedrich Zimmermann, of 21, Red Lion
Square, in the County of Middlesex, and Hanau, in Prussia, for
the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN CANDLE HOLDERS."
Soaled the 2nd July 1875, and dated the 11th January 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jacob Friedrich
Zimmermann at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
bis Petition, on the 11th January 1875.
I, JACOB FRIEDRICH ZIMMERMANN, of 21, Red Lion Square, in the
County of Middlesex, and Hanau, in Prussia, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CANDLE HOLDERS," to
be as follows:—
These improvements relate to candlesticks, candelabra, and candle
holders generally, whether attached to or removable from the ordinary
support, and consists in slipping over the upper part of the pillar of the
candlestick a metallic cylinder, which is notched or slitted at its edge, so
as to form a spring or number of springs capable of being compressed
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page_text: together towards a common centre. The compression is produced by
screwing down on the exterior of the candlestick a collar, having at its
upper part an interior flange, which as it is turned round causes the
spring or springs to converge and grip anything placed between them.
A candle therefore so placed is, upon the collar being screwed down,
grasped firmly, while from the shallowness of the socket in which
it is gripped the whole of the candle may be consumed without
inconvenience.
The pillars of candlesticks or candelabra may be made as described,
or the device may be applied to a plug suitable for insertion in the socket
of an ordinary candlestick.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Jacob Friedrich Zimmermann in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 9th July 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JACOB
FRIEDRICH ZIMMERMANN, of 21, Red Lion Square, in the County of
Middlesex, and Hanau, in Prussia, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing dato the Eleventh day of January, in the year
of our Lord One thousand cight hundred and seventy-five, in the
thirty-eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Jacob Friedrich Zimmermann,
Ier special licence that I, the said Jacob Friedrich Zimmermann, my exc-
cutors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Jacob
Friedrich Zimmermann, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should
at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CANDLE HOLDERS," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Jacob Friedrich Zimmermann, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one
of their hands and scals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be

page_text: performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Jacob Friedrich Zimmermann, do
hereby declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement, reference being had to the accom-
panying Drawings, and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that
is to say :-
These improvements relate to candlesticks, candelabra, and candle
holders generally, whether attached to or removable from the ordinary
support, and consists in slipping over the upper part of the pillar of the
candlestick a metallic cylinder, which is notched or slitted at its upper
edge, so as to form a spring or number of springs capable of being
compressed together towards a common centre. The compression is
produced by screwing down on the exterior of the candlestick a collar,
having at its upper part an interior flange, which as it is turned round
causes the spring or springs to converge and grip anything placed
between them. A candle therefore so placed is, upon tho collar being
screwed down, grasped firmly, whilo from tho shallowness of the socket
in which it is gripped the whole of the candle may be consumed without
inconvenience.
In order that the foregoing may be more easily understood, Drawings
are attached hereto, of which the following is a description :-
Fig. 1 is an elevation with the collar and spring in section.
Fig. 2 is a perspectivo view of the spring.
Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of the collar detached.
And Fig. 4 is a plan of the upper part of the candle holder.
In Fig. 1, A is the stem of the holder; B, the spring or springs; and
C the collar with its internal flange D; E is a stud, which is received
into a slit F, seen in Fig. 2, and prevents the spring or springs from
turning round when the collar C is being sorewed down.
Similar letters refer to the same parts in cach of the Figures.
The pillars of candlesticks or candelabra may be made as described,
or the device may be applied to a plug suitable for insertion in the socket
of an ordinary candlestick.

page_text: Having now described and particularly set forth the nature of this
Invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried
into effect, I would observo in conclusion that I do not confine or restrict
myself to the precise details or arrangements which I have described or
referred to, as variations may be made therefrom without deviating from
the principles or main features of this Invention, but what I consider to
be novel and original and therefore claim as the Invention secured to me
by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, the screwed
stem A, collar C, and spring or springs B arranged in the manner herein-
before described and shown on the Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Jacob Friedrich Zimmermann,
have hereunto set my hand and scal, this Sixth day of July,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and soventy-
five.