Improvements in Candlesticks.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 10th July, 1895-Accepted, 24th Aug., 1895
Improvements in Candlesticks.
I, EDWIN TAYLOR, of 1 Alfred Street Warstone Lane Birmingham in the
County of Warwick Stamper and Piercer 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 :-
My invention has for its object improvements in candlesticks which is intended
to facilitate the holding of the candle & the removal of any tallow residuum that
may accumulate in or about the base thereof. Candlesticks have been made
previously with cutting caps to hold a candle instead of a socket these having
their base fastened to the dish have accumulated & held the tallow. Now my
invention overcomes this difficulty amongst others.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood & more easily carried
into practice I have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings upon
which I have illustrated forms in which my invention may be produced as examples
to enable others to apply it generally to candlesticks."
Figure is a front elevation of a candlestick with my invention applied
thereto.
Figure 2. is a plan of Figure 1.
Figures 3 & 4 are a side elevation and plan of the upper part E which holds the
candle.
Figures 5 & 6. are an elevation & plan of the part E made according to a further
modification.
The base A & the pillar B may be of any desired size & design & to these
I lay no claim except when made in combination with the upper portion E. The
portion E is generally raised or stamped from a thin metal plate whether of iron,
tin, brass, or other suitable metal & the arms e¹ are formed out of the same piece
being turned up to a suitable shape such as that shown & then slit or cut out to
receive the spike wheels e² which are hung upon the pivot pins e² as shown. The
candle K is just shown entering the space between the three wheels e³ but when
it is thrust down the base end of the candle rests rests upon the slightly dished
portion of E quite steadily. It will be observed that while the candle is
sufficiently held & is enabled to burn all away the internal parts e of the arms e¹
do not come near the candle so that there is free access to remove the waste
tallow & to clean the inside. The spiked wheels e may be substituted by plain
wheels as shown by Figs. 3 & 4 or a similar result may be obtained without
any wheels as shown by e Figs. 5 & 6 where the arms are simply raised & then
closed together at the points e¹ without any slot such as that required for the
wheels e or e³. I have shown cross sections of the arms e¹ at 1, 2 & 3, 4 but I do
not bind myself to such sections at all as will be well understood. I may fasten
these arms e¹ to the edge or under or top part of an ordinary dish with the same or
similar effort, but I always keep them far away from the candle at the base no
matter how they may be mounted as perfect freedom at that part is one of the
most essential points of my invention that is to say the edge of the upper dish E
carries either solid with itself or fastened to it as per Figs. 7 & 8 either back or
front cranked arms e' either finishing at the candle themselves as per e* or carrying
wheels such as e or e³ to hold the candle K. The part E may be mounted on any
kind of pillar B & stand A or it may be used without any pillar B or stand A
that is to say it forms its base in one piece & may have a handle or bow by which

page_text: to carry it & thus be self contained. There may of course be any desired number
of the arms e¹. In the case of arms being fastened on the part E rivets e may be
used or any other mode of securing them externally or internally or on the edge.
In the latter case as shown & ordinary round blank may, under under the press be
turned up to receive the base of the arms e¹ & pressed downwards at es so as not to
obstruct the light.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion & in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The improvements in candlesticks substantially as herein set forth & as
illustrated upon the accompanying drawings.
2. Forming candlesticks with arms so cranked from the body or edge or base
of E so as to leave the candle quite free at the lower portion & the upper dish
clear for cleaning & the removal of fresh candles.
3. Forming candlesticks according to Claim 2. but having mounted at the point
of the arms e¹ such wheels as e² or e³ substantially as and for the purpose 'herein
set forth & shown.
Dated this 6th day of July 1895.
GEORGE
BARKER,
77 Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant. 2