Approved Candlestick.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Mar.. 1899-Accepted, 22nd Apr., 1899
Approved Candlestick.
I, WILLIAM HOLYMAN, of East Devonport, in the Colony of Tasmania, Manager
of the White Star Line of Steamers, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion, 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 my invention is to produce a candlestick which will be simple,
cheap, durable and efficient,-adapted to hold in place easily candles of some-
what different diameters-adapted to allow a candle to be burned to the very end,―
and capable of being perfectly cleansed. A further detail is the provision of a
secure match receptacle.
In carrying my invention into effect I form a tubular post and a tubular socket
of peculiar form, and these will be better understood by reference to the attached
sheet of drawings, in which Figure 1 shows them in place in a candlestick, parts
of which are shown in section or broken away. The match receptacle is produced
by means hereafter described.
Figure 2 shows the socket tube detached.
I do not confine my invention to any particular sizes or proportions of parts, as
these may be varied without altering it.
Upon any suitable tray dish or base X, I affix or mount a tubular vertical post A
having a top or head E which closes the upper end.
with the post. Formed upon this post is a round screw thread of slow pitch B.
This top may be integral
From this post A with screw thread B the socket is entirely separable. The latter
is shown by a tube C of slightly larger diameter than tube A, and open at top
and bottom. The top of this socket is spun or otherwise expanded to form any
desired flange F or has such a flange or nozzle attached to it, whilst there is also a
screw thread D formed on the socket corresponding to screw thread B, but large
enough to work over the same, as will be understood from the drawings. Thread D
need not reach to the tube top. A pin E¹ (not novel) may rise from the centre
of E to support the wick when the candle is nearly consumed.
The position shown in Figure 1 is that in which the last scrap of candle is about
to be consumed. This position is characterized by the fact that the flange F, or
the inner edge of it, is as low as, and is capable of being brought slightly lower
than the level of the post head E.
When a new candle is put on the post, the socket is screwed up until it is high
enough to hold the candle safely. If the candle is comparatively thin, the socket
will be screwed higher than otherwise. As is well known, in candlesticks in
which the socket is not deep, a tall but comparatively thin i.e. ill fitting candle
will not stand firmly enough. Again, if a candle has any inclination to gutter,
and the grease runs down its sides, my socket may be screwed up high so as to arrest
the grease at an earlier stage than otherwise.
The screw thread B is rounded, preferably and made of such large diameter
that if a little candle grease runs between the post and the socket, it will not pre-

page_text: vent the turning of the latter when desired; in fact a small amount acts as a
lubricant.
As will be observed there is a total absence of delicate parts which would be
liable to be injured in use.
The match receptacle when used is formed by making an aperture in the post,
placed at such a height above the lower end as to be usually covered by the socket.
It is thus protected from the liability to allow matches to drop out, which would
be very dangerous. This aperture is shown by G in dotted lines in the drawing
(Figure 1), and any suitable enclosure or base on which the matches (some of
which are also dotted) are to rest is provided within tube A.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim
is:
1. The combination with the candlestick post A, having the screw thread B and
the closed top E of the separable tubular open-ended socket C, having the screw
thread D) and the flange F, said socket being adapted to screw on to said post and
to be adjusted vertically relatively thereto, and said socket having a flange F
capable of being located at or below the level of the said top E, all substantially
as and for the purposes set forth.
2. The improvements in candlesticks, comprising the parts referred to as
A to G, as a whole, substantially as and for the purposes described.
T: 0041
1000
S. S. BROMHEAD,
Agent for Applicant, 171, Queen Victoria Street, London.