An Improved Candle-stick.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Nov., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 31st July, 1897-Accepted, 4th Sept., 1897
An Improved Candle-stick.
We, REES RODERICK, of Pandy Cottages, Hirwain, near Aberdare, Colliery
Manager, and WILLIAM EDGAR WILLIAMS, of Exchange Buildings, Cardiff,
Colliery Proprietor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of this invention is to reduce waste by enabling candles to be wholly
consumed.
According to this invention the socket in which the candle is fitted is tubular
and is slid over a hollow stem extending upwards from the candle-stick base and
closed at top. The socket obviates bending of a candle in a heated atmosphere,
as the socket surrounds the candle to any required height.
As the candle is being consumed the socket, raised previously to inserting the
candle therein, is pushed down on the candle, the bottom of which is in contact
with the closed top of the hollow stem aforesaid.
By a clamping screw passed through the body of the socket and fitted to bind
on the stem, the socket is securely held at any point to which it may be raised or
lowered on the stem.
In order to prevent the socket being separated from the stem, the latter is
slotted vertically to receive a rivet which is passed through the stem and rigidly
fixed at both ends to the socket. The slot, being closed at top, the socket cannot
be slid off the stem.
Dated this 12th day of November 1896
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Bristol, Chartered Patent Agent.
We, REES RODERICK, of Pandy Cottages, Hirwain, near Aberdare, Colliery
Manager, and WILLIAM EDGAR WILLIAMS, of Exchange Buildings, Cardiff,
Colliery Proprietor, 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 consists in an improved candle-stick constructed and arranged

page_text: Extending vertically upwards from the base of the candle-stick, which base may
be of any ordinary or suitable kind, is a hollow pillar or stem which is closed at
top. The top of this pillar or stem is the surface on which the candle stands.
The top of the pillar or stem may have pins for penetrating the candle, or any
other suitable device for gripping or holding the candle may be situated at the top 5
of the pillar or stem. Slid telescopically on the pillar or stem is a tubular socket
which is free to be raised and lowered about the candle and the pillar or stem.
The socket is adjustable, and is held at any desired point in its range of vertical
travel by means of a clamping screw or equivalent device.
In practically using the improved candle-stick, the socket is adjusted on the 1
pillar or stem so that the top of the socket is at a suitable distance, that is to say,
not far distant from the top of the candle. As the candle is being consumed,
the socket is lowered accordingly from time to time. The tubular socket serves
as a support which prevents the candle from bending in a heated atmosphere
as the socket surrounds the candle to any required height. Thus waste and danger
due to the occurrence of bending are obviated. Moreover candles can be consumed
to the end as the socket can be lowered to admit of such total consumption.
At Fig. 1 in the accompanying drawings is shown a candle-stick constructed"
and arranged in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of
part of the candle-stick.
Extending upwards from the base a, which may be of any suitable kind, is
a hollow pillar or stem 6 closed at top. On the top stands the candle c, fixed by
pins extending into the hottom of the candle upwards from the top of the stem b,
or by their equivalent. Telescopically arranged on the pillar or stem & is a socket
or sleeve d which can be slid upwards and downwards. By a clamping screwe
the socket or sleeve d can he clamped at any point in its range of vertical
travel.
In practically using the improved candle-stick the socket or sleeve d is ad-
justed on the pillar or stem b so that the upper end or mouth of the socket or
sleeve d is at a suitable distance from the top of the candle, that is to say, at such
distance as to support the candle in event of its bending when subjected to an
atmosphere sufficiently heated to cause a tendency on the part of the candle to
bend. When adjusted to the desired point, the socket or sleeve d is clamped to the
As the candle consumes, the socket or
pillar or stem 6 by the clamping screw e.
sleeve d is lowered accordingly from time to time. Instead of a clamping screw
to retain the socket or sleeve d in the position to which it may be adjusted, a
pair of spring tongues may he employed placed at opposite sides in the interior of
the socket or sleeve as shown at Fig. 3 in which the spring tongues are indicated
by the letter f. These tongues are fixed at the lower ends to the socket or sleeve d
and hear towards, their upper ends against the pillar or stem h.
Other devices may be employed to hold the socket or sleeve d in the positions to
which it may be moved, or the fit between the socket and the sleeve may be
sufficiently tight as to dispense with a holding device and yet sufficiently loose as
to allow the socket or sleeve the necessary freedom of movement.
In order to prevent the socket or sleeve d from being raised off above the
pillar or stem b'a pin such as g, Fig. 2, may be employed extending transversely
and fixed at both ends to the socket. The pillar or stem b has a slot such as h
extending upwards at each side and closed at top. In the slot the pin g travels.
This provision is, however, not essential, but may be adopted when desired.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
An improved candle-stick consisting of a pillar or stem such as 6 for carrying
the candle and telescoped into a sliding socket or sleeve such as d adapted to be
adjusted vertically to any desired point in its range of vertical travel and to be
clamped, clipped, or otherwise retained at the point to which it is adjusted, sub-

page_text: stantially s herein before described with reference to the accompanying sheet
of illustrative drawings.
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NICHOLAS WATTS,
Bristol, Chartered Patent Agent.