AN IMPROVED CANDLESTICK
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Clark, of 58, Chancery Lane, in the
County of Middlesex, Engineer and Patent Agent, for the Invention
of "AN IMPROVED CANDLESTICK."-A communication from abroad by
Messrs. Louis Gabriel Eugène Isabey, Marine Painter and Officer of the
Legion of Honor, and Anthony Montalba, Proprietor, both of 29, Boulevart
St. Martin, Paris.
Sealed the 27th March 1863, and dated the 3rd October 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Clark at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
3rd October 1862.
I, WILLIAM CLARK, of 58, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex,
Engineer and Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "AN IMPROVED CANDLESTICK," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to an improved candlestick or saveall, in which the
socket or part for holding the candle is made separate from the body of the
candlestick, being united to it at bottom by a stem having a weight on its lower
end; in this manner the candle will always be kept vertical, whatever may be
the inclination given to the candlestick or holder.
I have represented in the annexed Drawing, an example of this Invention,
which is a central vertical section of a candlestick, applicable for marine and
other purposes.
a is the body of the candlestick in the form of a truncated cone, or it may

page_text: be of other shape desired, and furnished with a hole b at the top; c, socket, in
which the candle is fixed by means of a point d or otherwise; e, rigid rod,
passing through the hole b in the body a of the apparatus; this rod or stem
carries the socket c at one end, and a weight f at the other; g, foot or base
of the candlestick fixed to the body a, and terminating in sharp points for
securing it to any surface on which it may be placed, as for instance on
shipboard, and so as to prevent contact as much as possible in domestic
applications.
In the latter case the points may be dispensed with if desired; h, handle or
ring for carrying the candlestick. Thus, supposing the candlestick to be used
on board ship, it may be readily firmly secured to a table for example, as the
base of the apparatus is very large in proportion to the other parts, and the
foot g being terminated by sharp points, which enter the table on which the
apparatus is placed, so as to prevent it from sliding caused by the motion of a
ship.
On the other hand it will be understood that the candle will always preserve
its vertical position, being fixed to the socket, which resembles a plumb line
from its always returning to the vertical position, consequently the tallow,
wax, or other substance, of which the candle is composed, will not be thrown
about.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Clark in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 2nd April 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
CLARK, of 58, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Engineer and
Patent Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Third day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-sixth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said William Clark, Her special licence that I, the said William
Clark, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said William Clark, 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

page_text: and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"AN IMPROVED CANDLESTICK," a com" to him from abroad by Messrs.
Louis Gabriel Eugène Isabey, Marine Painter & Officer of the Legion
of Honor, & Anthony Montalba, Proprietor, both of 29, Boulevart St.
Martin, Paris, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
William Clark, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same
was to be 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 William Clark, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to bo
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, reference being had to the Sheet of Drawings hereunto annexed,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say) :-
This Invention relates to an improved candlestick, lamp, or other similar
apparatus in which the candle, taper, or oil reservoir always preserves a vertical
position, whatever may be the direction in which the body of the candlestick,
lamp, or holder is inclined.
This improved apparatus will be found of great advantage for sea service or
in mining operations, as there is no liability to spill the oil or other fatty
matter made use of, the candle or wick holder always preserving its vertical
position.
For this purpose I fix a stem to the lower part of the candlestick or oil
reservoir, and supply a weight at the lower end thereof of sufficient gravity to
keep the candle or other light upright.
In the annexed Drawing are represented two arrangements of this improved
apparatus, the one being a candlestick, and the other a small lamp and stand,
constructed according to this Invention.
Fig. 1 shows an elevation, partly in section, of the improved candlestick; and
Fig. 2 a similar view of the lamp. The letters apply to both Figures.
a, body of the apparatus, which may be of any suitable material, and of
conical or other form desired; b, hand hold; c, metal or other stem, furnished
with a ball d, pivotted in the upper part of the body a, said rod c carries at its
upper end the socket for receiving the candle f, or it may be an oil chamber;
the lower ends of said rod c is furnished with a weight h, of sufficient gravity to
keep the stem c, together with the candle, taper, or lamp, always in a vertical
position.

page_text: From this arrangement it results that whatever may be the position of the
foot a, of the apparatus, the stem c and candle or other light for lamp g will
always remain vertical, which position is obtained by the balance weight h
turning on centre d in the socket at upper part of the stand. This stand may
have spike feet if desirable, whereby to stick in a table or other support on
board ship.
Having described the nature of this Invention, and the manner of per-
forming the same, I declare that what I claim as the Invention to be protected
by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent, is, the improved arrange-
ment of candlestick or lamp, by which the candle, taper, wick, or oil reservoir
is always maintained in a vertical position by means of a balance weight, what-
ever may be the inclination of the body part or foot of the apparatus all
as described and represented in the Drawing annexed.
In witness whereof, I, tho said William Clark, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this First day of April, One thousand eight hundred
and sixty-three.
Witness,
W. G. E. SWINNOCK,
58, Chancery Lane,
London.
W. CLARK. (L.B.)