IMPROVEMENTS IN CANDLESTICKS
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Mabson, of Norwood, in the County of
Surrey, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN CANDLESTICKS."
Sealed the 25th March 1869, and dated the 30th September 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Mabson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
30th September 1868.
I, JOHN MABSON, of Norwood, in the County of Surrey, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CANDLE
STICKS," to be as follows:-
The object of my Invention is to construct candlesticks which will
securely hold candles of various thicknesses.
My candlesticks are constructed as follows:-An upright spindle or
rod formed at its lower end into a male screw carries on the top a cup
or socket with a vertical pin or point to receive the candle. Olips are
fastened to the spindle by a pin or bolt, which is passed through the
clips and through the spindle and is secured by a rivet or nut.. On the
spindle below the clips is a nut, which when screwed up causes the clips

page_text: to close and embrace the lower part of the candle; this nut is preferably
cup-shaped to receive any grease which may run from the candle. The
spindle passes through the bottom of the candlestick and is secured at
the under side by a nut. The inner part of the clips may be roughened
or serrated to enable them the better to hold the candle, and they may
be closed by an elastic band or screws or springs. Or for the purpose of
securing the candle in the socket I employ a spring or clip pressed
against the candle by a screw.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Mabson in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 30th March 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
MABSON, of Norwood, in the County of Surrey, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Thirtieth day of September, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in tho
thirty-second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said John Mabson, Her special
licence that I, the said John Mabson, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said John Mabson, 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, usc, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
CANDLESTICKS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said John
Mabson, my exécutors 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 Lotters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Mabson, 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

page_text: following statement thereof, reference being had to the accompanying
Drawings, that is to say :-
The object of my Invention is to construct candlesticks which will
securely hold candles of various thicknesses.
My candlesticks are constructed as follows:-An upright spindle or
rod formed at its lower end into a male screw carries on the top a cup
or socket or plate with a vertical pin or point to receive the candle.
Olips are fastened at the upper part of the spindle. On the spindle
below the clips is a nut or threaded collar, which when screived up
causes the clips to close and embrace the lower part of the candle; this
nut is preferably,cup-shaped to receive any grease which may run from
the candle. The inner part of the clips may be roughened or serrated
to enable them the better to hold the candle, and they may be closed by
an elastic band or screws or springs, instead of by the nut or collar
before described.
"
:
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings is a side elevation, and
Figure 2 a plan or top view of a candlestick constructed according to
my Invention; Figure 3 is a vertical section of the same with a candle
secured therein.
a is an upright spindle or rod formed at its lower end into a male
screw 6, and carrying on the top a plate or cup c with a pin d to receive
the candle; e, e, e, are clips fastened at the edge of the plate c; f is a
nut or threaded collar on the spindle a; the upper part of this collar is
in the form of a cup g to receive any grease which may run from the
candle. The upright a is fixed to a bottom or stand h. The candle to
be secured, is placed when the parts are in the position seen in Figures 1
and 2 upon the plate c, the pin d passing into it; the collar or nut fis
then turned on the spindle a and consequently rises, thereby causing the
clips e to close in upon and hold the candle, as seen in Figure 3. When
the candle has burnt to within a short distance of the clips the collar or
nut should be lowered and the clips opened; the pin d will then hold
the candle and act as a save-all. Although I prefer to close the clips e
by means of a nut or threaded collar made to rise as herein-before
described, yet I do not limit myself to this mode; for instance, the
upright a which carries the clips may be made to slide vertically in an
outer fixed tube or collar f, as seen in side elevation in Figure 4; in this
arrangement the candle is placed on the pin or point on the upright
when the upright is at its upper position; the upright is then pushed

page_text: down by the stud i working in the slot k, so that the clips e are forced
inwards by coming against the inner edge of the tube f. When the
candle has burnt to within a short distance of the clips the upright
should be pushed up, and the clips opened to allow the pin or point to
act as a save-all. Other modes of closing the clips e, e, might also be
adopted, but as before stated I prefer the nut or threaded collar first
herein-before described.
The Invention applies to candlesticks of all forms, and can be readily
adapted to existing candlesticks. The number of the clips may be two,
three, or more, as found desirable.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that 1 claim as
my "Improvements in Candlesticks, "-
First. The employment of clips (e) fitted and acting substantially as
hercin-before described and represented in the accompanying Drawings.
Second. In combination with the clips (e) I claim a nut or threaded
collar (f) to close the said clips, substantially as herein-before described
and represented in the accompanying Drawings.
Third. In combination with the clips (e) I claim a cup or plate (c)
provided with a pin or point (d), substantially as herein-before described
and represented in the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Mabson, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of March, One thousand
eight hundred and sixty-nine.
Witness,
J. C. NEWBURN,
Patent Agent,
172, Fleet Street, London.
JOHN MABSON. (L.s.)