Improvements in and connected with Candle-holders and Candle-sticks.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Mar., 1890-Accepted, 5th Apr. 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Candle-holders and
Candle-sticks.
I, GUSTAV GURTLER of Offenbach on the Main in the Grand Duchy of Hesse-
Darmstadt and German Empire, Manufacturer, 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 :-
In candle-holders or candle-sticks of ordinary construction the socket in which the
end of the candle is placed, is normally of fixed diameter and will consequently fit
only one size of candle accurately. When larger or smaller candles are used, the
ends of the candle have either to be pared or scraped down to the size of the socket
if too large, or to be packed in the socket with a coil of paper or other packing if too
small. The object of this Invention is to avoid these annoyances and inconveniences
by enabling the candle-holder to fit securely and firmly upon the end of any ordinary
candle without scraping or packing.
I will proceed to describe this Invention with reference to the accompanying
drawings in which Fig. 1 represents an elevation; Fig. 2 a vertical section; Fig. 3
an inverted plan; and Fig. 4 a plan of a candle-holder constructed in accordance
with these Improvements. In each of the Figures similar parts are indicated by
similar letters of reference.
The improved candle-holder consists of a base plate b upon the circumference of
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which there are formed or secured (preferably) four vertical projecting parts c.
base plate has formed on it a similar number (four for example) of pairs of parallel
slots which serve as guides for the moveable sections or candle clamps d d.
Attached to each of the movable sections d there is a semi-tubular or similar part e
the opposite outer ends of which are capable of passing through a horse shoe or
similarly shaped slot in each of the end plates or projecting parts c. The outer end g
of each semi-tube is bent downwards so as to overlap the tongue formed in the end
plate by the curved slot as shewn in Figs. 1, 2 and 4. The lower part of the candle
clamps d or the ends nearer to the clamps of the semi-tubes e carry nibs which pass
through the slots and thus form the guides i i which are returned under the base
plate to prevent vertical motion of the clamps. Inside each of the semi-tubes there is
arranged a spiral spring h which at one end abuts against the lower part of the
clamp and at the other end against the tongue left by the curved slot in the
end plate.
The candle clamps have a slight outward inclination towards the top so as to
facilitate the insertion of the ends of the candles.
On the underside of the base plate there may be fixed the inverted frustrum of a
cone a or an equivalent part by means of which the device may be inserted into an
ordinary candle-stick as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, or be fixed upon an
ordinary candle-holder or bracket.
Figs. 2 and 4 shew in what manner the holder may be used with candles of
different diameters. To the right of each of these Figures a section of the
holder is represented as being withdrawn from the centre; all the sections are
similarly withdrawn for the insertion of a thick candle when the elasticity of the
springs hh forces the segments back towards the centre and upon the end of the
candle which is thereby firmly beld. When a thin candle is used, its insertion
into the slightly conical socket will effect the separation of the sections to the
required extent.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is,―
An adjustable candle holder constructed and arranged substantially as hereinbefore
described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 3rd day of March A.D. 1890.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicant.