IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPLICABLE TO CANDLESTICKS, PRO
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Gilbert Stanton Fleming, of 481, Oxford Street,
in the County of Middlesex, Manufacturer, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPLICABLE TO CANDLESTICKS,
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Gilbert Stanton
Fleming at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 3rd October 1874.
I, GILBERT STANTON FLEMING, of 481, Oxford Street, in the County
5 of Middlesex, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPLICABLE TO CANDLESTICKS," to be as
follows:
My Invention has for its object the adaptation and application to
candlesticks of a candle holder which will answer the purpose of a
"save-all," and admit of the combination therewith of a match box.
The said candle holder consists of a plate or disc of metal with upright
pins extending from its upper surface, which pins together form a means

page_text: of holding and supporting the end of the candle, so as to admit of the
candle burning out completely. One or more of these pins is or are
moveable, so as to enlarge the area of the space between them as
required in order to facilitate the entrance of the end of the candle, and
to close again by means of a spring after the insertion of the candle, and
hold it firmly.
be a
To the under side of the said plate or disc is fixed a tube, adapted to
fit over another tube in the top of the candlestick, which may
receptacle for matches to be ignited in the usual manner.
The means which I prefer for opening the space to receive the end of:
the candle consists of two thumb pieces, one fixed and the other
moveable, with a spring between them, by pressing which spring one of
the holding pins is caused to recede, and enlarge the space between the
pins, the reaction of the spring on the removal of the pressure returning
the pin to its original or holding position. Or the required action for
moving the pin may be effected by means of one thumb piece and a
spring, on pressing against which the pin connected thereto will be
moved from the centre of the plate or disc, and returned to its holding
position on the removal of the pressure.
The candle holder may also be adapted to existing candlesticks by
substituting for the tube extending from the plate or disc a plug of
wood, or other suitable material, and of suitable form to fit into the
upper part or nozzle of the candlestick.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Gilbert Stanton Fleming in the Great Seal Patent 2
Office on the 3rd April 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GILBERT
STANTON FLEMING, of 481, Oxford Street, in the County of Middlesex,"
Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her 3
Letters Patent, bearing date the Third day of October, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-
eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors

page_text: give and grant unto me, the said Gilbert Stanton Fleming, Her special
licence that I, the said Gilbert Stanton Fleming, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Gilbert
Stanton Fleming, 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 yend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention
for “IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPLICABLE to Candlesticks," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Gilbert Stanton Fleming, 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 Gilbert Stanton Fleming, do
hereby declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement, reference being had to the
Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the letters and figures marked
thereon (that is to say) :-
My Invention of "Improvements in and Applicable to Candlesticks"
has for its object the adaptation and application to candlesticks of a
candle holder, which will answer the purpose of a "save-all," and admit
of the combination therewith of a match box.
The said candle holder consists of a plate or disc of metal with upright
pins or holding pieces extending from its upper surface, which pins
together form a means of holding and supporting the end of the candle,
so as to admit of the candle burning out completely. One or more of
these pins or holding pieces is or are movable, so as to enlarge the area
of the space between them as required, in order to facilitate the entrance
of the end of the candle, and to close or contract again by means of a
spring or springs after the insertion of the candle, and hold it firmly.
To the under side of the said plate or disc is fixed a tube adapted to fit
over another tube in the top of the candlestick, which may be a receptacle
for matches to be ignited in the usual manner, or the match box
otherwise arranged.
may
be

page_text: The means which I prefer for opening the space to receive the end
of the candle consists of two thumb pieces, one fixed and the other
movable, with a spring between them, by pressing which spring one of
the holding pins is caused to recede, and enlarge the space between the
pins or holding pieces, the reaction of the spring on the removal of
pressure returning the pin or holding piece to its original or holding
position. Or the required action for moving the pin or holding piece
may be effected by means of one thumb piece and a spring, on pressing
against which the pin connected thereto will be moved from the centre
of the plate or disc, and returned to its holding position on the removal
of the pressure.
The candle holder may also be adapted to existing candlesticks by
substituting for the tube a plug of wood, or other suitable material, and
of suitable form to fit into the upper part or nozzle of the candlestick.
Having thus stated the nature of the said Invention, I will
proceed to describe more particularly in what manner the same is to be
performed by the aid of the accompanying Drawings in which are
represented different modes of forming the candle holder and applying
tlic same to candlesticks.

page_text: And, Secondly. The combination of a match box with the said candle
holder.
In witness whereof, I, the said Gilbert Stanton Fleming, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, the Second. day of April, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
five.
Witness,
WILLIAM SPENCE,
8, Quality Court,
Chancery Lane.
G. S. FLEMING. (L.S.)