Improvements in and in connection with Candlesticks and Holders.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Dec., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 6th Sept., 1897-Accepted, 16th Oct., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in connection with Candlesticks and Holders.
I, WILLIAM SHARP, of 68 Melody Road, East Hill, Wandsworth in the County
of London, "Inventor" do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This Invention consists of an Improved Candle-holder & Save-all combined & is
for the purpose of quickly & firmly fixing, various sized Candles & allowing same,
to be wholly consumed without further attention.
It may be manufactured in combination with a Candlestick, or made seperately
with a suitable attachment for fitting to existing Candlesticks. The following
Specification (aided by the accompanying drawings) describes the construction
which is as follows:-
SPECIFICATION.
This Candle-holder & Save-all may be manufactured of any suitable metal such
as Brass, Tin, Iron &c.
That part of the holder upon which the bottom of the Candle rests, consists of a
shallow, basin-shaped plate, with a rim Fig. 1 & having one or more spikes or
pins (A) about three eighths of an inch long, fixed in the centre for the purpose of
assisting in securing the Candle & at the same time supporting the wick, so that
the whole of the grease may be consumed.
Attached to this plate (when complete) are two pieces of metal about one eighth
of an inch wide & one sixteenth of an inch thick made of a particular shape as
shown in Figs. 2 & 3. B (Fig. 3) is a screw, which works freely up & down, owing
to its being hinged at C. The two pieces Figs. 2 & 3 are hinged at the points
marked D. to the points marked E on Fig. 1 which allows the pieces Figs. 2 & 3
to slide freely over & under each other when hinged to the plate Fig. 1. That
part at the side of the plate marked F (Fig. 1) consists of two small pieces attached
to the plate, each having a hole through it, sufficiently large to allow of a free
movement of the screw B (Fig. 3).
These small pieces are about one eighth of an inch apart & within this space a
Nut having a milled edge (Fig. 4) is placed which working upon the screw, raises
or lowers the piece Fig. 3 as desired & keeps same in position. The Nut (Fig. 4)
projects slightly beyond the small pieces F, between which it is placed, to allow of
its being freely turned. Fig. 2 when in position rests upon Fig. 3 so that when
the Nut Fig. 4, is turned, the piece Fig. 3 is raised or lowered & at the same time
acting upon the piece Fig. 2 forms circles of varying diameters in which the
candle is placed & then secured by the further screwing up of the nut.
Fig. 5 shows a Candlestick complete which is operated as follows:-After having
opened the pieces Figs. 2 & 3 by operating the Nut placed at the part marked F
the Candle is placed upon the spike or spikes A. The Nut is again operated & by
acting upon the screw B, raises the piece (as) Fig. 3, upon which the piece (as)
Fig. 2 is resting, whereby those parts surrounding the Candle are raised & the

page_text: diameter reduced to the size required to sufficiently grip the candle & thereby
securely hold it in position.
The Candle-holders & Save-alls may be made in various sizes & when applied to
existing Candlesticks( may be fixed to the sockets of such Candlesticks by any
suitable means.
Dated this the Fourteenth Day of December 1896.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in connection with Candlesticks and Holders.
I WILLIAM SHARP of 68 Melody Road, East Hill, Wandsworth in the County
of London Inventor" 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 of an Improved Candle-holder & Save-all combined & is
for the purpose of quickly & firmly fixing, various sized Candles & allowing same,
to be wholly consumed without further attention.
It may be manufactured in combination with a Candlestick, or made seperately
with a suitable attachment for fitting to existing Candlesticks. The following
Specification (aided by the drawings left with the Provisional Specification)
describes the construction which is as follows
This Candle-holder & Save-all may be manufactured of any suitable metal such
as Brass Tin Iron &c.
That part of the holder upon which the bottom of the Candle rests, consists of a
shallow, basin-shaped plate, with a rim Fig. 1 & having one or more spikes or
pins (A) about three eighths of an inch long, fixed in the centre for the purpose of
assisting in securing the Candle & at the same time supporting the wick, so that
the whole of the grease may be consumed.
Attached to this plate (when complete) are two pieces of metal about one eighth
cf an inch wide & one sixteenth of an inch thick made of a particular shape as
shown in Figs. 2 & 3. B (Fig. 3) is a screw, which works freely up & down, owing
to its being hinged at C. The two pieces Figs. 2 & 3 are hinged at the points
marked D. to the points marked E on Fig. 1 which allows the pieces Figs. 2 & 3
to slide freely over & under each other when hinged to the plate Fig. 1. That
part at the side of the plate marked F (Fig. 1) consists of two small pieces attached
to the plate, each having a hole through it, sufficiently large to allow of a free
movement of the screw B (Fig. 3).
These small pieces are about one eighth of an inch apart & within this space a
Nut having a milled edge (Fig. 4) is placed which working upon the screw, raises
or lowers the piece Fig. 3 as desired & keeps same in position. The Nut (Fig. 4)
projects slightly beyond the small pieces F, between which it is placed, to allow of
its being freely turned. Fig. 2 when in position rests upon Fig. 3 so that when
the Nut Fig. 4, is turned, the piece Fig. 3 is raised or lowered & at the same time
acting upon the piece Fig. 2 forms circles of varying diameter in which the
candle is placed & then secured by the further screwing up of the nut.
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The pieces Figs. 2 & 3 (with the exception of the screw) may be made of
twisted wire if prefered instead of being in one piece as shown. Fig. 5 shows a
Candle-stick complete which is operated as follows. After having opened the
pieces Figs. 2 & 3 by operating the nut placed at the part marked F the Candle
is placed upon the spike or spikes A. The Nut is again operated & by acting upon
the screw B, raises the piece (as) Fig. 3 upon which the piece (as) Fig. 2 is resting, 5

page_text: whereby those parts surrounding the Candle are raised & the diameter reduced to
the size required to sufficiently grip the Candle & thereby securly hold it in
position..
The Candle-holder & Save-all may be made in various sizes & when applied to
existing Candle-sticks may be fixed to the sockets of such Candle-sticks by any
suitable means.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
An Improved Candle holder & Save-all consisting of a hollow basin-shaped
plate Fig. 1 with a rim having one or more spikes (A) in the centre, for the
purpose of assisting in securing the Candle, the particular shaped pieces Figs. 2
& 3 hinged to the plate alt points E (Fig. 1) to which is attached the screw B
(Fig. 3) which works up & down through the two pieces (F Fig. 1) between which
is placed the Nut Fig. 4 which upon being turned raises or lowers the screw (B
Fig. 3) which being attached to the piece (Fig. 3) causes the pieces 2 & 3 to open
& close forming circles of varying diameters, between which the Candle is placed
& by the screwing up of the Nut (Fig. 4) is securely held, all substantially as set
forth & shown in the drawings left with the Provisional Specification.
Dated this Fourth day of September 1897.