Year: 1886

page_text: I, JOHN DAVIES, of 35 Wellington Square, Chelsea, Foreman, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:--
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The object of my Invention is to construct holders for candle-shades which shall
be adaptable to candles of any size, and which shall, together with the shade,
descend as fast as the candle is consumed.
The support carrying the ring or holder, on which the shade is placed, is, as
usual, in certain constructions, made in two portions, one of which slides over the
other, and the lower of which is provided with a spring clip which embraces the
candle, but for the purpose of my Invention I prefer that the upper portion of
the support should be tubular, and should slide over the lower portion which is a
rod. In carrying out my Invention I provide the upper or tubular portion of the
support, to which is affixed the ring carrying the shade, with three (or more)
spring claws, so shaped as to lie or rest upon the uppermost end, top, or flat part of
the candle, of whatever size the same may be, and these claws, as fast as the candle
is consumed, descend by their own gravity, but always retain their grip upon the
candle. Thus these claws as they descend carry with them the upper or tubular
portion of the support and consequently the sbade, which thereby descends in the
same proportion as the candle is consumed; the claws and shade being guided in
their descent by the upper or tubular portion of the support travelling or sliding
over the lower portion or rod of the said support.
Or I may, in some cases, employ a ring or nozzle and secure the same to the
upper or tubular portion of the support and provide this ring or nozzle with claws.
which lie or rest upon the candle and descend with it as fast as the candle is
consumed.
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page_text: I, JOHN DAVIES, of 35 Wellington Square, Chelsea, Foreman, 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,
reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures
inarked thereon, that is to say :-
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The object of my Invention is to construct holders for candle shades, which shall
be adaptable to candles of any size, and which shall, together with the shade,
descend as fast as the candle is consumed.
The support carrying the ring or holder on which the shade is placed, is as usual
in certain constructions, made in two portions, one of which slides over the other,
and the lower of which is provided with a spring clip which embraces the candle,
but for the purpose of my Invention I prefer that the upper portiou of the support
should be tubular, and should slide over the lower portion which is a rod.
In carrying out iny Invention I provide the upper or tubular portion of the
support, to which is affixed the ring carrying the shade, with three (or more)
spring claws, 80 shaped as to lie or rest upon the uppermost end, top, or flat part of
the candle, of whatever size the same my be, and these claws, as fast as the candle
is consumed, descend by their own gravity, but always retain their grip upon the
candle. Thus these claws as they descend carry with them the upper or tubular
portion of the support and consequently the shade, which thereby descends in the
same proportion as the candle is consumed, the claws and sbade being guided and
steadied in their descent by the upper or tubular portion of the support travelling
or sliding over the lower portion or rod of the said support.
And in order that my Invention may he readily understood I proceed to describe
the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved holder for candle shades, and Fig. 2
a plan shewing the three spring claws.
1517 21.
A, is a tubular support to the upper part of which is affixed the ring B, for
carrying the shade C; the lower extremity of this tubular support is provided with
three spring claws a, so shaped as to lie or rest upon the uppermost end, top or flat
part of the candle, which is shown in dotted lines in the drawing. The tubular
support, which forms the upper portion of my improved holder, slides over a rod b.
This rod is shewn in Fig. 2 as being flat in cross section. At the lower extremity
of this flat rod is a spring clip d of known construction which embraces the candle,
and serves to steady the rod carrying the claws which, descending gradually and by
their own gravity during the consumption of the candle, bring with them the
shade C.
The claws a, being of a springy nature can be adjusted to suit any size of candle,
it is therefore not necessary to seek for a shade holder to suit a special size of
candle as heretofore has been the case.

page_text: Having now described my Invention, I wish it to be understood that I do not
lay any claim to a holder for candle shades which shall descend as fast as the
candle is consumed, but what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is :-
1. The improved holder for candle shades constructed substantially as herein-
before described and shewn in the drawings, and adapted to fit any size of candle.
2. In combination with a holder for candle shades, the spring claws, secured to
said holder, and adapted to lie or rest upon the top or flat surface of the candle, as
described and shewn, and for the purpose set forth.