IMPROVEMENTS IN CANDLE MOULDS
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Archibald Brooman, of 166, Fleet Street,
in the City of London, E.C., Patent Agent, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN CANDLE MOULDS."-A communication from Auguste
Godchaux, residing at Paris.
Sealed the 7th October 1859, and dated the 11th April 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Archibald Brooman
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 11th April 1859.
I, RICHARD ARCHIBALD BROOMAN, of 166, Fleet Street, in the City of
London, E.C., Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CANDLE MOULDS," (communicated to me by Auguste
Godchaux, residing at Paris,) to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in fitting to movable nozzles used in candle moulds
a spring or springs, whereby the nozzle may be pressed down to drive the
finished candle from the mould, after which the nozzle will return to its
original position by the pressure of the spring or by the wick needle, in which
position it will be retained by the spring or springs.
The most simple method of carrying this Invention into effect consists in
fitting a disc or abutment piece upon the outer end of the nozzle, and in

page_text: fitting between it and the top of the mould proper a helical spring. After
pressing down the nozzle to push out the candle, the spring will return the
nozzle to its original position, and there retain it.
Another method is to make the nozzle in the form of a cap with a cylindrical
recess for the reception of a helical spring, and to make it terminate in a
flange or rim at bottom. Outside of the mould I fix two or more spring
catches with a shoulder at top to receive the flange or rim at the bottom of
the nozzle. With this arrangement the helical spring may be dispensed with,
and in such case the nozzle, after being depressed to drive out the candle,
would have to be restored to its original position by the wick needle, or
otherwise. The spring catches would maintain the nozzle in position until
again depressed by force.
The Invention is not limited to the employment of the particular kind of
springs mentioned, as others performing similar offices may evidently be
substituted for them.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Richard Archibald Brooman in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 11th October 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RICHARD
ARCHIBALD BROOMAN, of 166, Fleet Street, in the City of London, E.C.,
Patent Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eleventh day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-second year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Richard Archibald Brooman, Her special licence that I, the said Richard
Archibald Brooman, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, my executors, adminis-
trators, 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 vend, within the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an In-
vention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CANDLE MOULDS," (communicated to me by
Auguste Godchaux, residing at Paris,) upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, my executors or administrators,

page_text: 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 Inven-
tion, 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 Richard Archibald Brooman, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto
annexed, that is to say:-
This Invention consists in fitting to moveable nozzles used in candle moulds
a spring or springs, whereby the nozzle may be pressed down to drive the
finished candle from the mould; after which the nozzle will return to its
original position by the pressure of the spring or by the wick needle, in which
position it will be retained by the spring or springs.
The most simple method of carrying this Invention into effect consists in
fitting a disc or abutment piece upon the outer end of the nozzle, and in fitting
between it and the top of the mould proper, a helical spring, as shewn in
external elevation at Figure 1, and in section at Figure 2 of the accompany-
ing Drawings. A is the candle mould; B, the moveable nozzle; C, a disc
or cap soldered on the top of the nozzle; and D, a helical spring resting on the
wooden frame E and against the inside of the cap. After pressing down the
nozzle to push out the candle, the spring will return the nozzle to its original
position and there retain it.
Another method is to make the nozzle in the form of a cap, with a cylin-
drical recess for the reception of a helical spring, and to make it terminate in
a flange or rim at bottom. Outside of the mould I fix two or more spring
catches with a shoulder at top to receive the flange or rim at the bottom of
the nozzle. With this arrangement the helical spring may be dispensed with,
and in such case the nozzle after being depressed to drive out the candle
would have to be restored to its original position by the wick needle, or
otherwise. The spring catches would maintain the nozzle in position until
again depressed by force. Figure 3 is an external elevation, and Figure 4 a
section of the arrangement last described, shewn without the helical spring.
A is the mould; B, the moveable nozzle; C, a cap attached to the nozzle
and terminating at bottom in a flange a; b, b, are spring catches with shoulders
c, c, which hold the cap.
The Invention is not limited to the employment of the particular kind of

page_text: springs mentioned, as others performing similar offices may evidently be
substituted for them.
And having now described the nature of the said Invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim as the improve-
ments in candle moulds, fitting and applying springs to the moveable nozzles
thereof for the purpose herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Eleventh day of October, One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
R. A. BROOMAN. (L.S.)