IMPROVE- MENTS IN CANDLESTICKS
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick Herbert Maberly, of Stowmarket, in
the County of Suffolk, Master of Arts, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN CANDLESTICKS."
Sealed the 24th May 1859, and dated the 25th November 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederick Herbert Maberly
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 25th November 1858.
I, FREDERICK HERBERT MABERLY, of Stowmarket, in the County of Suffolk,
Master of Arts, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN CANDLESTICKS," to be as follows:-
The objects of my improvements are to facilitate the raising of the candle in
the candlestick when such operation is required by the greater part of the
candle being consumed; also to hold the bottom of the candle more securely
in its place or position in the candlestick. I propose for the first purpose to
use a rack and pinion, which I place either on the outside or inside of the
cylinder of the candlestick, or in a compartment made to contain the rack, the
top of the rack working under or with a slide, and so pushing the candle up
to the nozzle, or if no nozzle be used then to the rim of the cylinder, or in lieu
of the rack and pinion, I place two bevil wheels in such a position as to effect
the same object with (or without) a worm and pin to assist, or by means of a

page_text: ratchet and wheel or rack with springs properly set. I improve the nozzle
for a candlestick by forming it somewhat after the fashion of a spiral spring,
which I propose to open and shut by means of screws, or the nozzle may
itself be made to open and shut by means of a thumbscrew, aided by a ratchet
and spring
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Frederick Herbert Maberly in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 25th May 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, FREDERICK
HERBERT MABERLY, of Stowmarket, in the County of Suffolk, Master of
Arts, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of November, in the year of our
.Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-second year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Frederick Herbert Maberly, Her special licence that I, the said
Frederick Herbert Maberly, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Frederick Herbert Maberly, 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 vend, within the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CANDLESTICKS," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Frederick Herbert Maberly, my executors
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 per-
formed, 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.
or
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Frederick Herbert Maberly, do hereby
declare the nature of my said 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 illustrative Sheet of
Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the letters of reference marked
thereon:-.

page_text: In the Drawing, Figure 1 is a vertical section of a candlestick constructed
upon my principle; Figure 2, vertical section of a candlestick shewing another
contrivance; Figures 3 and 4, plan views of Figuré 2; Figure 5, vertical
section of another candlestick, shewing another device for carrying out my
improvements; and Figure 6 being plan view of runner of same. Similar
letters are placed upon and denote similar parts in each of the Figures
respectively.
At Figure 1 it will be seen that in order to bring the end of the candle up
when burnt low I employ a rack a and pinion b, one end of said rack being
attached to the runner c, where in inserting a candle (even if of small
dimensions), the springs d, which are secured to the sides of the candlestick,
will keep it in its place without the use of paper or padding. The runner c
passing up against the springs allows the end of the candle to lift freely.
At Figure 2 will be seen another arrangement, but instead of springs I use
loose or hinged semicircular holders e, having a right and left handed screw f
passing through the lower part thereof, which will have the effect of opening and
shutting the same, as at Figures 3 and 4, where it will be seen that the runner
c is oval shaped and the holders e of a semicircular form, the holders at
Figure 8 being in close proximity to the runner, whereas at Figure 4 they are
unscrewed or open.
3
At Figure 5 I have shewn another arrangement for lifting the candle, in
which either the springs or holders before mentioned may be used; the
upper part of the candlestick has slots cut therein to allow the projections g
(Figures 5 and 6) to rise and fall, said slots being fixed to the sides of the
runner c; to the under side of the runner is fixed a tube h, having a female
screw cut therein, and into which takes the male screw i, the bottom part of
the screw being provided with a bevilled wheel j, the same being actuated
by a second wheel k and thumbpiece l. The object and effect of the devices
or contrivances shewn in the Drawing are so evident that it is scarcely
necessary to add that if a candle of any size less than the cylinder of the
candlestick be placed between the springs d, Figure 1 (the runner c being on
a level with the top of the said cylinder), and the pinion 6 turned by means of
the thumbpiece 4, the runner descends, and the springs close upon the candle.
When the candle requires raising the thumbpiece is turned in a contrary
direction, the runner rises, pressing the springs outwards in its passage,
permitting the candle to be burnt entirely away; with slight modification,
such as is easily understood by reference to the Figures 2 and 5, the same
result is obtained.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the means by

page_text: which I carry the same into practical effect, I would have it distinctly understood
that while I have shewn three modes of attaining the object of my Invention I
do not confine myself to the precise. details of either plan, as the size, shape,
and arrangement of parts may be. varied to suit particular cases without at
all departing from the principle of my Invention, which I declare to be and
I claim, the exclusive use of the various combinations of parts of mechanism
herein-before described or mentioned, or illustrated in the annexeḍ Drawing,
forming, when combined, arranged, or constructed, "Improvements in
Candlesticks."
In witness whereof, I, the said Frederick Herbert Maberly, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-fifth day of May, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
Witness,
W. E. GEDGE,
Patent Agent,
4, Wellington St. South,
Strand, London.
F. H. MABEKLY. (L.S.)