Improvements in and relating to Candlesticks.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Sept., 1894-Accepted, 27th Oct., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Candlesticks.
I, WILLIAM JOHN JONES Plumber and Wholesale Tinware Manufacturer of
144 Cemetery Road Trealaw Rhondda Valley in the County of Glamorganshire
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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in, and in connection with candlesticks,
and consists of a method of arranging the centre or tubular standard, usually
employed for holding the candle, by which this may receive an outer sliding tube,
carrying a pair of jaws for holding the candle, such jaws being kept apart by the
tension of a spiral spring within the before mentioned standard, and closed together
by the raising of the said outer tube, the object of my invention being to provide a
candlestick capable of receiving almost any size candle, and which will permit the
whole of said candle to be consumed without the usual waste.
In the accompanying two sheets of drawings Fig. 1 Sheet 1 is a perspective view
of a candlestick according to my invention, showing the outer tube raised and the
jaws closed.
Fig. 2 Sheet 2 is a similar view showing the outer tube lowered and the jaws
expanded.
I carry my invention into effect by constructing of any suitable metal, a flat
bottomed candlestick after the manner of chamber candlesticks generally saving
that the central or tubular standard A does not receive the candle in the usual way,
but according to my invention this receives an outer tube B, provided with a
flanged nozzle C, in which is formed two slots E and E¹, parallel with each other,
and through these are passed in a downward direction the stems or legs G and G¹
of a pair of jaws D and D¹ so formed as to be adapted for receiving, and
when closed holding a candle of any size within the range of domestic candles
generally.
The stems or legs G and G' extend downwards within and to or nearly to the
bottom of A, and are surrounded by a spiral spring F, the tension of which operates
in keeping the outer tube B in its highest position, as at Fig. 1, and the said
legs G and G are so bent or curved at a a, that as C B is depressed, the
slots E and E' in C, sliding over a a, cause the jaws D and D' to part, as at Fig. 2,
when the candle may be inserted, and upon removal of the downward pressure
upon C B, the tension of the spring F would operate to raise this as much as the
jaws D and D', (expanded by the presence of the candle,) would permit, and as
such pressure of the spring F would be continuous, the very last portion of the
candle may be consumed without the usual waste.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is.
1st. The construction and use of the herein described candlestick, and the several
parts and accessories constituting the same, connected, combined and operating
substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth and shewn by the drawings.
2nd. In the construction of chamber candlesticks, the combination of a tubular
standard A, upon which slides, vertically a tube B, provided with a flange or
nozzle C, in which are formed slots E E', through which pass the legs or
stems G G¹, bent or curved at a a, of a pair of jaws D D', extending to or nearly

page_text: to the bottom of, and within A, surrounded by a spiral spring F, the tension of
which operates to raise B and C, and open the jaws D D', substantially as and for
the purposes herein described and shewn by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 3rd day of September 1894.
WILLIAM JOHN JONES.