A New or Improved Device for Preventing Guttering of Burning Candles.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd May, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 9th Mar., 1891-Accepted. 11th Apr., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Device for Preventing Guttering of Burning
Candles.
I, CHARLES HUELSER, of the firm of Huelser & Co., of 142, Fleet Street, in the
City of London, Solicitors of Patents, do hereby declare the nature of this invention,
a communication to me from abroad by Albert Silbermann, of Berlin, in the Empire
of Germany, Manufacturer, to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is a device intended to prevent burning candles from
guttering and spilling the liquefied candle material to the detriment of dress,
furniture, floor etc. Moreover a chimney or short cylinder of glass or other suitable
material is employed in connection with the device and is put on top of the attach-
ment in order to shut out any draught of air from the sides and thereby favour the
uniform burning of the candle.
An M shaped carrier, made from metal, has in the middle a downward point or
spike, which is placed beside the wick of the candle so as to descend, assisted by the
heat of the burning candle, with the consumption thereof. Said point or spike
serves to maintain a receiver plate-for any spilled candle material-in a well
balanced position. This receiver plate is circular and may be made of metal, glass,
china or other convenient substance. It has a central aperture for the passage of
the candle, said aperture being however somewhat in excess of the cross section of
the candle, so as to cause the receiver plate, on which the M shaped carrier is
diametrically-
-or nearly so-secured at right angles, to leave a slight annular space
around the candle when the latter is in a vertical position. The carrier plate has a
circumferential upright rim serving to hold the protective cylinder, above referred
to, in position.
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M 1000
HUELSER & Co.,
Attorneys.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Device for Preventing Guttering of Burning
Candles.
I, CHARLES HUELSER, of the firm of Huelser & Co., of Temple Chambers,
London, International Patent Agency, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention, a communication to me from abroad by Albert Silbermann, of Berlin, in
the Empire of Germany, Manufacturer, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The object of this invention is a device for preventing burning candles from
guttering and the liquid candle material from being spilled to the detriment of dress
furniture carpets etc. A short glass or other transparent cylinder may also be
employed for shutting out any lateral draft from the flame.
Referring to the annexed drawing illustrating my invention a is an Μ shaped
carrier with downward point b, which, after being slightly heated, sinks from above
beside the wick c into the candle. This point b serves to hold the receiver plate d
secured to the carrier in equipoise. When the carrier a is heated by the flame, the
point or spike sinks into the candle material, thus giving simultaneously stability to
the whole. The receiver plate may be of any suitable material and has in the centre
an aperture for the passage of the candle g. The receiver plate has an upward
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page_text: rim fat its circumference, into which may be shifted the glass or other cylinder e
mentioned above.
The cylinder e may however also be dispensed with, and the whole merely consist
of a circular plate with hole for the candle, upward circumferential rim and a
suitable number of spikes so placed as to meet with their points or having separate
points, projecting downwardly in the neighbourhood of the wick.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
A device, for preventing guttering of candles and spilling of candle material, with
or without protective glass or transparent cylinder, said device consisting of a
circular receiver plate having an upwardly bent circumferential rim, a central hole
for the candle and a number of spikes with downward points meeting towards the
centre of the hole, substantially as described.
Dated this 9th day of March 1891
HUELSER & Co.,
Temple Chambers, London, Agents for Applicant.