Improvements in Candles and Night Lights.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 31st July, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 29th Apr., 1898--Accepted, 4th June, 1898
Improvements in Candles and Night Lights.
I, SAMUEL CLARKE, of "Pyramid" and "Fairy" Light Works, Cricklewood, in
the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
In the Specification of a former Patent granted to me dated 21st March 1885
No. 3683 is described a process of manufacturing night lights with one or more
wicks and in the Specification of a subsequent Patent granted to me dated 4th May
1885 No. 5486 there is also described the manufacture of short candles with two
or more wicks.
For certain purposes I experienced insurmountable difficulty in obtaining the
amount of light that I desired from candles or night lights formed in the ways
described in these Patents.
According to my present invention I obtain the increased amount of light
desired by giving to the candles or night lights either wholly or partly an exterior
coating of paraffin wax or like material by dipping them into melted paraffin wax.
I do this after the candle or night light has been moulded as described in Patent
No. 3683 of 1885 with a wire or it might be wires extending downwards through
it from a loop or bend at the top to form through it a hole or it might be holes in
which the wick or wicks are to be received.
The wires with the candles or night lights adhering to them are by the loops or
bends at their upper end threaded on to rods and whilst a number of the candles
or night lights are thus carried they are all simultaneously dipped quickly into
melted paraffin wax and are then withdrawn or the dipping may be performed
after the wicks have been inserted. This gives a thin coating of paraffin wax to
the exterior of the candles or night lights which not only greatly increases the light
given by them when burnt but also serves as a preservative to keep the material
of which the interior of the candle or night light is composed in good condition so
that such candles may be kept without deterioration for several years whereas
without such exterior coating they would often turn rancid in twelve months.
If desired the upper part only might be coated with paraffin in the above way
so as to give the increased light or the whole of the candle or night light might
be coated to obtain preservation and a thicker coating on the upper part for giving
increased light.
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page_text: improvements in Candles and Night Lights.
I, SAMUEL CLARKE, of "Pyramid" and "Fairy" Light Works, Cricklewood, in
the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
In the Specification of a former Patent granted to me dated 21st March 1885
No. 3683 is described a process of manufacturing night lights with one or more
wicks and in the Specification of a subsequent Patent granted to me dated 4th May
1885 No. 5486 there is also described the manufacture of short candles. with two
or more wicks.
For certain purposes I experienced insurmountable difficulty in obtaining the
amount of light that I desired from candles or night lights formed in the ways
described in these Patents.
According to my present invention I obtain the increased amount of light
desired by giving to the candles or night lights either wholly or partly an exterior
coating of paraffin wax or like material by dipping them into melted paraffin wax.
I do this after the candle or night light has been moulded as described in Patent
No. 3683 of 1885 with a wire or it might be wires extending downwards through
it from a loop or bend at the top to form through it a hole or it might be holes in
which the wick or wicks are to be received.
The wires with the candles or night lights adhering to them are by the loops or
bends at their upper end threaded on to rods and whilst a number of the candles
or night lights are thus carried they are all simultaneously dipped quickly into
melted paraffin wax and are then withdrawn they may be dipped in this way once
or more times until the necessary thickness of wax coating is obtained-usually
I dip them four times. This gives a thin coating of paraffin wax to the
exterior of the candles or night lights which not only greatly increases the light
given by them when burnt but also serves as a preservative to keep the material
of which the interior of the candle or night light is composed in good condition so
that such candles may be kept without deterioration for several years whereas
without such exterior coating they would often turn rancid in twelve months.
If desired the upper part only might be coated with paraffin in the above way
so as to give the increased light this is more especially advantageous in the case of
night lights or the whole of the candle or night light might be coated to obtain
preservation and a thicker coating on the upper part for giving increased light.
If preferred the dipping may be performed after the wicks have been inserted.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
.
1. Coating candles or night lights such as are described in the Specification of
the Patents Nos. 3683 and 5486 of 1885 and similar candles or night lights wholly
or partly with paraffin wax or like material by dipping them wholly or partly into
the melted wax or material.
2. The manufacture of candles or night lights coated wholly or partly with
paraffin wax or like material substantially in the manner herein before described.
Dated this 29th day of March 1898.