An Improved Candle Holder.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Sept., 1893
Compl-te Specification Left, 27th June, 1894-Accepted, 4th Aug., 1894
An Improved Candle Holder.
WILLIAM JOHN POTTER 42 Ortzen Street Alfreton Road Nottingham Pattern
Maker do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My improved candle holder is designed with the object of enabling it to fit the
socket of any ordinary candle stick, and be capable of holding any ordinary sized
candle.
On the top of a suitable plate is a pin or spike for receiving the candle which is
held in position by spring clips pivoted on the plate. Upon the underside of the
plate, are a pair of bent plates suitably pivoted and held apart by a spring or
springs.
The holder is inserted in the socket of the candle stick by pressing together the
bent plates, and when inserted, these plates under the action of the spring or springs
open and press upon the socket with sufficient force to retain the holder in
position.
Dated this 26th day of September 1893
W. H. POTTER, Wh. Sc.,
Newcastle Chambers, Nottingham, Agent for the Applicant.
An Improved Candle Holder.
WILLIAM JOHN POTTER, of 39 Museum Street, Bloomsbury, W.C. in the
County of Middlesex, and following the trade of a Carpenter, 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 improved candle-holder is designed with the object of enabling it to fit in
the socket of any ordinary candle-stick, and to be capable of holding any ordinary
sized candle.
On the top of a suitable plate is a pin or spike for receiving the bottom end of
candle. The candle is held in position by spring clips pivotted on the plate. One
of the spring clips is preferably fixed.
Upon the underside of the plate, are a pair of bent plates, suitably pivotted and
held apart by a spring, or springs.
The holder is inserted in the socket of the candle stick by pressing together the
bent plates, and when inserted, these plates, under the action of the spring, or
springs, open, and press upon the socket with sufficient force to retain the holder in
position.
A. A are the two parts which are pressed together, so as to open the clips or
grippers B.
B. B:-
-are the two clips, or grippers, which clasp the candle, when in position,
under the action of a spring fitted on the pivot D.
C. is a pin or spike to receive the end of the candle, and to retain it firmly in
position.
D is a piece of wire acting as a pivot for the grippers B, which same wire
is carried through the plate G, and being bent into a convenient position, acts as
the pivot for the bent plates E.

page_text: E. E. are the bent plates which are nipped together, and inserted in the candle-
stick, and which are pressed outward, so as to retain holder in position, by the
spring F.
Fis the spring fixed upon the pivot, and which presses the bent plates outward,
so as to keep holder in the candle-stick.
G is the plate, or grease tray.
The method of using my invention is as follows.―
By pressing together the parts marked A, the spring clips, or grippers B open
sufficiently wide to admit a candle.
The candle is then pressed vertically, and firmly upon the spike C, which holds
the candle in position.
The spring clips, or grippers, are then allowed to close upon the candle, and it is
then held quite firmly under the action of the spring, which is fitted upon the
pivot D, and which presses upon the inside of the parts marked A.
The holder is inserted in the candle-stick by pressing together the bent plates E, E,
and when inserted, the plates, under the action of the spring F, press upon the
sides of the socket of the candle stick with sufficient force to retain it in position.
The object of this invention is to construct holders, or save-alls, which will fit
any candle-stick, and hold any sized candle, and allow of the candle being burned
down to the end without 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 :-
A candle-holder, and save-all, the combination substantially as hereinbefore set
forth, of a suitable plate or grease tray, at the centre of which is a pin, or spike to
receive the bottom end of candle, and a pair of candle-clips, or grippers, such as
are hereinbefore described, the said candle-clips, or grippers being capable of
swinging or pivotting on a vertical axis, or one of the said clips, or grippers may
be fixed, so as to give greater support to the candle, and of a pair of bent plates
fixed underneath the main plate, or tray, each bent plate being capable of swivelling
or pivotting on a vertical axis, upon which axis, is fixed the spring which actuates
the said bent plates for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.
Dated this 26th day of June 1894.
WILLIAM JOHN POTTER.