Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Apr., 1888
Complete Specification Left. 19th Dec., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 23rd Feb., 1889
I JOHN PATON, of 29 Newry Street, Holyhead, in the County of Anglesea,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
I secure the candle in the candlestick by means of a number of hooks (say three)
which are pressed into the candle, and retained in position by a tapering tube, and
when the candle has burned down to the hooks that part of the candle below them
gradually rises by the force of a spiral spring until the whole candle is burned.

page_text: 1 JOHN PATON of 29 Newry Street, Holyhead, Engineer 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 :-
1 secure the candle in the candlestick by means of a circumferential flange which
is pressed into the candle and retained in position by means of a tapering tube, and
when the candle has burnt down to the flange that part of the candle that is below it
gradually rises by the force of a spiral spring until the whole of the candle is
burnt.
Referring to the accompanying drawing Fig. 1. represents an enlarged view partly
in section of so much of the candlestick as is required to show clearly where my
invention consists. The apparatus for securing the candle in the candlestick consists
of the holder H and the spiral spring S; the holder is in halves hinged together,
it is furnished with the flange a band is tapering outside so as to fit the tube of the
candlestick if the flange be gently pressed into the candle and the candle turned
round at the same time a grove will be formed round the candle fitting the flange so
as to prevent melted grease getting inside, if the holder be then inserted in the
candlestick the spring will be compressed and the pressure from its recoil will secure
the candle firmly. The apparatus for raising the candle when it has burned down to
the flange consists of the tube d, the piston headed rod and the spiral spring S; the
tube is firmly fixed to the bottom of the candlestick, the piston headed rod nts inside
of it so as to freely move up and down in it, the piston headed rod has a small projection
at e moving in a slot in the tube so as to limit the motion; when the candle softens
by heat round the flange it will rise by the force of the spring. Fig. 2 represents a
sectional view of the holder open and ready to put in or take out the candle as desired.
Fig. 3 represents a section of Fig. 1 at the line -y showing the arrangement in
the tube of the candlestick to allow the holder with its projecting hinges to be
inserted.
I am aware that the idea of securing candles in candlesticks by means of removable
candle holders with and without hooks clips or flanges is not novel 1 therefore make
no claim for any of them.
In my invention however the form and arrangement of the parts are such as to
prevent melted grease from getting into the socket of the candlestick, and at the same
time to allow the candle to burn to the end without waste, no manipulation being
required beyond securing the candle in the candlestick.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Juven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is
The combination of candlestick, candle holder and automatic save-all substantially
as herein described and shewn by the drawing.
Dated th: 10th day of Danamhan 1000