US534990A - Dish or other can due - Google Patents

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A. F. BAUMER. DISH OR OTHER CANDLE.

No. 534,990. Patented Mar. 5 1895.

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ATTORNEY.

ANTON F. B'AUMER, Yank.

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lilo. (lie modeh) vices, and especially to thatcla'ss wherein disks or tablets of wax or the like a're su ported in containing globes suspended from appropriate devices or placed on candelabra or candlesticks. Where these wax; tablets havebeen used on candelabrasonthe like-in" churches, where theyare often of an inconvenient height, great diflicultyhas been encountered in lightingthe samegand it is the object of my invention, therefore, to-In'ake the lighting of the tablets more easy, as well astosimplify the construction of the tablet a'nd wick for packing and shipment;

My invention further consists inthe'no-vel" features of construction of the containing globe or dish. p t

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a central s'ectional elevation of a containingglobe, and the waxtablet, detachable taper, 8:12., constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig: 2, a fragmentary View, showinga side elevation, of a receiving portion of a candelabrayor the like, and a portion of the containing globe;

set therein; Fig. 3, a sectional elevation of the wax tablet or disk Fig; 4, a-sectionalgelevation of a modified form of containing dishj' showing the application of the detachableta per and tablet to a convenient form of receiving device.

Similar numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to Figs. 3 and 4. particularly: at 1 is a tablet of wax or other illuminant, preferably of disk form,havingacentral channel or aperture 2 adapted to receive a taper 3, of part wax and wick so as to give stability to the taper and enable it to maintain itself without canting even under ordinary combustion, which feature an all thread wick does not possess. The materiality of this feature will be shown later on. By this arrangement the taper can be detached from the wax tablet, thus insuring economy in packing for shipment, and freedom from destruction, and

when ignited the taper will easily communicatewithth'e wax and maintain constant illu urination; V

A very convenient form of dish for receivingthe] tabletisshown in Fig. lgin which thetablet and taper are shown containedin anannular dish 4: of m'etalypreferably, having a depression 5-, which will receive'the "end ofth'e taper and maintain it'perpen'dicular,

3.116. an annular flange6 for supporting: the

dish: Thisgwill obviate the use of a specially constructed globe for'receiving'the tablet and supportingthe 'tap'er.

In Figyl'isfshown acbntaining globe 7 of glassj or the like, specially adapted for use in .candelabrasfior which purpose itis. provided with a depending lug 8, about which iss'ecured an elastic, preferably rubber,- cone 9,

which is to be'inserted into the cup 10 of a candelabra or the like. The cone enablesthe globe to besecured in cupshaving apertures of various diameter and firmly sustainsit in position.

As before stated, where wax tablets have beenused in illuminating devices on candeljabras, or suspended from other supporting devicesyat a-corup'aratively high altitude, the shortness 'oftlie wick (which has hitherto extendedjbut a very short distance above the top of the table"t,:a'i1d has, so far as I know, been invariably made of usual candle wick materiaD'has necessitated the use of aladder or the like'to enable the attendant to get at thewiek tojlight it. t

It is evident that with the short wicks hitherto in use in wak tablets placed within a globe extending considerably above the tablet, .it has not been practicable to light such tabletsfrorn below, that is; without the use of aladder or the like, when theyhave been located at any considerable elevation, for as the light would have to be lowered down into the globe from above, and the position of the wick would have to be determined by guesswork alone, not being visible'to the operator, the lighting taper or other device lowered down into the globe to light the wick would burn for a considerable length of time in an inverted position, and would not only be rapidly consumed, but would blacken the adjacent surface of the globe. The only practibra has been by the use of a ladder; but such means are highly inconvenient and tedious, especially when a large number of lights have to be lighted. Moreover the use of a ladder is unsightly and incongruous on certain occasions as in the presence of a congregation assembled in a church. The object of my invention, therefore, has been to provide means for lighting the tablet in a speedy, seemly, and convenient manner, while retaining the devices which have been found to produce the desired illuminating effect, viz: the tablet placed in the bottom of a globe extending considerably above the flame of the tablet, and I believe myself to be the first to provide, in

'- connection with a Wax tablet placed in the bottom of. a globe, the latter extending high above the flame of the tablet, a wick extending above the edge of the globe and capable of being lighted from below.

It will be understood, of course, that the taper is made of such capacity and materials as to quickly burn until the flame of the taper descends to the upper surface of the tablet and is supplied from the melted wax of the tablet. The upper part of the taper is only intended for temporary use and to communicate the flame from a point above the edge of the globe to the surface of the tablet, whereupon the flame produced will be that of the tablet and no longer the flame supplied by the taper. I therefore make my wick of a taper having inherent stability for supporting itself upright above the wax tablet, and making it long enough to extend above the top of the globe, as shown in Fig. 1, where it can be readily ignited by the application of a burning taper held from below, without necessitating the use of some means for elevating the attendant, and doing away with blackening or cracking the globe, as before stated. This capacity the taper 3 has, which is made of an internal strand or strands of thread, &c., covered with wax, as shown in Fig. 4, and so far as this feature of my invention is concerned Ido not limit myself to the use of a detachable taper and tab let, as my object can be attained by the use of an inherently stable taper or wick fixedto or made part of asuitable tablet, &c., of wax; and whetherproduced in the long or short forms (Figs. 1 and 4) the detachable feature preserves the advantages ofconvenience in packing. I

Under certain conditions, and especially where the tablets are to be used in globes or other containing devices not specially prepared to receive my detachable taper, the form shown in Fig. 4 can be used byjust dropping itinto the globe; butI prefer that the globe be provided with means for receiving the end of the taper, so as to do away with a receiving dish, as 4. This I accomplish by providing the bottom of the globe with a recess, as at 11, which may extend down into the projection 8, to receive the end of the taper 3.

When made of glass it has been found very difficult to form a perfectly 'even aperture, and for the purpose of relieving the making of the globe of this difficulty, I form the aperture much wider than the taper it is to receive, and insert therein a metallic or other eyelet 12, which receives the end of the taper and holds it in position, which may be embedded in plaster of paris if it is desired to make ita fixtureof the globe. In assembling these parts, the eyelet is first dropped into the aperture 11, the tablet is then placed on the bottom ofthe globe, and the taper inserted through the hole in the tablet and into the eyelet, its top projecting above the top of the globe, ready for lighting as before described.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. Thecombination of a glass globe, a perforated Wax tablet in the bottom of the globe, and a taper inserted in said perforation, the upper end of the taper extending to a point above the upper edge of the globe, so that it can be lighted from below, substantially as described.

2. The combination with the glass globe having the pendent lug or projection 8, the indent 11 extending through the globe bottom into said lug, a wax tablet in the globe having an aperture aligning with the indent, and a taper passing through said aperture into said indent, substantially as described.

3. The combination with the glass globe having a pendent lug 8, an indent in the globe bottom and lug,an eyelet 12 in said indent, a perforated wax tablet in the globe, and a taper passing through said tablet into said eyelet, substantially as described.

Signed at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, this 13th day of April, 1894.

ANTON 11 BAUMER;

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