US1481463A - Centering and securing means for electric candles - Google Patents

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Jan. 22 1924.

W. B GODDARD CENTERINC AND SECURING MEANS FCR ELECTRIC CANDLES Filed May 4. 1921 Patented Jan. 22, 1924.

STATES halt PATENT WILFRED B. GODDARD, 0F SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO THOMAS DAY COMPANY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA.

CENTER/ING AND SECURING MEANS FOB, ELECTRIC CANDLES.

Application led May 4, 1921.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILFRED B. GODDARD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city and county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented a new and useful Centering and Securing means for Electric Candles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to electric lixtures and more particularly to electric candle supports.

Electric candles of one type involve a tubular element open at the base end and shaped at the upper end to simulate the form of an ordinary tallow candle and pro vided with a small electric lamp. The eX- terior of the tube may be of any color and finish and the tube may be of various kinds of material, as for instance paper pulp or cardboard.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a simple, but effective and concealed means for securing such a candle tube to a holder or bracket.

A further object is to provide a securing means permanently mounted on the support but at the same time adapted to be variously set to firmly frictionally engage the tube base and hold it without vibration.

The invention possesses other objects and features of advantage, some of which, with the foregoing, will be made manifest in the following description of the preferred form of the invention which is illustrated in the drawings accompanying and formingpart of the specication. It is to be understood that it is not intended to limit the invention to the embodiment shown by the said drawings and description as variations may be adopted within they scope of the invention as set forth in the claim.

F ig. l is a perspective of an electric candle and its holder or bracket.

Fig. 2 is a perspective of a holder with the improved fastening means.

Fig. 3 is an axial section of the holder with a portion of a tube.

Fig. 4 is a perspective of a different form of support.

The present invention embodies a holder or supporting member provided with a securing means preferably inthe form of a seto prongs integrally formed with the Serial No. 466,694.

supporting member and adapted to be bent from their cast or normal position to best hold the candle tube. The prongs are arranged in a group so that the lower cylindrical base and open end of a tubular candle part can be placed down on and around the group, the prongs frictionally holding the applied tube.

In Figs. l, 2 and 3 a fixture is shown which embodies an annular socket or holder 2 attachable to a conduit or hollow bracket 3 from which the conducting wires pass through the orifice 4 in the center of the holder 2. Regularly spaced in a circle about the orifice is a set, preferably three, of upwardly extending prongs 5 of substantial proportion but preferably bendable and tapered so as to snugly fit and readily enter the lower open end of an applied tube 6 finished to simulate a candle.

The tube, or its lower end, is usually somewhat flexible so that it will give slightly as it is forced onto the securing prongs 5 on the support.

The prongs may be sprung or bent outwarly to fit various sizes or" tubes with reasonable limits and thus utilized to secure and at the same time center an applied tube.

By providing three prongs, a three point contact is obtained, centering the candle and forming a tight connection when the tube is pressed down over the prongs. The tubes vary slightly in size and the three-point adjustable contact insures a tight grip.

A variant of the form of bracket is shown in Fig. l in which the support 2.is formed on or applied to an arm or bracket 7 that extends radially from one side of the support which is notched at 8 for the passage of the service wires.

What is claimed is: y

In an electric candle fixture, a support having a bottom, a wall surrounding the bottom and projecting above the plane thereof, and a plurality of rigid, pliable pegs of decreasing diameter upwardly, projecting upwardly from the bottom and arranged in a circle, said pegs being adapted to t within and engage the inside cylindrical surface of a candle simulating member.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set m hand.

y WILFRED B. GODDARD.

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