US2330705A

US2330705A - Candle base and assembly

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Publication number: US2330705A
Application number: US385808A
Authority: US
Inventors: Marcia C Hamblet
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1941-03-29
Filing date: 1941-03-29
Publication date: 1943-09-28
Anticipated expiration: 1960-09-28

Description

Sept 28, 1943. M. c. HAMBLET 2,330,705

CANDLE BASE AND ASSEMBLY Filed March 29, 1941 INVENTOR fashioned and assembled in the manner of the corolla of a flower, the parts IIJ and II being coated with Waterproofing material and defining held in position as by a band I 4 of rubber, thread,

fine wire, or the like.

In the form shown in Fig. 3, the tube for hold? ing the candle is omitted. In constructingthis type of assembly, a standard candle I5 is provided and the parts II are gathered therearound and held in position .by the element 25 similar to element I4 that has been described. `The partially constructed assembly is then dipped intowax,

excess wax drained away, 'and the Wax solidied. The part I is then applied as willA be described later. -1 i In the form shown in Fig. 4, Imolded lmaterial I6 without core material, is used in construction of the base of desired ornamental pattern deninga space .Il adapted to receive a-candle. InFig. 5 there is shown a modification in the form of a candle assembly including a boat I8 as the base, the ring elementl I9 for receiving the candle, a member or weight 2i] of high specic gravity, say, a piece of metal such as iron, copper, lead,'or the like.v The weight is disposed in the lower part of the canclleassembly. It sta? bilizes the floating and vkeeps the candle assembly in an upright position whenplaced on water. In

the case of the boat-shaped base, the weight may raise the prow above the water line as shown. 1

In yorderto make the construction of the base as ornamental, economical, and lightin weight as consistent with durability, thereis used preferably a material 2l or 22, vsuitably paper crepe, a woven fabric such as crepe de Chine, Cellophane, or the like as core material Within the members constituting thebase. Crepe paper is preferred because of its relatively low cost and the readiness with which it may be shaped'into the ower or other ornamental pattern without tearing.

The relation of the waterproong material 23 tothe sheet materials 2I is shown in various figures, and particularly in Fig. 6. The construction shown in Fig. '7 usingawoven fabric core 22, may be substituted forthe material of Fig. 6 in the bases .shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and5.

In general, the method includes rst the shaping. of sheet material, such as that commonly used in ,the making of articial flowers 'or other ornametal' objects, by technique that is usual in making such objects, the shaping providing a space to receive a candle of standard diameter. After the ornamental pattern is formed, it is held in desired shape temporarily, as by elements 'I4 or 25, and then coated with Waterpr'ooling material as by dipping or spraying. Suitably the waterproofing material `is wax and the wax is applied bydipping the shaped core material into the wax at a temperature a few degrees above the melting point of the wax and draining away. excess of wax. Other waterproofing materials are applied either in melted condition or in solutionin a4 volatile solvent, as, for example, in a lacquer.v v

holding a candle and resting in water.

When different colors are desired, say, for the foliage Il! and corolla II, then separate clippings are required. In such a case the corolla of paper crepe or the like is assembled around the candle or the tube I3 and then is dipped so as to give a continuous coating of Waterproof material over the parts constituting the corolla. This dipping may be in rose-colored wax, for example. Then core material such as paper crepe, which is to constitute the interior of the foliage I0, is scalloped on one side of the strip and the strip is dipped one or more times in wax of desired color, say green. Before the nal application of wax hardens completely, the strip is wrapped around the lower portion of the corolla assembly and folded on itself at the bottom of the assembly, to give a water tight structure, as illustrated more er less diagrammatically at 24. The lower part is then again dipped in the waterproofing material, to make certain` that the ylower part of the assembly is completely water-tight. riihis coating is made ratherthick so as to give to the whole a low center of gravity which is below the point vof submergence of the base when In vthis nal'dipping, care is taken that the wax of color used for the. foliage does not lstrike any part of the assemblyA that is diierently colored, as, for example, the rose ,colored petal-like members.

In making the base or shape shown in Figl 5, a boat of-:crepe paper orother sheet material of the kind. described is formed in any suitable manner and provided with the upstanding meme ber i9 held initially to the boat by adhesive (not shown) and then secured in position nally by dipping the boat and ring in wax of desired color. A weight 26 is inserted in position.

In making a molded product such as shown'n Fig. 4, there is used any suitable plastic. Thus, there may be used a urea-aldehyde, aphenolaldehyde, or a casein plastic, shaping being made to pattern desired in accordance with technique that is conventional for shaping the selected plastic. v'The bases formed from these plastics as well as those made from the waterproofed crepe paper are shape-retaining when floating in water, that is, they do not sag or become distorted in Water. Also, their upper portions flare outwardly and, being thus 'spaced from the candle, do not melt as the candle burns. The bases may be vreused a numberof times, fresh candles being inserted in used bases as described elsewhere herein.

Bases constructed as described'are relatively light in weight, economical in amount of waxl or other waterproof material used, and Amay be made in highly ornamental patterns. vFurthermore, the use of ilexible core material in the leaf or petalflike members adapts the base to be light in weight in its upper portions so as to give a low center of gravity to the whole. All the bases should be balanced if the bases are to be floating when in use.

The Ycandle may be either replaceable or an integral partrof the base. If the candle is replaceable, a standard candle'of color toA suit the user may be inserted into .position` and a new candle of the same diameter introduced into the base after one candle has been burned away. In some embodiments of the invention, however, the candle is introduced into the baseI at the placeoi` fabrication and may be held in position temporarily by a small amount of wax which extends as an integral mass from the upper surface of the candle to the tube I3, or, in case the tube is omitted, to the portions of the corolla gathered `around the candle. i

While the invention has been illustrated by description in detail in connection with a floating candle base, it is to be understood that the construction, including core material such as 2! or 22 and wax or like waterproofing material constituting a continuous layer over the core, may be used in non-oating candle bases, in those cases in which the feature of floating is not desired, In other words materials of construction such as illustrated in Figs. 6 and '7 or in Fig. 4 may be used in any shape of candle base, although I have obtained unique results when the candle base is adapted to oat.

The floating candle assemblies, also, may be varied in certain details. Thus a weight, such as the member 26, may be used with any shape of oating candle assembly. When the weight is to be embedded in or anchored in wax or other hardenable material, is placed in its selected position in the lower part of the assembly before the said material hardens, so that the position of the weight is established when the material sets. 'I'he weight may also be used with unbalanced designs of candle assemblies, `whether or not they are to be floated when in use. This makes possible candles of a wide variety of designs that, without the added weight, would topple over or be subject to being easily upset, because of the `center of gravity falling either outside or near an edge of the base.

It will be understood also that the details given are for the purpose of illustration and that variations within the spirit of the invention are intended to be included within the scope of the appended claims. i

What I claim is:

1. A base adapted to receive a candle and when supporting the candle to float on water, the base comprising a lower portion, a flaring portion extending upwardly from the lower portion and defining a watertight buoyancy-giving space of width substantially greater than the diameter of the candle to be received within the base, and means for securing the lower end of the candle within the said lower portion, supporting the weight of the candle, and xing unchangeably the level of the lower end of the candle withrespect to all parts of the said base, the candle base being waterproof over its exterior surface, containing material of higher melting point than the temperature of melting of the wax of the candle, and having its center of gravity below the line to which the base when supporting a candle sinks in water, so that the base remains upright.

2. A floating candle base in the pattern of a ower including a plurality of flaring petal-like members arrangedin the manner of the corolla of the flower, waterproof leaf-like elements disposed outside the petal-like members and extending downwardly from positions above the lower parts of the said members, and means closing the spaces between the side portionspf the leaf-like elements to a level above that to which the base sinks when supporting a candle and floating in water, so as to form a closed watertight lower portion of the assembly and form a buoyancy giving space above the said lower portion, a part of the said lower portion having a bottom and side walls shaped to receive the lower end of a candle and maintain the said lower end at a fixed level with respect to all parts of the base and the said buoyancy giving space being wider than the said part shaped to receive the candle so that the buoyancy giving space persists after the candle is inserted into the base.

3. A candle base as described in claim 2, the petal-like members and leaf-like elements being iexible.

4. A'candle base as described in claim 1, the material of the base comprising a shaped mass of molded plastic waterproof material.

5. A base as described in claim 1 including a metal mass-adding-member of a substantially higher specic gravity than any other part, of the assembly disposed in the lower part of the said base, the buoyancy-giving space causing the whole assembly to float when placed in water and the metal member stabilizing the floating and maintaining the assembly in an upright position.

6. A floating candle assembly comprising a candle and a reusable base constructed of formed shape-retaining material that does not melt at the temperature of melting of the wax of the candle and is waterproof over its exterior surface, the base including upwardly extending leaf-shaped elements that are continuously united in watertight manner at their side portions and are shaped to form a bottom for supporting the lower end of the candle and a space above the bottom for engaging and holding the side wall of the lower end of the candle at a fixed level with respect to all other parts of the assembly, the said elements aring at their upper portions and defining around the candle a buoyancygiving watertight space of greater width than the diameter of the candle.

7. An assembly as described in claim 6, the base being formed from paper and the paper being coated continuously over its exterior surface so as to provide waterproofing over the exterior part of the candle base, with a wax of substantially higher melting point than the wax of the candle.

MARCIA C. HAMBLET.