US2439467A

US2439467A - Candle lamp

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Publication number: US2439467A
Application number: US537247A
Authority: US
Inventors: Jr Oscar D Guilfoil
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1944-05-25
Filing date: 1944-05-25
Publication date: 1948-04-13
Anticipated expiration: 1965-04-13

Description

April 13, 1948. o. D. GUILFOIL, JR 2,439,467

CANDLE LAMP Filed May 25, 1944 Patented Apr. 13, 1948 OFFICE:

CANDLE LAMP Oscar D. GuilfoiL Jr Syracuse, N. Y.

Application May 25, 1944, Serial No. 537,247

1 Claim. (01. 240-13) This invention relates to candle lamps, such as sanctuary lamps, wherein the candle or candle unit is located within an outer receptacle, which provides an air space or jacket around the candle or candle unit for warming up the air and conditiom'ng the candle wax for burning evenly, as the candle burns; and has for its object such a candle unit including a container of transparent material, as glass, or any other suitable transparent material and a candle filling the container, and suspension means by which the candle unit is suspended in the receptacle to form the air space and can be quickly placed in the receptacle and the empty container, removed therefrom, when the wax material is consmned,

and in addition, the suspension means coacting' with the unit and the receptacle to avoid violent dropping of the candle unit into the receptacle by forming an air cushion or dash pot for the candle unit, in addition to providing the air space.

Other objects appear in the description.

The invention consists in the novel features and in the combinations and constructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In describing this invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is an elevation partly in section of a candle lamp embodying this invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view of parts seen in Figure 1.

The general type of candle lamp is shown in numerous prior art patents, such as Baumer Patent No. 2,050,151, issued August 4, 1936, and Muench and Guilfoil Patent No. 2,082,897, issued June 8, 1937.

This candle lamp includes, generally, an outer member or receptacle of transparent material closed at its lower end, an inner member as a candle unit placeable in the receptacle through the upper open end thereof, means interposed between the periphery of the candle unit and an inner wall of the receptacle and carried by one of the members, here shown as by the receptacle, for slidably and frictionally engaging the other member, as the candle unit, when the candle unit is being placed or inserted in the receptacle, and also conversely when being removed therefrom, this means also suspending the candle unit spaced from the side walls and the bottom of the receptacle when the candle unit is fully inserted in the receptacle forming an air space or jacket around the lower portion of the candle unit, one

of these members also having means'coacting with the suspending means to limit the movement of the candle unit into the receptacle. As

the suspending means is here shown as carried by the receptacle, the limiting means is here shown ,as an annular peripheral shoulder on the candle unit, this being conical for coacting inclined plane fashionwiththe suspension means on the receptacle;

l designates the receptacle, which is transparent or translucent, it being usually formed of ruby'glass. Itis shownas mounted inany suitable manner upon a base 2. Its lower end is preferably closed and its upper end open and the walls thereof flared outwardly, as at 3, to facilitate the inserting of the candle unit into the receptacle and the removal therefrom when the candle matter is consumed.

An ornamental cap as 4 may be placed. on the top of the receptacle, this having a base portion at 5, here shown as coacting with the outwardly flared portion at the upper end of the receptacle.

The candle unit includes an outer container 6 of transparent material, usually glass, and a candle or body of wax. A candle unit of this general type is shown in Guilfoil Patent No. 2,340,- 527, issued February 1, 1944.

The means for suspending the candle unit in the receptacle spaced from the side walls and also the bottom of the receptacle is here shown as a gasket I of yielding resilient material carried by the receptacle on the inner wall thereof and encircling the container 6, it being in effect an angular projection extending radially into the receptacle from the side walls thereof and coacting with the periphery of the container 6, the container 6 being formed with an annular peripheral shoulder 8, here shown as conical, with which the gasket coacts inclined plane fashion, when the container approaches its fully inserted position in the receptacle. The gasket 1 and the shoulder 8 are located to coact between the center of the length of the candle unit and the top thereof. The candle unit is of greater diameter above the shoulder 8 than below the same, the difference being the amount the gasket projects into the interior of the receptacle or the thickness of the portion I of the gasket. This provides an air space at 9 in which the air gradually warms up as the candle consumes and conditions the candle wax for even burning. The interior of the receptacle i above the gasket is also of greater diameter than the interior thereof below the gasket, or the walls thereof are of less thickness above than below the gasket, providing an an space or well I2 is located below. the bottom en of the container 6, this air space, of-course, communicating with the spaces 9. When the container is being inserted in the receptacle, upon the removal of the cap 4, it slidably engages the gasket 1 or the inner face of the portion]? thereof, and hence the container, if released, does not drop suddenly into the receptacle because of the frictional engagement between-the gasket and the lower portion of the container ii, but moves slowly into position, owing to the fact that the air within the receptacle below the gasket cushions the movement of the container-6 or acts something as a dash pot. When the container approaches itsfinal-position into the receptacle, the gasket coacts with-the inclined conical surface 8 and limits the movement of the receptacle. During the final movement -of the containerinto the receptacle, the air being compressed can pass out around the gasket by reason of the annular groove H in the container 6. 1

The container can readily be removed'by taking hold of the top thereof, the flaring portion 3 4 of the receptacle providing room for taking hold of the top.

What I claim is:

In a candle lamp, an outer receptacle of transparent material and closed at its lower end, a candle unit placeable in the receptacle through the upper end thereof, and means for suspending the unit within the receptacle with the portion of the unit below the suspending means spacedfrom the inner wall and the bottom of the receptacle forming an air space, the sus- I pending means including an annular gasket on the inner wall of the receptacle, the unit having auconical peripheral surface for coacting inclinedplane fashion with the gasket when the unit is fully in the receptacle.

' .OSCAR D. GUIDFOIL, JR.

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