US2528604A

US2528604A - Shade support and extinguisher for candles

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Publication number: US2528604A
Application number: US38490A
Authority: US
Inventors: James A Mchollan
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1948-07-13
Filing date: 1948-07-13
Publication date: 1950-11-07
Anticipated expiration: 1967-11-07

Description

Nov. 7, 1950 MCHOLLAN 2,528,604

SHADE SUPPORT AND EXTINGUISHER FOR CANDLES Filed July 15, 1948 e ll 45 35 E: 36 I? E? a 79 INVENTOR.

'11.) l. (/flME5A.MC//OL LAN 57 73 16 By ATTOR x Patented Nov. 7, 1950 SHADE SUPPORT'AND EXTINGUISHER FOR CANDLES James A. McHollan, Valley Stream, N. Y.

Application July 13, 1948, Serial No. 38,490

6 Claims.

This invention relates to a candle-shade supporter. The general object of the invention is to provide a candle-shade supporter which is simple in construction, pleasing in appearance and easily applied to a candle and so that the location of the shade on the candle may be readily adjusted,

and one which may or may not have incorporated in it novel automatic candle-extinguishing means which will extinguish the candle flame when the candle has burned down to the top of the supporter. My shade-supporter may be used not only on wax candles but upon candles of the electric type, but of course when used on candles of the electric type the automatic candle-extinguishing means is omitted or does not function.

This application is a continuationin-part of my application Ser. No. 769,586, filed August 20, 1947, now abandoned.

The invention will be understood from the following description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in which two forms of the invention are illustrated. Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation showing how a candle-shade rests on a supporter embodying the form of the invention which is not provided with the automatic candleextinguishing means; Fig. 2' is a sectional plan view on the plane 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation showing the candle-shade resting on a supporter embodying the form of the invention which contains the automatic candleextinguishing means; Fig. 4 is a sectional plan View on the plane 4- l of Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a sectional plan, similar to Fig. 4, illustrating the position of the automatic candle-extinguishing means after it has functioned to extinguish a candle.

Referring to the drawing, it will be apparent that a candle-shade which cooperates with both forms .of th supporter (hereinafter described) may have a tubular portion Ill which at its bottom is provided with an upwardly and inwardly extending flange H the form of which willbe apparent from Figs. 1 and 3. Both forms of candle-shade supporter member (about to be described) are adapted to cooperate with the flange I l of the shade and nest within the recess formed by that flange, as will be apparent from the drawing. Therefore, the supporter is largely hidden within the candle-shade under normal conditions of use, for example, on a table at a level below the eyes of the observers. Unless an observer looks almost vertically into the top of the shade, ordinarily the shade supporter will not be seen.- It will be evident also that the supporter will not throw a shadow from the flame of the candle {2 on to the tubular portion ID of the shade.

The candle-shade supporter illustrated in Figs.

1 and 2 willnow be described. As is best shown in Fig. 2, the form of shade supporter therein illustrated comprises a frame having side members I4 and I6 and cross bars connecting said side members and rigidly holding them in spaced relation. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the cross bars comprise tubes l8 and '26 through which pass

bolts

22 and 26 which clamp the side members 14 and I6 firmly in engagement with the tubes I8 and 29; but of course rivets may be employed in place ofv the

bolts

22 and 24, or screws 22' and 24 which thread into the ends of the tubes I8 and 20 may be employed, as illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 which show the shade supporter and automatic candle-extinguisher which will be later described. Candle-engaging members 25 and 28 of the form apparent from Fig. 2, are slidingly supported on the tubes [8 and 2!). Surrounding the tubes l8 and 20 and located between the side members I4 and the candle-engaging member 25 are

coil springs

30 and 32;' and

coil springs

34 and 36 are preferably also arranged on the tubes l8 and 20 between the sid'emember l6 and candle-engaging member 28. Thus spring means are probeing applied to, moved on-or removed from a Y candle. As will be apparent from Fig. '2, the outer adjacent ends 49-4! and M--45 of' the candle-

engaging members

26 and 28 diverge from one another. These diverging ends facilitate movement of the candle-engaging members 25 and 28 against the pressures exerted by the coil springs 3ll32 and 3436. As will be apparent, the diverging ends 4-04l and 4445 may be grasped .conveniently, either by the thumb and forefinger. of both hands or by the thumband forefinger of one hand, to effect th necessary movement of the candle-engaging members away from one another when the .supporter is being applied to, moved on or removed from a candle.

As will be apparent from Fig. 2, the candle-

engaging members

26 and 28 are bent away from one another at their middle portions 50 and 52, so that they will cooperate properly with the candle. It will also be apparent from Fig. 2 that the ends 5455 and 56-51 of the side members i4 and [B respectively are offset so that they extend in opposite directions; and that these offset ends lie in the same circle and are adapted to cooperate with the upwardly extending portions of the shade flange I I at points about apart, thereby properly locating the shade on the supporter;

Figs. 3, 4 and 5 show a candle-shade supporter which is similar to the supporter illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, but is provided with the automatic candle-extinguishing means hereinbefore mentioned. In this embodiment of the invention, as will be apparent from Fig. 3, the side members I4 and 16 are provided with upwardly extending lugs 60 and El, as is best shown in Fig. 3. These lugs 50 and 51 support auxiliary cross bars which may consist of bolts or

rivets

64 and 65 which are parallel to the tubes l8'-20 which form part of the cross bars by which the side members 14 and [6 are held spaced apart in parallel relation to one another.

Mounted for sliding movement rivets E4 and 65 are cooperating candle-extinguishing members 98 and 69 which are provided with holes accommodating the side bolts or rivets 54 and 65. 65 and arranged respectively between each pair of the lugs 69-61 and the

members

68 or 69, are spring means in the form of coiled springs 10, 1!, l2 and '53 which tend to hold the members 58 and 69 in engagement with one another while permitting their separation to engage a candle. The ends 15,11, 19 and E9 of the members 59 and 89 are oifset in some such manner as shown in Figs. 4 and in order to facilitate their manual movement away from one another when the shade supporter is being applied to, moved on or removed from a candle.

The manner in which the candle-

engaging members

26 and 28 engage a candle will be obvious from the drawing. It will also be evident from Fig. 4 that, when the candle supporter there shown is applied to a candle, the candle-extinguishing members 58 and 99 are also in engagement with the cylindrical surface of the candle l2. As the wax portion of the candle is consumed, there comes a time when the members 58 and 69 will be no longer held separated from one another by the candle but will move toward one another under the influence of the springs 15, 1 I 12 and 13, and will reach the positions shown in Fig. 5, and the engagement of those members 68 and 59 with the wick of the candle will extinguish its fiame. When the candle flame is thus extinguished, it is an indication that the candleshade holder should be lowered-on the candle, or a new candle should be inserted. Thus any danger that the candleeshade and the supporter will topple from the candle during the burning of the latter is eliminated. Moreover, the candle-shade supporter shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5 positively insures that the candle upon which it is used will be automatically extinguished when the wax has been consumed to a point substantially on a level with the upper surface of the shade supporter.

What is claimed is:

' 1. A candle-shade supporter comprising a frame having side members with free ends lying on the bolts or Surrounding the bolts or rivets 64 and 4 in the same circle and adapted to cooperate with a candle-shade, said side members being connected only by a single pair of cross-bars attached at their ends to said side members and rigidly supporting the latter in spaced relation, candle-engaging members having adjacent free ends which are adapted to be manually engaged and are slidingly supported on said pair of cross-bars, and

spring means cooperating with each side member and the adjacent candle-engaging member and tending to hold said candle-engaging members in engagement with one another while permitting their manual separation to engage a candle.

2. A candle-shade supporter according to claim 1, in which the said adjacent free ends of the candle-engaging members diverge from one another, thereby facilitating their manual separation.

3. A candle-shade supporter according to claim 1, in which the free ends of each side member are ofiset so that the ends of the side members extend respectively in opposite directions and lie about apart in the same circle.

4. A candle-shade supporter according to claim 1, in which said side members are each provided with two upwardly extending lugs, and in which there are auxiliary cross-bars connecting said lugs, candle-extinguishing members. supported and slidable on said auxiliary cross-bars, and spring means cooperating with said lugs and with said candle-extinguishing members and tending to hold said candle-extinguishing members in engagement with one another while permitting theirseparation to engage a candle.

5. A candle-shade supporter according to claim 4, in which said spring means cooperating with said candle-extinguishing members consists of coil springs surrounding said auxiliary cross-bars.

6. A candle-shade supporter according to claim 4, in which the adjacent ends of said candle-extinguishing members diverge from one another. JAMES A. McHOLLAN.'

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