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s. R. WERDEN.

WICK FOR GANDLBS,&. No. 31,045.

Patented Jan. 1, 1861L A entren sTArEs Parleur cerros..

v STEPHEN R. WEEDEN, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.`

LAMP AND CANDLE WICK.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 31,045, dated January 1, 1861.

To all whom it 'may concern.'

Be it known that I, S. R. VEEDEN, of the city and county of Providence and State oi Rhode Island, have invented a new and Improved lVick for Candles and Lamps; and I do hereby declare that the following is a tull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part ot' this specification, in whichlligures l and .2 are opposite side views of a piece of my improved wick. F ig. 3 eX- hibits a central section of a candle havingl my improved wick.

Similar letters ot reference indicate cor` responding parts in the vseveral figures.'

My invention consists in a wick composed of a single strand enchained in a series'of loo )s each loo) bassin@ throuOh a sinOle' .y l o e e loop and receivmg a single loop, like the thread in tambour work as shown in Figs. l. and 2, which represent a portion of the wick with the loops a, b, o', (l, loose. The wick lthus formed possesses in an eminent degree the necessary capillarity that is to say a capacity t'or absorbing the melted tallow or other material of which the body ot a candle is Composed and conducting it to the flame, besides which it turns out of the flame so as to be consumed without requiring to be snulled.

This wick may be made either by hand by forming the loops in regular succession and drawing each one through its predecessor,

by the lingers either with or without the aid of a hooked needle such as is used in what is known as crochet work, or it may be formed by a machine with a hooked needle, or by a machine with an eye pointed needle and a looper operating in combination in a manner somewhat similar to the eye pointed needle and looper of a sewing ma.-` chine. I propose however always to make it by a machine on account ofthe greater speed with which it can be made as by using a machine with several needles several wicks can be made at the same time.

I am aware that a plait or braid of precisely similar structure to my wick has been made for a variety of purposes but believe that such plait or braid has .never been made of a loose' yarn suitable for use as a wick and therefore consider my wick to be a new article of manufacture. I am also aware that a wick patented by J.Y. Leslie is made by enchaining a single thread in a series of double loops. And in view of the above facts I do not claim to have invented a neuY mode of braiding or to be the first inventor of' an enchained single thread wick. But

lVhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: i

The wick composed of a single strand enchained in a series of single loops' as herein described.

STEPHEN R. IVEEDEN.

IVitnesses t.

HENRY MARTIN, ALBERT M. HEwrrT.

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