USRE2190E - Improved apparatus for molding candles - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEFICE- WILLIS HUMISTON, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

IMPRovED APPARATUS Foa MOLDING CANDLES.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 10,730, dated April 4, 1F54; vReissue No.

. March, 6, 1866.

2,190, dated ent, andltbe specifications, drawings, and` claims thereof, so as to 'more fully bring out and make knownmy'aforesaid named inven.

tion and to. enable me to a/better and more full protection of my rights in, to, and for the said invention and improvements, I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and more exact description of my said invention and improvements, `reference being hereby had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which said drawings makea part of this specification..

Like letters represent ,and corresponding parts.

For the purpose of a more full, correct, and perfect representationof mysaid invention by and from drawings, I have prepared 'two sheets, which I denominate Sheet-l and Sheet 2.

Figure 1', Sheet 1, is a side elevation showing the suspended candles drawn from the vertical stationary candlemolds, and the refer to like o r fineans of doin guthe same, substantially' as here` inafter descri d andset forth. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the machine, and showing the mannerof thc drawing of the candles from ther vertical stationary candle-molds -by the means substantially asherein described and sat forth.- Fig. 34 is a verticalscctionytaken on a line through the center of .tho vertical stationary candle molds,- constructed and ar? anged substantially as and for the purposes herein described and set forthQ Fig. 4 is.a top view of f the machine, showing the upper end of the vertical stationary candle-molds, and the centering, supporting, and caudletip har, constructed, arranged, and operating -substantially as and for the purposes herein described and set forth. Fig. ."is a detached perspective view ot' one of the nippers used in drawing the candles from the vertical stationA ary candle-molds. Fig.v 6 is a perspective view of the wick-cutter. Fig. 7, Sheet 2, is a side view ot' the vertical stationarycandlemolds, and the device or attachment at the also an exterior shoulder, each constructed, arranged, and combined in the manner and for the purposes substantially. as hereinafter described and set forth. This figure shows such devices at a reduced size from'those required in actual use, or, in other words, upon a reduced scale from those shown at Figs. l1 and 12, same sheet. Fig. S shows a vertical section of the stationary candle-molds on a centerline, and attached to' the machine water! box frame, rwith the aforesaid lower end device or attachment therewith combined, also nut and screw, also the candle-tip mold 'com' bined with the piston or ejecting rod, and patented to me on the 24th day of July, A. l). 1855, and reissued, bearing date January 22, 1861, and again on the 14th day of November, A. D. 1865, upon improvements in candle-machines, and to which reference is hereby had. The devices shown by this tgure are upon the same scale as those at Fig. 7, aforesaid.

9 is a vertical section on a center line of the device, combined-with the lower end of the said vertical stationary cai'idle-molds, and having a screw and exterior shoulder, and also lower endof aforesaid candle-molds, each for the purposes substantially as herein described and yset forth. It also shows the candle-tip mold, which is combined with the pistonor ejecting rod in the manner and for the pun poses substantially as specified and set forth in myatoresaid Letters Patent. Figui() shows 'the same devices as are shown at the said Fig. 9, with the exception that the said candle-tip mold is shown dropped down and apen4 the inner shoulder of the said lower device, combined with said vertical candle-mold., and for the-purposes substantially asherein described stationary candlemold on a vertical' line through the center and showing` the lower enti with nut and screw, is combined therewith by lower ends thereof having nut and screw, and

formingan internal shoulder at or near the A ^ami set forth. Fig. 11 isa full-size vertical.

thereof before the device with internnlamlexternal shoulders, hereinafter described, and

means and for thepurposes substantial] y as herein described and fet i'orth, and which device is seen in full size. at Fig; 12; also, nut :it Figs. 13 and lei, and each constructed substantially as shown and hereinafter described und set i'orth. Fig. 15 is a perspective view of the candle-tip bar constructed with recesses another modification of my said candle-tip bar used for the purposes substantially as hereinutter described. and set forth.

There are other modifications of the said catullo-tip' bar which I do 'not deem essential to describe in the drawings accompanying this specihcation.

The nature of my said invention and improvements consists 'inV 'the employment of a wick-stretcher so constructed and arranged as to remove the strain or friction upon the wicks before the candles are drawn or ejected from the vertical stationary candle-molds, as hereinafter described and set forth.

'lt also consists in the employment of acandle-tip bar arranged over and above the top of the vertical stationary candle-molds, and so constructed and combined as to receive the tips of the candles, and thereby center the n'ick'ior the neztset or series of candles to be molded inthe said molds below, and at the same time sup-port the candles suspended above said lvertical stationary molds by means of the tips of said candles resting against and' upon the said tip-bar, which is moved or swung thereunder in a lateral direction immediately after said candles havebeen removed from said vertical stationary candle-molds, by being drawn therefrom or ejected therefrom by means cfa tip-mold and piston or ejection rod combined, substantially as specified and set forth in my said Letters Patent, dated as aforesaid, on the 24th day of July, A. D. 1855, and reissued on the 22d day of January, A. D. 1861, and also on the 14th day of November, A. D. 1865,' as aforesaid, and in the manner substantially as here in described and set forth.

it aiso consists in the employment of a vertical stationary candle-mold so constructed at its lower or candle-tip end as to form a shoulder upon the inner part thereof -for the purpose of receiving and supporting a candlet-ip mold, or any equivalent thex'etbr,aud there by and by `means thereof prevent any of the melted tallow from escapingY from the Asaid vertical stationary candle molds before the. sam e shall become cooled and formed into acandle, in the manner substantially as' herein de-r scribed and set forth, while at the same-times. shoulder'shali be formed upon and around the stantial manner,

(Sandie-molds, substantially as outside part ofthe said stationary candle-molds.

at or near the lower ends thereof, so that the same shall rest upon the fra-me or lower part of the water-box, and receive a nut and screw upon the under side or part of such water-box and upon the lower end of such vertical stationary candle-,mold so as to make a watertight jointv where the'lower-end of 'the said stationary candle-mold4 passes through such. .part or bottom of the said water-box sur rounding the said stationary candle-molds, in the manner and by the means' substantially as-lierein described and set forth."

The improvements in candle-mold machines patented to me on the 24thl day ot'V` July', A. D. 1855, and twice reissued, asaforesaid, were improvements made by me upon the machine. for molding candles, and patented April 4, 1854, which Letters Patent I now ask to reissue 4upon these corrected, amended, and reformed specifications, drawings, aforesaid. l e

By means of the invention and improvements described, set forth, and claimed in the 4aforesaid Letters Patent, and by means of the invention and improvements specified,

set forth, and claimed in this application for reissue of my said Letters Patent, dated as aforesaid-Lto Wit, April 4, 1854--1 am enabled to manufacture for and furnish to the market a candle-machine in and by which perfect and marketable candles maybe made in large quantities at one operation of the machine, and which machine may be rapidly operated or Worked in succession, and during almost any season of the year or in any climate, Without Waste of candle-wick or of any of the material of or from which the candles are mad e,

and with due reference to myv aforesaid last reissued Lette-rs Patent, as well as to the improvements herein vbefore stated.'

Having thus .described the nature ot' my Y said ,invention and improvements contained in my said Letters Patent, dated April 4,1854,

and to enable persons skilled in the `art tok which my said invention and improvements .relate to make and use the sam-e. Ivwill here proceed to describe the construction and -operatine thereof, which is as follows, to wit:

A A arothe endparts ofthe-frame, arranged inavertical position. B B are horizontal portions 'of the frame,.'connected' to and with said vertical `end par-ts and which receive and. hold thevertical stationary candle-molds C C. The upper one, of the sa'd horizontal parts of the said frame 'also forms the lower partot' the trough or reservior immediately over and surrounding theupper portions of said vertiy cal stationary candle-mould, and which also receives and holds the saidnpper ends of said hereinafter described'as well as shown at' Fig.v 4 Sheet, 1. Thelower ends of the said'vertical stationary; 'caucho-molds extend and claims, as

as herein andv therein specified,

described andset forth, as y in any good and subdown and entirely l rounding said vertical stationary candleniold,

. course, is pnt upon `the said bottoiil plate and stationary candle-mold, alid by the drawing and upon the said packing and bottom plate;

'through the end frame, Asndglias there l layso Y a through tlielower plate or frame, B, substantially as shown at Figs. 1 alid 3. Tile outer shoulder, c, Figs. 1 and 3, rests npoil the packing shown by red lilies at same figures, which 1- usually make of sheet-lead, which from long experience I havev found to be the best niatcrial to colitribute to the making of a watertightjoint where the lower end ofthe said vertical stationary calidlc-iuold passes through thc bottoni plate, B, ot' said water-box, suras aforesaid. Tile said sheet-lead pa-ckilig, of

then the immediate lower end ot said calidlelilold passes through the saule and through the said bottoni plate ot' the said water-box, and then I put upoll the under side ot' the said b ottom plate ot' said water-box the washer shown by red lilies at said Figs. 1 alid 8, which l prefer to liiake ot' slieet-tili, a-lld which is for the simple and only purpose ot' a washer. 1 tllell pnton the lint b'. (Seen at the different tigures ot"both Sheets 1 and 2 of the draw-y ings.) I turn the said nut firmly upon the said washer, by means of which the said shoulder c, Figs. 1 and 3, Sheet 1, and Figs. 7, S, 9, 10, and 12, Sheet 2, is drawn down tirnllyupon the said packing and upon the said bottom plate of the said water-box, and thus and thereby make a colnplete and perfect water-tightjoint where said lower end of the said vertical stationary candleinold' passes through said bottom plate, B substantially as aforesaid. 'lhesaid unt andscrew maybe ot' any size orstrengthvdeemed best, and I- nsually make them ot' the saine material that- I make the said vertical stationary candlemolds of' o frolu. It will therefore be seen that by melns ot' the said packing, washer, and nut on ,he lower cnil ot the said xerticai of the said shoulder c on the mold down to'A as aforesaid, the water from the melted ice or otlierwisepnt into said water-box surrounding said stationary candle-molds is prevented from leaking through and wetting the candlewickingbelow or from otherwise injuring the successful workingofthe said candle machine.

D and D are-the fi'amefpieces containing thewick-tightener-Eand the wickfbobbilis d d. This frame is made so'asto slide in snugly be tween the elidfmmes, A A. The said wicktightener is a shaft.A which extend.; across the frame or niachiuedeugthwise ofthe saine, and contains as many -holes efe through it at right angles to each athen-as there are 'vertical stationary candle-molds iii-theinachine. Gne of the journals ot' the said -wickt'iglihener passes attachedto it theratchet-wheelfwifh the catch or pawl y, and being for' the purpose of keep-l ing the candlewick. tightelier or. iixed in. niiy required or desired position. during the operation Vot' thc machiue.- f

- The candletip bar F, Figs. 1 and 4, Sheet candle-molds below for the next set or series of candles' to be molded, while at the saine time the said candles' molded and drawn or ejected from the said stationary candle-molds remain suspended above with their respective tips resting. upon andagainst the said candletip bar F, or the equivalent therefor, as aforesaid; and thus and thereby hold and support the said candles-without any injury to the tips or body thereof during the operation ot' making said candles, as aforesaid. The said can die-tip bar is so constructed and arranged as to be moved in alateral'directiou from alid toward t-lie top of the said' vertical stationary candle-*molds as, follows--to .witz First, ,it must be moved in a lateral direction from the said verticalA stationaryr candle-molds, so as to allow the candles to be drawn or ejected from the molds below, ilrwhich they were liiolded, into receiving and supporting bars above, constructed and arranged substantially as specified and set forth in the last reissue oi' my aforesaid named Letters Patent, or drawn therefrom by the lilealissubstantially as shown at-Fig. 1 of'Slieet l, otl the accompanying drawings; and second, when the said candles are thus drawn or ejected from tliesaid molds aild above the. top ot' the said vertical station arycandlefmoldsand in proper condi-tion for the centering of 'the candle-wick alid for t-lie severing of the candle-wick, as hereinafter-set forth, then the said candle-tip bar.A must he moved in a lateral direction .toward tlic said vertical stationary candlemolds and suspend ed candies, and up to, under, or against the tip or lower end of the candles thus drawn or ejected andsuspended, by lueansot' which the wick for the candles next-to be molded is centered and the candles held andsnpported during the'operation of 'the molding of the candles in said vertical stationary 'candlemolds and the severing ot' ,the wick between the suspended caudlesaud the candles in the said molds by the means o f the said candletip bar. The sajd candletip bar may be constructed substantially as sliowli at Figs. 15, 16,' and 17 oft-lie drawings, Sheet 2, or ill any other good and substantial manner which I will answer thc purposes herein described and Sei. forth.

There will be one such lip bar for each'row ot' vertical stationary candle-lnolds,'aud it nlay be iliade of metal, wood, or rubber, or from such other material as shall not injnrethe tips of the candles while receiving and snpporti'ng the same, substantially as aforesaid.v 'Each will extend lengthwise of the.1h candlemachine a'nd entirely across the same. In this liar liiay beniadeI the centering or candle-tip- 'receiviug recesses'vh h, 1"i'g..4, Sheet 1, and

Figs. 15, 16, and 17, Sheet 2, and one for each candle-tip or vertical stationary candle-mold f1, and Figs. '15, 16, alld 1-7, Sheet 2,' is fori lIt may be attached to the vibrating arms] said stationary candlernolds below, and while the-said wich is being ent or severed between` the candles thus suspended and held and the .candlcs` in the` molds below, as' aforesaid, and a the sametirne allow the said tipbar to be inbvedin a lateral direction, so 'asto allow the candles to be drawn or,` ejected vertically from said,` molds, and then when 'the saine are thusv put. in proper position above andv over the-said molds below, to permit said tipbar to be moved laterally up to, nader, andagainst the tips .or lower ends, of the saidv candles thus: drawn or ejectedifrorn said molds,4 for the purposes substantially as afore-W said and duringthe operations substantiai-ly f asaforesaid. The-.said candletip bar TF` ishinged to the candlefmachine frame by means ofthe hinges jj, Fig-4, Sheet 1, and Fig.- 15, Sheetv 2,' or any equivalents therefm 'by'. :means of which ythe said candle-tip .bar lis; v moved up to, against, or underfthe tips of therv candles in a lateral direction, so as to seize and hold thecandles at or Vneartheir respective tip-ends so as to center the wick in the said molds below, and during the cutting or sev ering ofthe wick, substantially as aforesaid. 'In case the vertical or auxiliary bar .Ff Eig. 18, is used with the said tiplbar F, both bars may be so 'constructed as to be moved in a lateral direction for the purposes aforesaid In that casethe respective ends of the-said'barF will rest upon the top of the reservoir or trough" y. hereinbefore described, while the saidcandietip bar may be hinged to the under part or- Aedge of the said bar F in such manner that it g may be swung or moved in a lateral direction,

' for thefpurposes aforesaid, er both may be so moved jointly. There are other modifications of theconstruction and arrangement of the said tip-bar, and which l do not deem essential (inmaterial to herein describe, as themain or real object or purpose of my said ti pbar I have hereinbefore fully described and set' and may be'so adjusted that when the end ,is againstA the stopl G then 'the said recesses h It are directly over `Jthe center of the said stationary candleanoids. It may also be so arran ged asto center the candle-wick, as afore said, and to hold or support the candles by means ofthe ti'ps or lower en ds of the same 'coming in contact with ysaid tip-bar in the manner substantially as aforesaid by means of slides, instead of the said arms i j, Fig. 4', Sheet 14er the said tip-barmay beattached to or combinied with another bar arranged on a vcrticalline over the said stationair)T candle molds, and so constructed as to ope-n .laterally von such vertical line lengthwise with the canlle-machine orl row of candle-molds therein. .It combinedwith such vertical har it will `be upon the immediate. lower edge thereofby means of which the 'said tipbar. would be moved to the right oitojthe left laterally, and when thecandles are. drawn or 'ejected from l said "moldsbelow for the purpose of centering -the wick for they next set of candles tobe rnoldedin said stationary candle-moulds, and for-the purpose of holding the candles thus suspended while the wick is being cnt or Vsevered between the candles thus drawn or eject! edand the candles in the said molds below', the said tip-bar'is moved up in a lateral di rection" under and against the'tips of theV said candles, so as to seize.r yhe same. and hold suchv candles suspended over said stationary-molds, forthc purposes aforesaid. The movement'of -thesaid vertical and auxiliary bar, to which the said candletip bar is attached and com-v bined, as aforesaid, will of conrsemove the said tip-bar in a lateral direction to or from the said vertical stationaryr candle-molds or to, against, or under the tips of the candles ldrawn or ejected from the said molds, as aforesaid. If the said tip-bar is thus ,combined with the said'vcrt-ical bar it will be in theA manner substantially as shown at Fig. 18, Sheet 2` of the drawings, which said 'vertical forth.

bar will extend the full len h ofthe candle- The nippers H 'for drawing the candles from machine,.and each end thereof will rest upon said molds have their jaws tightened and set. the respective ends and top surface of the onto the wick by means ofthe spring-catches trough or reservoir surrounding the immediate K K, placed at or near the ends of the handles, top'or upper -end of said stationary candle which arrangement gives the great advantage molds. This would only be a modification of of leverage and a much firmer grip on 'the myI said l`invention -in cand-letip-supporting jaws. yW hen the`candles are ejected from the bar operating in a lateral direction in the -said molds, instead of being drawn there. manner and for the purposes substantially as from by the means above mentioned, l use the aforesaid.4 WYhen the. candles are 'ejected device of candle-tip mold a', and piston or from v the said mold, *substantially as deejecting -rod d', Fig. 8, Sheet 2,' of accorascribed and settforth .in` my saidl'asgt reissue panyin g drawings, and which so combined Vofmy said Letters Patent granted to nie on or were patented to me as aforesaid at the date about the '24thday of July, ALD. 1855, the aforesaid.. The said candle tiphiold -so patsaid tipbarmayibe constructed Vwithout any. ented to me may also be seen at c', Figs. 9 and recessesin ythe.iImnedIateedge of the same, as 10, same sheet, and is at large described and j there will recesses in the -side of the said Aset forthin my said last reissue. of my said hetvertical auxiliary bar named aforesaid, all `of ters Patent, as is also the said piston or electing which are" :but fm'cdilcations of my' said newj rod d', eachsof which constitute no part of the 'and im'provedcandle-tip bar constructed and ,invention sought to be patened in or by this arranged so as to come in contact with the tip specification,- and need not be. specifically ci; 'the candles, receive and support the'saine herein described more'than to show the applifor'the-pnrposeof centering the wick in the cation of the said device socnnstructed. combined, and operated to my improvements in vertical stationary candle-molds, herein described und set l'orth, and which may also be .seen at Figs. S, 9, [and 10,'Shect 2 of the accompanying drawings.

At Fig. 12, Sheet 2, may be seen in full size the lower part or attachment of the said vertical stationary candle-mold, and which is there marked U. This device or attachment is constructed with an outer shoulder, c c, same figure, and also seen at Figs. 7, 8, 9, and 10, saine sheet. This shoulder extends entirely around the circumference of the said stationary candle-mold, and may be of any forlnor size deemed best to use to the purposes a-foresaid. A square corner, c', same figure, may

vbe seen, which is for 'thepurpose of holding the said mold in thc said bottom plate of the said water-box while the nut b, Figs. 13 and 1J., is being put thereon and screwed upon and against the said washer upon the underv side ol the said bottom plate, B ,ot'said waterzbox, and thereby prevent said stationary candlemolds from turning round at such time. 'I then construct a screw, c-, upon the lower part ot' said device, as seen at'Fig. 12, also Figs. 7, 8, 9, and 10, Sheet 2. ing H', Fig. 1 2, Sheet 2, through the entire length ot' said device or attachment, and of suiicient size to allow the' use ot' the said candle tip mold oand piston or ejecting rod d to operate therein, substantially vas aforesaid and as shown at said Figs. S, 9, and l0.

At the upper end of the said tube or opening H, Fig. 12, I construct the aforesaid inner shoulder, h h', same figure, which may be of any form or shape deemed best to use and of any required capacity, for the purposes sub stantially as aforesaid.

This device thus constructed will appear in form or shape substantially as shown at Figs. 9,10, and 12, Sheet 2 of the accompanying drawings. -After being thus constructed l attach or combine the-same vwith the lower end of said vertical stationary candle-mold by means and use of solder, which, thus united, will be in form and' appearance substantially the same as shown at Figs. 7 and 8,'Sheet 2 and when in the machine ready for use will be substantially as shown at' Figs. l and 3, Sheet- 1 of accompanying drawings. The said device c c', Fig. 12, may also be made at the same time and with the casting of the s aid stationary candle-mold seen at Fig.' 11 same sheet, but I prefer to cast -it separate and then solder it upon the lower end of the said stationary mold as aforesaid. The upper partofthelinner shoulder, h h', Fig. 12, l usually make `in diameter of the size of the lower end of the candle-mold in which thecandleis' molded, and 'then the said tube or opening ll, I being of less diameter than the vtube or open` ing in said stationary candle-mold, the reqnired shoulder will be formed,l substantially as and for the purposes aforesaid." The said inner shoulderpwlill prevent the said candle-tip mold a/ Vfrom being drawn out or yfrom the said' l construct the opeustationary candle-lnold when said mold is ,being put in readiness to mold a candle with a tip thereon, and also prevent any tallow or other material from escaping from said vertical stationary candle-molds during the operation of molding of the candles, substantially as aforesaid, and is therefore of great utility and importance in the successful mold,V

ing of candles, as aforesaid. The said nut l), Figs 8, 13, and 14 of Sheet 2, may bevof any size or shape deemed best to use. When .this part of my said invention is put into practical use it will be and will appear substantially as shown and seen at Fig. 8, Sheet 2, and Figs.

l and 3 of Sheetl. as aforesaid stated. 'The said device c c/ I usually cast in moldsconstructed for that-special purpose, by means ot which the said screw e', outer shoulder, e, square c', tube or opening Hf, and Vthe inner shoulder, h h', Fig. 12, arc cast for the pnr y' poses aforesaid. l

The bobbins being supplied with wicking and set in their proper positions in the bob bin-frame, the end of the wick from each bobbin is then passed through its respective hole in the wick-tightencr, and then passes up through the candle-molds, when they are gripped by the nippcrs, and the double hooks l I, attached to the rod m, are hooked onto the nippershaft n. of each nipper, then drawn upby means of the. end passing over the pulleys in the beam o and attached to the weight p, and the aforsaid candle tip barF, being swung or moved in a lateral direction up to, against, or under the tips of the candles, substantially as shown at Fig. 1, Sheet 1, and the wick passing through said vertical stationary candle molds bein g somewhat tightened by the aforesaid shaft E, or by means ofthe passing downward ofthe candle-tip mold a. with the'wick passing through the center of the salue, sub

stan ti all y as described and setforth in the last reissue of my aforesaid patent, originallyy as thereby to cool the same sulciently to en- ,y

able the candles to be drawn from the said moldsin a vertical direction, or they may be ejected therefrom in the, same direction by means-of the said candle-tip mold a' and pis- Vtons-or ejecting rods d', and which is fully described and set forth in the last reissue of my said Letters Patent aforesaid and of the dates aforesaid. The candles first drawn or .ejected lcan be removed from the machine 'andfrom the said candle-tip'bar by cutting or severing the" wick by passing the shovel-blade cutter 'J between the wick of the rows of ,candles and uponfthe'upper surface of the and the friction or strain or any su bstantial plate which, as ai'oresaid, forms the bottom of the aforesaid trough orxreservoir and,

of course, over the immediate* upper end of the said vertical stationary molds; After the wick is thus cut the superfluous tallow remaining upon the bottom of .the said trough or reservoir may be scraped oli', when' the candles thus molded in the said stationary candlemolds are readyto be drawn or ejected therefrom in a vertical direction,substantially as aforesaid, and so the operation of the making' ot' candles continues to alli-y desired length of time, each and every part of theaforesaid described machine wor-king and operating in the manner and for the purposes substantially as aforesaid.

Having thus described the nature, lconstrue- ,Y

and operation otv my said invention and tion, improvements in candle-mold' machines, what I claim, and desire to se.cureA by Letters Patent of the United States ot' America, is

1. The employment ot' the wick-stretcher E,

so arranged and combined with the machine i 'havi'ngvertical stationary candle-molds therei in that the candle-wick within the'` materialis run or poured into from before the candles are drawn or ejected from such molds in a vertical'direction, stantially as herein described and set forth.

such molds shall be uniformly stretched or strained before such molds, be removed there- Yand with a screw and nut at or near stationary' candle-molds below, and thereby come in. contact with the tips of the said-candles in such manner as to center the candle wick in `the said molds and at ejected from the the same time hold the said candles thus suspended during the operation oi' filling the said molds with melted material from which -to mold candles, and during the cooling thereof and until the wick is out or severed between' the said suspendedand molded candles in said stationary candlemolds, substantially as herein described and set forth.

4. A vertical stationary candle-mold constructed with an inner and annular shoulder, hf, and with an outer surrounding shoulder, c, the lower end thereof, in the manner and for thepurposes substantially as herein described and set forth.

5. The contraction ot' the lower end ot' the vertical stationary"candle-molds so as to form an inner annular shoulder, in the manner and for the purposes substantially as herein described andsetforth.

Y'6. The mode, substantially` as herein described and set forth, for attaching to and combined with the `lower end ot' the vertical stationary candlemolds having a`n outer surl rounding shoulder, c, andthe bottom plate, B",

of the surrounding water-box, so-as to make subi manner and for the purposes substantiallyv as 2. The stretching or straining of the candlewick in eachV and every of the vertical stationary candle-molds contained in the candle-g mold machine at and simultaneous operation, extends from spools or molds upward, into, and through the center by one continuedl or when the said wick l i wicks, bobbins belowl said' thereof, and from the lower or tip end of such i molds to and into the candles suspended above -such mold, substantially as herein described and set forth. I l

3. The employment of the candle-tip bar-I", equivalent therefor, which shall be so constructed and arranged as t'o' be moved in a lateral direction up to, or against,

or under the tips of the candles drawn -or the saine water-tight and firm therein, in the herein described and set forth. Y

7. The employment of the shovelblade cnt ter .T or any equivalent therefor,` passing' of the same between two rows ot the ot' the vertically-suspended candles, so as to cut'or sever the two rows of the said wicks in the manner and for the purposes substantially as herein described and set forth.

In testimony whereof I have, on this 11th da.)r ot' December, A. D. 1865, hereuntoset'my hand.

lV lLLlS HUM ISTON.

Witnesses Y CHARLES I). KELLUM,

R. FI. REILLF..

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