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US1496837A
US1496837A US485481A US48548121A US1496837A US 1496837 A US1496837 A US 1496837A US 485481 A US485481 A US 485481A US 48548121 A US48548121 A US 48548121A US 1496837 A US1496837 A US 1496837A
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  • My invention relates'to wicks for candles
  • sacramental candles which are made of paraffin
  • the wick must be self-supporting, due to the early melting of the paraliin when the candle is left burning, and the other that the wick should burn evenly without flicker or flare and for a definite time.
  • Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view showing the braiding operation.
  • Figure 2 is a much enlarged view of the braided Wick.
  • Figure 3 is a diagrammatic view illustrating the square nature of the braid, the threads or twine being much enlarged.
  • Single ply twine is mounted on these spools so that eight pieces of single ply twine are used in the wick as distinguished from, say four pieces of double ply twine, which would give a wick of equal diameter, but in which there would not be any guaranty of uniformity, due to unevenness in the double ply and the difficulty of handling double ply twine in a perfectly uniform manner in a braiding machine.
  • the threads of twine are passed thro-ugh a hole 5 as they are drawn from the spools during the spool movement, said spools passing each other and each spool l acting to lay its thread across each spool 3 during the operation.
  • the result of moving the spools in the manner described and withdrawing the twine through the former plate at the same time is to form a square braid, in which the threads cross each other at 6, 7, 8, and 9, at the points where the spools pass each other.
  • threads of single ply twine as a, Z), c, d, e, f, g,V and h, it will be noted that thread a passes under thread and at the same time thread c passes over thread cl, and so on, as -er the diagram in Figure 3.
  • thread 2 will have taken the place of thread c and will pass over its companion thread which will be the case all the way around the pattern.
  • the lead wire ⁇ l0 is drawn straight up from the intermediate space 1l between the spools, Aforming an unbent core or center for the braid with the braid formed closely about it.
  • the completed braid with the lead core comes to the emery faced rolls it naturally is bent, but no kinks or breakage can occur in the wire at this stage.
  • the lead core is of a diameter only slightly larger than the individual pieces of single ply twine.
  • a candle wick for the purpose described comprising strands ofI single ply twine tightly and uniformly braided about a straight core of bendable and expendable wire, such as lead wire.
  • a candle wick for the purpose described comprising strands of twine closely braided in a square (pattern over a straight core of bendable and expendable wire, such as lead wire.
  • a candle wick for the purpose described comprising eight single ply strands of twine, braided closely in asquare pattern over a straight core of bendable and ea pendable wire, such as lead wire.

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June 10, 1924.
- F. P. ATKINs l cANnLEwIcK Filed July 1a. 1921 Patented June 10, 1924.
UNITED srarss FRANK P. ATKINS, OF CINCINNATI, O'HIO.
CANDLEWICK.
Application filed July 18, 1921.
To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, FRANK P. ATKINS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Candlewicks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.
My invention relates'to wicks for candles,
A and more particularly to wire cored wicks as used in sacramental paraflin candles.
In sacramental candles, which are made of paraffin, there are two essentials, one of them being that the wick must be self-supporting, due to the early melting of the paraliin when the candle is left burning, and the other that the wick should burn evenly without flicker or flare and for a definite time.
It is the object of my invention to provide a candle wick having a core of lead wire, and to yso incorporate the twine of the wick with the wire that a uniform structure results having just the correct burning quality and duration.
I am aware that cores of wire have been used in Wicks, but am not advised of any efforts' prior to mine to make a perfect burnin wick with wire. In fact, so great is the de icacy of the wicks that where the wick is unduly bent or handled, or the slightest variation in structure permitted, it will not give the desired results. I find that I have to wind the wick on cores which are shipped with the wick on them without rewinding it from the braiding machine, as otherwise the wick quality cannot be guaranteed.
I accomplish my objects by that certain construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more specifically pointed out and claimed, wherein I braid the twine over a straight core of wire, said twine being of single ply, and the braid being four sided, and twisting being entirely avoided.
In the drawings,
Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view showing the braiding operation.
Figure 2 is a much enlarged view of the braided Wick. l
Figure 3 is a diagrammatic view illustrating the square nature of the braid, the threads or twine being much enlarged.
l have not attempted to show a complete braiding machine, nor the method of draw-1 Serial No. 485,481.
ing the Wick material through the former I i plate having a single hole therein,of approXimately the desired diameter of the wick, whence the wick passes onto the driven rolls, which are faced with emery cloth to prevent slipping. Several turns around the rolls are made in the wick, after which it is guided to a winding shaft which rolls it up on a removable ibre'spool, upon which the wick is shipped. c
These operations, with the exception of the emery cloth on the rolls and the removable fibre spools or cores, are used in -twine braiding machines as a familiar practice, and need not be detailed vto those skilled in the art.
I have merely illustrated the nature of the braid by showing in Figure 1 eight spools of which the spools l move around a ligure 8 path as at 2, and the spools 3 move around a like path 4.
Single ply twine is mounted on these spools so that eight pieces of single ply twine are used in the wick as distinguished from, say four pieces of double ply twine, which would give a wick of equal diameter, but in which there would not be any guaranty of uniformity, due to unevenness in the double ply and the difficulty of handling double ply twine in a perfectly uniform manner in a braiding machine.
As w-as noted the threads of twine are passed thro-ugh a hole 5 as they are drawn from the spools during the spool movement, said spools passing each other and each spool l acting to lay its thread across each spool 3 during the operation.
The result of moving the spools in the manner described and withdrawing the twine through the former plate at the same time is to form a square braid, in which the threads cross each other at 6, 7, 8, and 9, at the points where the spools pass each other.
By referring to the threads of single ply twine as a, Z), c, d, e, f, g,V and h, it will be noted that thread a passes under thread and at the same time thread c passes over thread cl, and so on, as -er the diagram in Figure 3. At the next raiding step the thread 2 will have taken the place of thread c and will pass over its companion thread which will be the case all the way around the pattern.
During this braiding operation the lead wire` l0 is drawn straight up from the intermediate space 1l between the spools, Aforming an unbent core or center for the braid with the braid formed closely about it. After the completed braid with the lead core comes to the emery faced rolls it naturally is bent, but no kinks or breakage can occur in the wire at this stage.
In making up the candle a hole is left in the parafin stick, and the wick thrust up through the hole, after being paraffincoated itself. The entire product is placed in a glass container, which wil'lhold the paran when it is melted, the wick having some kind of a pla-te on its lower end to hold it upright. y
These `featureshowever form no part of my invention, which consists in the wick ofsingleply twine braided over a straight piece of lead wire. In burning; `the wire melts as the wick is expended,y and with a wick of the character produced as above, the burning time can Abe calculated Clown to minutes of time, and the flame. indoors, out of draft, will be constant and fairly low.
This adapts the wick perfectly for sacramental purposes, where candles must never go out and leave the sacred place in darkness, and where an even low flame is required.
The lead core is of a diameter only slightly larger than the individual pieces of single ply twine.
Having thus described my invent-ion, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is
l. A candle wick for the purpose described, comprising strands ofI single ply twine tightly and uniformly braided about a straight core of bendable and expendable wire, such as lead wire.
2. A candle wick for the purpose described, comprising strands of twine closely braided in a square (pattern over a straight core of bendable and expendable wire, such as lead wire. a Y
3. A candle wick for the purpose described, comprising eight single ply strands of twine, braided closely in asquare pattern over a straight core of bendable and ea pendable wire, such as lead wire.
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US2745271A (en) * 1953-07-24 1956-05-15 Standard Oil Co Candle wick and method of preparing same
US2818718A (en) * 1956-05-18 1958-01-07 Atkins & Pearce Mfg Company Self-sustaining wicking for candle lights
US20120148967A1 (en) * 2010-12-13 2012-06-14 Thomas Thomas J Candle wick including slotted wick members
EP3572488A1 (en) 2018-05-22 2019-11-27 Fil-Tec, Inc. Multiple wick candle assemblies and methods of making the same
US20210102143A1 (en) * 2017-06-09 2021-04-08 Fil-Tec Holdings, Inc. Multiple wick candle assemblies and methods of making the same
EP3831916A1 (en) 2019-12-05 2021-06-09 Fil-Tec Holdings, Inc. Multiple candle wick assemblies and methods and apparatus for making the same

Cited By (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2745271A (en) * 1953-07-24 1956-05-15 Standard Oil Co Candle wick and method of preparing same
US2818718A (en) * 1956-05-18 1958-01-07 Atkins & Pearce Mfg Company Self-sustaining wicking for candle lights
US20120148967A1 (en) * 2010-12-13 2012-06-14 Thomas Thomas J Candle wick including slotted wick members
US20210102143A1 (en) * 2017-06-09 2021-04-08 Fil-Tec Holdings, Inc. Multiple wick candle assemblies and methods of making the same
US11021677B2 (en) 2017-06-09 2021-06-01 Fil-Tec Holdings, Inc. Multiple wick candle assemblies and methods of making the same
US11781089B2 (en) * 2017-06-09 2023-10-10 Fil-Tec Holdings, Inc. Multiple wick candle assemblies and methods of making the same
EP3572488A1 (en) 2018-05-22 2019-11-27 Fil-Tec, Inc. Multiple wick candle assemblies and methods of making the same
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