Candle holder adapter for an electric lighting fixture
OwnerJames D. Logan, Caren Thornburghinventors
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Abstract
An adapter for converting an electric light fixture into a candle-burning chandelier. A candle holder adapter includes a cavity at the bottom which fits over and is retained by the vertical light bulb socket support. The candle holder may include an wax catching tray. The candle may be a conventional candle which fits into the candle holder adapter, or may be specially formed to mate with the adapter. The adapter may hold or form a liquid fuel reservior for a fuel burning candle. In an O.E.M. fixture, the vertical light bulb socket support may be removed from the fixture and replaced by a conventional candle or a specially formed candle holder.
Claims22
The method of mounting a candle on an existing electrical fixture in which an electric light bulb is normally screwed into a threaded light bulb socket at the top of an upright columnar standard comprising, in combination, the steps of:
- constructing a candle holder that forms a hollow passageway open at the bottom of said candle holder,
- removing said light bulb from said light bulb socket, and
- placing said candle holder on said fixture such that said columnar standard and said threaded light bulb socket is inserted into said hollow passageway to laterally support said candle holder.
The method of mounting a candle on an existing electrical fixture in which an electric light bulb is normally screwed into a threaded light bulb socket at the top of an upright columnar standard which is surrounded by a decorative sleeve, said method comprising, in combination, the steps of:
- attaching a candle holder to said candle, said candle holder including means for supporting a candle and further being formed to define a hollow passageway that is open at the bottom and has an inside dimension approximately equal to the inside dimension of said decorative sleeve,
- removing said light bulb from said threaded light bulb socket,
- removing said sleeve from said upright standard, and
- placing said candle holder on said fixture such that said column standard and said threaded light bulb socket is inserted into said hollow passageway to laterally support said candle holder.
An adaptor for converting an electrical light fixture into a candle holder, said electrical light fixture including a threaded light bulb socket for receiving a light bulb mounted at the top of an upright support structure, said adaptor comprising, in combination,
- a candle holder attached to a candle, said candle holder including means for supporting a candle and further defining a passageway that is open at the bottom and sized to fit over said upright standard and said threaded light bulb socket to laterally support said candle holder on said light fixture.
The method of mounting a candle on an existing electrical fixture in which an electric light bulb is normally screwed into a threaded light bulb socket at the top of an upright columnar standard comprising, in combination, the steps of:
- constructing a candle assembly that comprises a candle having a cylindrical cavity in its base and a hollow sleeve member inserted into said cavity to form a hollow passageway into said candle, said hollow passageway being open at the bottom to receive said upright columnar standard and said threaded light bulb socket,
- removing said light bulb from said light bulb socket, and
- placing said candle assembly on said fixture such that said columnar standard and said threaded light bulb socket is inserted into said hollow passageway to laterally support said candle assembly.
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