Wick holding attachment for candle molds

Claim 1

In combination with a candle mold of the type including a lower horizontal base panel and at least one upstanding mold tube having a reduced diameter lower end secured in and through said lower horizontal base panel, a resilient fluid sealing pad removably disposed beneath said base panel with the lower end of said tube abutted thereagainst to close said lower end against the discharge of molten wax therefrom, the lower end of said tube projecting downwardly through and slightly beneath said base panel for end edge engagement of said tube reduced diameter lower end with said pad, said base panel including peripheral downwardly directed supporting skirt portions whose lower edges are adapted to abut a suitable supporting surface, said pad being disposed within the confines of said skirt portions and of a height, in relation to the height os said skirt portions, to enable the reduced diameter lower end of said tube to rest upon and slightly downwardly deflect the engaged portion of said pad when said pad and skirt portions are resting upon a horizontal plane surface, an upper horizontal support plate through which the upper end of said mold tube is secured, a wick string supporting structure portion shiftable into and out of position supported from said upper plate with said portion spaced above said tube and registered with the centerline thereof, said supporting structure portion including means operative to engage the upper end portion of a wick string projecting upwardly out of said tube and to support said string upper end portion in position aligned with the centerline of said tube, said supporting structure portion comprising a portion of a mounting plate removably engaged with said upper support plate, said mounting plate including one outer periphery portion which overlies the said upper horizontal support plate, said mounting plate including an opening formed therethrough registered with the upper end of said tube and an extension projecting inwardly of said opening And extending past the center line of said tube, a slot formed in said extension whose inner end is registered with said center line, the said one outer peripheral portion of said mounting plate disposed on a radius of said tube extending generally centrally through said extension projecting horizontally outwardly of the corresponding peripheral portion of said support plate and having an outwardly opening notch formed therein, said slot and notch being adapted to frictionally engage longitudinally spaced portions of the upper end of a wick string extending through the center of said tube.