ical Subscriptions.
Year: 1885

page_text: ship is Defined by the Payment of Periodical Subscriptions.
We ROBERT EDWARD PHILLIPS of Rochelle, Selhurst Road, South Norwood, in
the County of Surrey, Consulting Engineer and ERNEST RICHARD SHIPTON of
139 Fleet Street in the City of London in the County of Middlesex, Journalist do
hereby declare the nature of our said invention for "AN IMPROVED BADGE FOR
CLUBS AND OTHER BODIES WHOSE MEMBERSHIP IS DEFINED BY THE PAYMENT Of
PERIODICAL SUBSCRIPTIONS," to be as follows:-
As an
The object of our invention in the construction of a badge in which the ticket of
membership shall form a conspicious part so that the badge per se shall only be a
token of membeship so long as the ticket of membership forms part of it, such
ticket of membership being the current one for the existing time.
illustration of the object.of our invention we will cite a practical example of the
evil our invention is specially suited to remedy. In the Cyclists Touring Club (a
body numbering close on 20,000 members) membership is obtained after certain
formalities have been gone through, by paying a small annual subscription. On
payment of this subscription a member is entitled to wear the uniform and badge
(which at the present time is a small metal shield bearing the words THE CYCLISTS'
TOURING CLUB) of the club and on production of his ticket of membership, which
now consists of a small folding leather-covered ticket (similar to a stores ticket) the
inside.of which bears on a .coloured ground (changed annually) brief information
as to the nature of the club, and the member's name, membership number, address
etc; to a certain reduced tariff fixed by the club at certain given hotels throughout
the world to to many minor advantages, too numerous to set forth. It will be seen
that this system is open to two objections;-First, It offers no protection to the
club against its own members, and Secondly, It offers no protection to the club
against the outside public. In the former case a member may after once paying
his subscription purchase a badge which therefore becomes his own property, and
although he may never again pay his subscription he can pass as a member by
wearing the badge of the club and may consequently, though fradulently, obtain
many of the advantages of the club as it is an easy matter to account for the non-
production of the ticket of membership when asked for it. In the latter case which
is the most serious of the two, anyone outside the club may make or cause to be
made, sell, and wear the badge with impunity as it was not protected before it was

page_text: published and even had it been the period of protection by registration is so short
as to be practically useless to meet this case, as it would be highly prejudical to
the club to have to issue a newly designed badge at frequent intervals merely to
obtain protection for it. The result of this is that the badge of the club is being
made and sold by unauthorized persons and is consequently bought and worn by
many persons who neither are, or ever have been members of the club. To the
attainment of the object of our invention we construct' and arrange our badge as
follows; We take a locket of any desired shape or size and form the front of it of
open or filigree work, which may either define some particular object or figure, or
the name, initials or monogram of the club. Inside the locket is placed a coloured
ticket of membership made preferably of some material which is proof against damp
and heat. The ticket will bear on the face of it, the number of the year for which
it is issued and preferably also the secretary's signature, or some registered Trade
Mark, and on the back the name of the member and his membership number etc.
The colour of the ticket will be varied each year. When the ticket is placed in the
locket the combination becomes a badge and it presents the appearance of a
enamelled metal badge, the metal part being in relief; the colour of what appear
to be the enamel but what is in reality the ticket of membership at once shows
that the badge is a genuine one for the current time, while if any doubt should
arise a closer inspection will reveal through the filigree work, the official markings
on the face of the ticket and on opening the locket the identity of the wearer may
be established.
The badge may be either worn as a badge or as an appendage to the watch chain,
and any suitable device for attaching it may be used and sometimes it may be
found convenient to glaze the front and also the back of the locket. so that the
ticket may be made of ordinary cardboard and so that the back, may be seen
without opening the locket. Or again the back may be made of open filigree work
like the front.
A suitable badge for the Cyclists' Touring Club may be constructed as follows,
without departing very much from the lines of the present badge.-We take a
locket formed in the shape of the present badge and pierce the front of it so as to
show the words THE CYCLISTS' TOURING CLUB through on to the coloured ticket of
membership within, giving the appearance of the words being enamelled. Another
badge suitable for a cycling club is constructed in the shape of a cycle wheel, the
spokes forming the filigree work, through which the coloured ticket of membership
and the marking thereon are plainly visable.
It will be seen that a badge constructed and arranged according to our invention
is proof against fraud in either of the cases before cited, as the locket per se is not a
badge and does not become so, until the current ticket of membership is placed
within it. Although herein before described as applicable. to Cycling Clubs these
badges may be used by any clubs or bodies having annual or other periodical
subscriptions for instance they may be used by Railway Companies for Season
tickets, in which case the filigree work on the front of the locket would define or
form the arms or initials of the company, while the ticket would be made of various
colours to denote the various periods of payments, and the different classes would
be denoted by various stripes or other markings on the different colours. The faces
of the ticket would be available for markings for purposes of identification. As
these badge may be appended or carried on the watch chain they would always be
at hand and may readily be shown when required.
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page_text: ship is Defined by the Payment of Periodical Subscriptions.
We ROBERT EDWARD PHILLIPS of Rochelle, Selhurst Road, South Norwood in
the County of Surrey, Consulting. Engineer; and ERNEST. RICHARD SHIPTON of
139 Fleet Street, in the City of London, in the County of Middlesex, Journalist,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
"
The object of our invention is the construction of a badge of which the ticket of
membership forms a conspicuous, and essential part, so that the badge per se shall
only be a token of membership so long as the ticket of membership forms a part of
it, such ticket of membership being the current one for the existing period. As an
illustration of the object of our invention we will cite a practical example of the
evil our invention is specially suited to remedy. In the "Cyclists Touring Club
(a body numbering close on 20,000 members) membership is obtained after certain
formalities have been gone through, by paying a small annual subscription, on the
payment of which a member is entitled to wear the uniform and badge of the club
(which at the present time is a small metal shield bearing the words CYCLISTS'
TOURING CLUB") and on production of a ticket of membership, which now consists
of a small folding leather covered. ticket (similar to a "stores" ticket); the inside.
of which bears on a colored ground, brief information as to the nature of the club.
and the member's name, address etc. to a certain reduced tariff fixed by the club at
certain appointed hotels throughout the world, and to many minor advantages too
numerous to set forth. It will be seen that this system of identification is open to
two objections. First:-It offers no. protection to the club against its own
members, and Secondly:-It offers no protection to the club against the outside
public. In the former case a member can after once paying his subscription.
purchase a badge, which becomes his own property, and although he may never
again pay his subscription he is able to pose as a member by wearing the badge of
the club, and can consequently, though fraudulently, obtain many of the advantages
of the club, as it is an easy matter to account for the non-production of the ticket
of membership when required' to produce it. In the latter case which is the more
serious of the two, anyone outside the club may make, or cause to be made, and
wear the badge with impunity, as it was not protected before it was published, and
even had it been, the period of protection by registration is so short as to be
practically useless to meet. this case, as it would be highly prejudicial to the club.
to have to issue: a. newly designed badge at frequent intervals merely to obtain
protection for it. The result. of this is, that the badge of the club is being made
and sold by unauthorized persons, and is consequently bought and worn by many
persons who. neither are, or ever have been, members of the club.
To attain this end we construct our badge of two parts one of which is capable:
of being detached from the other. The one part consists of a case or locket, the
front of which is formed of open or filigree work, the, relief of which forms anya

page_text: desired design, figure, name or monogram. The other part consists of a disc prefer-
ably made of some plastic material impervious to moisture, and heat, on the face of
which is formed an intaglio of the same design, figure, name, or monogram, as is
formed by the filigree work on the front of the case, so that when the disc is placed
within the case, the intaglio coincides with the relief of the case and forms.an even
surface on the front of it, thus by making the disc of any suitable color the appear-
ance of the case when the ticket is placed within it, is that of a badge with a
colored enamelled ground. The disc forms a ticket of membership which can be
renewed at stated intervals, and may be made of various colors to denote its
validity for certain periods. The front of the ticket may also bear the number of
the year for which it is available and also the secretary's signature, or some other
registered Trade Mark, and on the back which is preferably left plain for the
purpose, the name and address of the member, with his or her membership number,
and other official markings. When the two parts are fixed together the combina-
tion becomes a badge for the then current period, and what appears to be the
enamel, but what in reality is the disc or ticket of membership at once shows that
the badge is a genuine one for the current time, while if any doubt should arise, a
closer inspection would reveal the official markings on the face of the ticket, and
an inspection of the back of the badge would enable the identity of the wearer to.
be established.
We sometimes use a plain disc with the design printed or impressed on the face
of it, instead of making an intaglio of it. The disc may be made of any suitable
material that is impervious to moisture or heat, or it may be made of cardboard, or
paper, and placed in the case between two sheets of thin glass, talc, or other trans-
parent material, or the tickets may be made impervious to moisture by any suitable
preparation after the official markings have been made thereon.
In order that our invention may be fully understood we will more particularly
describe it with the aid of the accompanying drawings in which similar parts are
marked with like letters of reference throughout the several views.
Fig. 1 is a view showing the badge complete, the renewable disc, or ticket of
membership, being colored black with the year in white on the face of it. Fig. 2
is a view of the case open showing the back of the disc or ticket of membership.
Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the badge. Figs. 4 and 5 are views showing the front
and back of the disc or ticket of membership respectively and Fig. 6 a sectional
view of the disc through the recesses for the spokes of the wheel forming the design
of the case.
Referring to these figures A designates the case or locket forming a design of a
cycle wheel the spokes a. a. etc. of which, form the open or filigree work of the case.
The back of the case is made open as illustrated by Fig. 2. B designates the disc,
or ticket, of membership the face of which is formed with recesses b. b. etc. to fit
and coincide with the spokes a. a. etc of the case. The disc is made of different
colors every year, or the face only may be colored, and the back left plain to receive
the official markings.
The badge may be either worn as a badge, or as an appendage to the watch chain,
and any suitable device for attaching it may be used..
It, will be seen that a badge constructed and arranged according to our invention
is proof against fraud in either of the cases before cited. First as a protection to
the club against its own members;-As neither part of the badge per se is a badge,
and does not become so, until combined and arranged with the other part, no one
who is in arrears with his, or her, subscription can pose as a member of the club...
Secondly as a protection to the club against the outside public;-The combination
of the ticket of membership with the badge as herein set forth and claimed, is
protected by the Letters Patent of this application, while the component parts will
be protected by Trade Marks forming part of the external designs or markings
thereof. Although herein before described as applicable to Cycling Clubs these
badges may be used by any clubs or bodies having annual, or other periodical,
subscriptions; for instance they may be used by Railway Companies for Season

page_text: tickets; in which case the open or filigree work forming either, or both, the front
and back of the case would define or form the arms or initials of the Company;
while the renewable part forming the ticket would be made of various colors to
denote the various periods of payment, and the different classes would be denoted
by various stripes or other markings on the different colors. The faces of the
ticket would be available for markings for purposes of identification. As these
badges may be appended or carried on the watch chain, they would always be at
hand and may be readily shown when required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is: —
First. A badge for clubs and other bodies whose membership is defined by the
payment of periodical subscriptions, consisting essentially of two parts, one of
which is changeable so as to be renewed at stated intervals, as and for the purpose,
hereinbefore set forth.
Secondly. A badge consisting of a case or locket in the shape of a cycle wheel,
the spokes of which form the open or filigree work, and a circular disc with an
intaglio on one face, to coincide with the filigree work of the case, forming a ticket
of membership, combined and arranged, as herein before described and shown.
Thirdly. Combining with a badge of membership, a periodical ticket of member-
ship, as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.
Fourthly. A badge, an essential portion of which is changeable or renewable at
stated, or given intervals, as and for the purpose herein before set forth.
ROBT. ED. PHILLIPS, M.I.M.E.,
Agent for the Applicants.