Improvements in the Manufacture of Cap and other Badges in Imitation of Embroidery.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Oct., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 16th July, 1895-Accepted, 31st Aug., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Cap and other Badges in
Imitation of Embroidery.
I, CHARLES FREDERICK GAUNT, trading as J. R. Gaunt & Son, of
33, Clifford Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Military Ornament and Button
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of the hereindescribed improvements in the manufacture
of cap and other badges for naval and other purposes to imitate embroidery. By
my invention I am enabled to make the said badges much cheaper and more lasting
in wear than are those that are embroidered and to so nearly resemble the same
that at a very short distance it is difficult to distinguish the difference.
In carrying out my invention the wreath part is struck and raised from thin
sheet metal in specially prepared dies of the proper pattern and shape so that the
leaves have as nearly as possible the same appearance as those in an embroidered
wreath. The leaves round the wreath are or may be cut away from each other
and overlap so as to more closely resemble embroidery. The flag or shield or
other device which is surrounded by the wreath is also struck and raised from thin
sheet metal in specially prepared dies by preference separate from the wreath (or
in a piece with the wreath) the coloured part or quarterings of the flag or shield
or other device which are usually worked in coloured silk I make by enamelling
in the required colour or colours. The wreath and flag or shield or other device
made as above described 1 fix on to a pad which is raised in front and by
preference flat at the back and made of cork or other light substance covered with
cloth or other suitable material the edges of the cloth projecting round the cork
so as to be convenient for sewing the badge on to the cap. The wreath and shield
or flag are made with fixing prongs at the back which pass through the pad and
are clenched over to secure the wreath and shield or flag to the pad. These prongs
are hidden by the cloth at the back of the pad.
I prefer to make the wreath part separate from the flag or other centre
ornament so that different flags or other centre ornaments can be used with the
same wreath.
A badge made in accordance with this invention as above described is stronger
and will stand rougher wear than will an embroidered badge and will also stand the
sea air longer and the coloured parts being enamelled do not fade as do the
corresponding coloured silk parts of embroidered badges.
Dated this 15th day of October 1894.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in the Manufacture of Cap and other Badges in
Imitation of Embroidery.
I, CHARLES FREDERICK GAUNT, trading as J. R. Gaunt & Son, of Warstone
Parade and Alfred Street, late of 33, Clifford Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire,
Military Ornament and Button Manufacturer, 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:-
This invention consists of the hereindescribed improvements in the manufacture
of cap and other badges for naval and other purposes to imitate embroidery. By
my invention I am enabled to make the said badges much cheaper and more
lasting in wear than are those that are embroidered and to so nearly resemble
the same that at a very short distance it is difficult to distinguish the difference.
I will describe my invention by referring to the accompanying drawings
on which
Fig. 1 represents a badge made according to this invention;
Fig. 2 shews the metal wreath part of the same separately in front elevation and
in cross section ;
Fig. 3 shews the flag or central device of the same separately in elevation and
in cross section;
Fig. 4 is a front elevation and sectional plan of the pad part of the badge
separately.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.
In carrying out my invention the wreath part A. shewn separately by Fig. 2 is
struck and raised from thin sheet metal in specially prepared dies sunk to
correspond with the pattern and shape of the wreath so that the leaves a when
burnished and chased will have 'as nearly as possible the same appearance as those
in an embroidered wreath. The leaves a round the wreath may if preferred cut
away from each other round their edges and then be made to overlap each other.
so as to more closely resemble embroidery. The flag B (shewn separately by
Fig. 3) or shield or other device which is surrounded by the wreath A is also
struck and raised from thin sheet metal in specially prepared dies sunk to
correspond with the pattern and shape of the flag shield or other device and is by
preference made separate from the wreath A. (or the flag shield or other device.
may be raised in a piece with the wreath) the coloured parts or quarterings b of
the flag or shield or other device which are usually worked in coloured silk I make
by enamelling in the required colour or colours. Or I may pierce out the parts
such as which have to be coloured and obtain the required coloured effect by
placing coloured material at the back.
The
The wreath or flag or shield or other device made as above described I fix on to
a pad C (shewn separately by Fig. 4) which is raised in the front c¹ and is by
preference made flat at the back and made of cork or other light substance
covered with cloth or other suitable material the edges of the cloth projecting
round the cork so as to be convenient for sewing the badge on to the cap.
wreath A and the shield or flag or other central device B are made with fixing
prongs marked respectively a b' at the back which pass through the pad C and
are clenched over at the back to secure the wreath and shield or flag to the pad.
These prongs are hidden by the cloth at the back of the pad. Or instead of the
prongs the wreath A and shield or flag or other central device B may be fixed by
screwed pins which are soldered or otherwise fixed to the back and pass through
the pad and are furnished with nuts at the back of the pad or other means may be
employed for fixing the wreath A and flag or other central device B to the pad.

page_text: I prefer to make the wreath part A separate from the flag or other centre
ornament B and to fix the wreath independently of the flag or central device B so
that the different flags or other centre ornaments can be used with the same wreath
which is a great advantage over the ordinary embroidered badges in which the
wreath and the flag or other central device are embroidered together on one and
the same piece of cloth.
A badge made in accordance with this invention as above described is stronger
and will stand rougher and longer wear than will an embroidered badge and will
also stand the sea air longer and the coloured parts being enamelled do not fade as
do the corresponding coloured silk or cloth parts of embroidered badges. More-
over by being made by the special dies as above described every small detail of the
imitation embroidery is shewn up.
The leaves a on the wreath can either be matted or corded as shewn in Figs. 1
and 2 so as to represent embroidery by silver or gold or other metal cord or the
leaves a may be left plain as shewn for instance in Fig. 5 and represent embroidery
by thin metal strips. This latter has the advantage that it can be more easily
cleaned than can the matted or corded surface which holds the dirt.
The flag, shield or other central device B made as above described may be fixed
on a pad on which a wreath is embroidered; or the imitation embroidered sheet
metal wreath A may be used on a pad in combination with an ordinary embroidered
flag shield or other central device.
Instead of the pattern of the sheet metal weath A and central flag shield or
other device B being raised up as shewn upon my drawings, the said pattern
may be indented so as to get filled up black after the badge has been cleaned a
few times.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is :-
1. Making the wreaths of cap and other badges from sheet metal raised in dies
so as to have the appearance of embroidery substantially as herein set forth.
2. Making the flags or central devices of cap and other badges from sheet
metal raised in dies so as to have the appearance of embroidery substantially as
herein set forth.
3. In a cap or other badge the combination of a sheet metal wreath and a fiag
or central device both formed by dies so as to have the appearance of embroidery
and fixed to a suitable pad substantially as herein set forth.
4. In a cap or other badge the combination with an embroidered flag or central
device of a sheet metal wreath formed by dies so as to have the appearance of
embroidery and fixed to a suitable pad substantially as herein set forth.
5. In a cap or other badge the combination with an embroidered wreath of a
sheet metal Hag or central device formed by dies so as to have the appearance of
embroidery and fixed to a pad on which the wreath is embroidered substantially
as herein set forth.
Dated this 15th day of July 1895.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.