Improvements in or relating to the Marking or Identification of Goods
Year: 1898

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Date of Application, 24th Dec., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 10th Aug., 1899-Accepted, 16th Sept., 1899
Improvements in or relating to the Marking or Identification
of Goods
I, DESIRÉ FRANÇOIS' MALÉZIEUX, Engineer, of Raincy, near Paris, in the
Republic of France, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The use of trade marks applied directly to the packing or even to the products
themselves, which are to be recognised by the trade mark has a serious drawback
In fact when the products are those that diminish in volume when repeatedly
need a trade mark even when applied to their periphery soon disappears, so that
it is afterwards impossible to identify or know where the products come from
This invention relates to means for enabling the origin of certain products to
be recognised, until they are nearly completely used up or destroyed by use.
The trade mark or identification is constituted by a plate of metal, glass, wood,
porcelain or other material, which can be introduced into a box or holder of any
shape. When soap or any other product which diminishes in volume by use, is
being moulded, a receptacle containing the trade mark or tablet is introduced
into the centre of the mould so that this receptacle is surrounded on all sides by
the material.
It will be understood that when the product (soap or other material) is shaken,
the noise caused by the tablet striking against the walls of the receptacle..will be
heard In this way the seller and buyer will recognise this peculiarity of the
product and will be always able to recognise the origin of the product containing
means of identification.
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Of course the plate tablet or other device may be provided if desired. with any
inscription.
It is sufficient that this plate tablet or device should be of some material
adapted to produce a noise when it strikes against the walls of the receptacle and
for this purpose its dimensions must be a little smaller than those of the hollow
interior of said receptacle.
The plate eto, may of course be of any shape or size and the same remark applies
to the receptacle which may be closed in any desired manner.
Dated this 24th day of December 1808.

page_text: Improvements in or relating to the Marking or Identification
of Goods.
I, DESIRÉ FRANÇOIS MALÉZIEUX, Engineer, of Rainey, near Paris, in the
Republic of France, 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 use of trade marks applied directly to the packing receptacle or wrapper
or even to the products themselves, which are to be recognised by the trade
mark has a serious drawback. In fact when the products are those that
diminish in volume when repeatedly used, a trade mark even when applied
actually to their surface soon disappears so that it is afterwards impossible to
identify or know where the products come from.
This invention relates to means for enabling the origin of certain products to
be recognised until they are nearly completely used up or destroyed by use
This invention 18 illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawing
in which
Figure 1 shows a trade mark and a receptacle for receiving it.
Figures 2, 3 and 4 show this device introduced into the interior of say, a cake
of soap.
The trade mark or identification tablet A 18 constituted by a plate of metal,
glass, wood porcelain or other material which can be introduced into a box or
holder B of any shape. When soap or any other product which diminishes in
volume by use, 18 being moulded, a receptacle B containing the trade mark or
tablet A is introduced into the centre of the mould so that this receptacle 18
surrounded on all sides by the material.
It will be understood that when the product (soap or other material) 18 shaken,
the noise caused by the tablet striking against the walls of the receptacle B will
be heard. In this way the seller and buyer will recognise this peculiarity of the
product and will be always able to recognise the origin of the product containing
this means of identification
Of course the plate, tablet, or other object A may be provided if desired with
any desired inscription.
It is sufficient that this plate, tablet or object should be of some material
adapted to produce a noise when it strikes against the walls of the receptacle and
for this purpose its dimensions must be a little smaller than those of the hollow
interior of said receptacle
The plate ete. A may of course be of any shape or size and the same remark
applies to the receptacle B which may be closed in any desired manner, either
permanently or otherwise.
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
I claim is:-
1. The method of manufacturing articles made of paste or the like or of
material which can be moulded in order that products of a certain origin may be
distinguished, consisting in introducing into the body of the article when it 18
being manufactured or moulded a block, ball or the like of metal, glass, wood or
other material enclosed in a case, capable of producing, by the impact between the
case and the object it contains, a noise when shaken, substantially as described.
2 A ball, cake, or block of soap or like moulded article provided in its interior

page_text: with a case containing a block ball, tablet or the like of glass, wood or other
material, adapted to produce a rattling sound when the article is shaken, sub-
stantially as described.