Year: 1887

page_text: I, GEORGE BARNLEY, of the Manor House, Wigston Magna, in the County of
Leicester, Wesleyan Minister, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
I provide for the easy identification of umbrella handles,-walking sticks,-whips,—
and similarly portable articles, and for the expeditious affixing of such means of
identification.
This I do by making moveable types, or dies, so that each letter, with its depressed
counterpart, may be arranged in any desired order, ready for embossing a strip of
metal, or other material, when such strip of material is compressed between the
stamps.
I further arrange these types in grooves on the surface of two cylinders which, by
their revolution, produce the embossing; or I arrange them in a frame work of some
other form, where compression or concussion will produce the same effect.
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The name 'band, when embossed, is kept in its proper place, either by using
cement, or, preferably, by using a metal clip for uniting its ends, the clip being
rendered firm by perforation, or by pins, or screws.
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to Umbrellas and similarly Portable Articles.
1, GEORGE BARNLEY, Manor House, Wigston Magua, Leicestershire, Wesleyan
Minister, 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 :-
I provide for the easy identification of walking sticks, umbrella handles, whip
stocks, Portmanteaus, Bags, or other portable articles, by attaching to them a band
of metal, or other substance, on which the name, or name, and address, of the
owner, is distinctly embossed. And I do this so expeditiously, legibly, and at so
small a cost, as to afford great advantages in comparison with the practice of
engraving, or other existing methods of identification.
The material of which the said Band, or label is made, may be either metal, or any
other suitable substance. And the letters may run in a continuous line, or they may
be embossed on only a part of the band, so as to present the form of a lozenge,
or shield.
For producing the embossed letters, I use a set of steel or other dies, in which each
separate letter is made in relief, and it has a corresponding depression. These diés
are easily distributed, and rearranged, so as to form any word, or words, which may
be desired.
I also provide an engine, which may consist of two cylinders, 'in each of which
there is a groove for receiving the dies, and in which they are so arranged that the
cylinders, in revolving, gives the desired impression to a thin strip of metal, or other
substance, which is inserted between them.
Or I may produce the same effect by arranging the dies in a frame, or frames,
which are then placed in opposition the one to the other, and, a strip of any suitable
material being placed between them, the embossing is produced by pressure, or
percussion.
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When the band has been embossed, I attach, or fasten it, to the article it is intended
to mark, by one or other of the following methods:-
1. By using a separate clip, into which, when the article is of cylindrical form,-
the two extreme ends of the band are made to pass. And I then perforate all the
thicknesses together,-trusting to the perforation to give firmness to the whole; or
I make the security more complete by the insertion of pins, or screws.
2. By so shaping the band as to leave, at one end, two projecting arms, at right
angles to the band itself. These ends are afterwards bent backwards, and folded over
so as to form a groove into which the other end of the band is received. And I then
give firmness to the whole by indentation, or by pins, or screws, in the same manner
as when I use a separate clip.

page_text: 3. By using a cement of any suitable kind, when the band is made of paper, or any
similar substance.
4. In attaching such name band to any flat surface I may employ a fastening of
pins, or screws, or cement, according to the kind of article to be marked.
The following letters, and figures refer to the Drawings which shew the nature of
the Invention, and which are deposited herewith :-
Fig. I. Shows a travelling bag, with metal frame attached, holding in it an
embossed name band, as proposed.
Fig. II. A name band, shewing the embossed lettering, and as it is, previously to
being curved for adjustment to a cylindrical object.
a. a. Projecting arms, which are a part of the strip of metal, or other substance,
when originally prepared for embossing; and which are afterwards to be folded over,
so as to form a receptacle for the other end of the band, when it encircles the cylinder.
b. b. The projections a a when folded back, and made ready to receive the other
end of the band.
Fig. III. The same band as at Fig. II. but as it appears when the ends are ready
to be united, so that, where the small circles appear, there may be perforations,
either with, or without, pins, or screws, passing through all the thicknesses, and
entering into the substance beneath.
Fig. IV. Part of an umbrella, shewing the name band attached, and ready for use.
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
I. The provision of improved means for indicating the ownership of umbrellas,
travelling bags, and other portable articles.
II. The doing this, so as to economise time, and cost in the operation; and, at the
same time, to render the inscription very distinctly legible.
Dated this 25th day of October 1887.