Improvements in Medallions, Trade Marks, or the like, and in Affixing the same to Brush Ware and other Articles.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Mar., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 27th Dec.. 1895-Accepted. 8th Feb.. 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Medallions, Trade Marks, or the like, and in
Affixing the same to Brush Ware and other Articles.
I, HERBERT ALEXANDER WANKLYN, of 17 Manchester Avenue, in the City
of London, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in affixing medallions, trade marks or
the like, to brush ware and other articles, and the object of my invention is to fix
said medallions or the like, without using cement and without pinning the medallions
as hitherto done.
In carrying out my invention I cut a recess of suitable shape and depth in the
articles on which a medallion or the like is to be mounted. I then insert in
the recess a medallion, trade mark or the like, which medallion, trade mark or the
like may be made of soft metal or other suitable material and is convex on the
upper side and concave on the under side. After having been inserted in the recess
as described, said medallion, trade mark or the like is flattened out to a sufficient
extent by any suitable means, so that its periphery is brought in very close
frictional contact with the sides of the recess, and is thereby firmly retained within
said recess.
For the purpose of still further ensuring that the medallion, trade mark or the
like, shall be firmly retained within the recess, I may form the periphery of said
medallion, trade mark or the like, with a number of projecting teeth or the like,
the arrangement being such that when such toothed medallion, trade mark or the
like, is inserted in the recess and flattened out as described, the said teeth on the
periphery of the medallion, trade mark or the like, will be pressed into the wood
or other material in which the recess is made.
I wish it to be understood that I do not confine my invention to the affixing of
medallions, or trade marks, as name or initial plates and similar plates or articles
may also be fixed in a similar manner. Said medallions, trade marks, name or
initial plates or the like, may also be made of any suitable material and the recess
in the article to which such plate is to be fixed, may be made in any desired manner
and by any suitable means. For the purpose of flattening the medallion, trade
mark or other similar plate or article, I prefer to use a boxwood punch or the like,
so that the surface of such medallion, trade mark or the like, shall not be injured
while being flattened, and I prefer to make that end of the punch which is brought
in contact with the medallion, trade mark or the like, when being flattened,
concave to a suitable extent, so that said medallion, trade mark or the like, will
be flattened out to a sufficient extent to be firmly affixed to the brush or other
article and yet left concave, whereby its appearance is enhanced.
Dated this 27th day of March 1895.
HORN, SON & Co.,
Applicant's Agents.

page_text: Improvements in Medallions, Trade Marks, or the like, and in
Affixing the same to Brush Ware and other Articles.
I, HERBERT ALEXANDER WANKLYN, of 17 Manchester Avenue, in the City
of London, Merchant, 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 relates to improvements in affixing medallions, trade marks or
the like, to brush ware and other articles, and the object of my invention is to fix
said medallions or the like, without using cement and without pinning the medallions
as hitherto done.
In order that my invention may be readily understood, reference is made to the
accompanying drawings in which-
Figure 1, represents a sectional side clevation of my invention.
Figures 2 and 2ª represent a plan and sectional side elevation of a medallion,
trade mark, name plate or the like formed on its periphery with a number of teeth,
as will be hereinafter referred to.
In carrying out my invention I cut a recess A of suitable shape and depth
in the article B on which a medallion or the like is to be mounted. I then insert
in the recess a medallion, trade mark or the like C, which medallion, trade mark
or the like may be made of soft metal or other suitable material and is convex
on the upper side and concave on the under side as shown in Figure 2ª. After
having been inserted in the recess as described, said medallion, trade mark or the
like is flattened out to a sufficient extent by any suitable means, so that its
periphery is brought in very close frictional contact with the sides of the recess,
and is thereby firmly retained within said recess, as shown in Figure 1.
For the purpose of still further ensuring that the medallion, trade mark or the
like, shall be firmly retained within the recess, I may form the periphery of said
medallion, trade mark or the like, with a number of projecting teeth or the like,
as shown in Figure 2, the arrangement being such that when such toothed
medallion, trade mark or the like, is inserted in the recess and flattened out as
described, the said teeth on the periphery of the medallion, trade mark or the like,
will be pressed into the wood or other material in which the recess is made.
I wish it to be understood that I do not confine my invention to the affixing of
medallions or trade marks, as name or initial plates and similar plates or articles,
may also be fixed in a similar manner. Said medallions, trade marks, name or
initial plates or the like, may also be made of any suitable material and the recess
in the article to which such plate is to be fixed, may be made in any desired
manner such as undercut-and by any suitable means.
For the purpose of
flattening the medallion, trade mark or other similar plate or article, prefer to
use a boxwood punch or the like, so that the surface of such medallion, trade
mark or the like, shall not be injured while being flattened, and I prefer to make
that end of the punch which is brought in contact with the medallion, trade mark
or the like, when being flattened, concave to a suitable extent, so that said
medallion, trade mark or the like, will be flattened out to a sufficient extent to be
firmly affixed to the brush or other article and yet left, to some extent, concave,
whereby its appearance is enhanced.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A medallion, trade mark, name or initial plate or the like, which is convex

page_text: on the upper side and coucave on the under side, and adapted to be readily
flattened out to a sufficient extent, for the purposes and substantially as set forth.
2. A medallion, trade mark name or initial plate or the like, which is convex
on the upper side and concave on the under side and having its periphery formed
with teeth or the like, for the purposes and substantially as described and
illustrated.
Dated this 24th day of December 1205
ALEXANDER WANKLYN,
By his Agents,
Horn, Son & Co.,
151 Strand (next Somerset House), London, W.C.