An Improved Method of Marking or Branding Transparent and other kinds of Soap and a Machine for Accomplishing the same.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Sept., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 17th June, 1889-Accepted, 20th July, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Marking or Branding Transparent and other
kinds of Soap and a Machine for Accomplishing the same.
FRANK WRIGHT MARSH BATEMAN 129 Bethune Road, Amhurst Park, London N.
Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Soaps, both Transparent and Opaque are now branded with the makers name or
trade mark on the surface only either by impressed or raised letters &c. When in
use these marks are speedily obliterated & the cake has no longer anything in or
upon it by which its origin or manufacturer can be positively identified.'
By my invention Soaps of all kinds can be marked or branded so that the said
marks or brands will remain perfectly distinct until the soap is entirely consumed.
The method of marking the Soap is by the insertion in the heart or centre of the
cake a tablet of Soap or other suitable material having stamped or perforated upon it
the required brand or mark.
The Machine and its action are as follows
A cake of Soap of the required size is fixed in the mould F. on releasing the shaft S.
it revolves in the direction of the arrows. To this shaft are fixed the cranks D & E
which are attached by connecting rods to the hollow cutter A and the first plunger B.
On crank D reaching the full extent of its stroke the hollow cutter A will have
passed through an orifice in the side of the mould, completely through the cake of
soap and out at the opposite side of the mould. A small cutting of Soap will now be
resting inside the cutter. The crank E now commences to draw along the first
plunger B which fits exactly inside the cutter A on the crank E reaching the full
extent of its stroke, the plunger B will have forced the piece of soap resting inside
cutter A out and which is removed by the operator.
Contained in case M are a number of pieces of soap perforated or marked in the
required manner and corresponding exactly in size with the opening in the cake of
soap that has been made by the cutter A.
The cutter A with plunger B inside it are now resting inside the cake of Soap.
Firmly attached to the first plunger B is the second plunger C and with A & B inside
the cake plunger C will have been carried back to the position of CII thus allowing
the tablets in case M to descend to the bottom of the case. The cranks D & E
continuing their movement withdraw A & B together. Plunger B being attached to
second plunger C draws the latter forward which passing through the bottom of
case M forces the lowest perforated tablet out of the case and into the opening in tho
cake of soap made by the cutter A which it fills up exactly.
The cake of soap now contains an indelible mark that will remain until the cake is
entirely consumed and in the case of transparent soaps will be always visible.
The action of the machine is a continuous one and the method of marking soap
absolutely new.
Dated this 4th day of February 1889.
FRANK WRIGHT MARSH BATEMAN,
129, Bethune Road, Amhurst Park, London, N.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Marking or Branding Transparent and other
kinds of Soap and a Machine for Accomplishing the same.
FRANK WRIGHT MARSH BATEMAN of 70 Gracechurch Street in the City of London
Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
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page_text: same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
Soap of all kinds are at the present time branded on the surface only either by
impressed or raised letters which speedily dissappear when in use and the cake of
soap has no longer anything by which its name or that of the manufacturer may he
positively identified.
By the aid of my invention all kinds of soap may be marked so that the brand
name or trade mark will remain perfectly distinct until the cake is entirely
consumed.
I mark opaque soaps by perforating with small holes the whole cake (right through
it) with the desired mark. When in use these holes get filled with the soiled lather
which being of a different colour to the cake itself renders the mark quite distinct and
so it remains till the cake is quite consumed. -
The method I adopt for marking transparent soap is by the insertion in the centre
of the cake in a horizontal position a tablet of soap or other suitable material on
which is perforated the required brand or mark. This is accomplished by the machine
which the drawings represent. Its action is as follows.
A cake of soap is placed in the mould F fig. 1 which has at each end an orifice X
fig. 2, on releasing the wheel S fig. 1 it revolves in the direction of the arrows, to
this wheel are attached the rods D and E fig. 1 to which are fixed the hollow cutter A
and the plunger B. Firmly connected to plunger B by the rod H H is the
plunger these two work together with a reciprocating motion.
M is a case containing a quantity of tablets cut to the exact size of the opening
made in the cake by the cutter A. which have been previously marked or perforated
in the required manner. On S. commencing to revolve the cutter A is put in motion
and enters the mould, and on D reaching the full extent of its stroke, the cutter will
have passed completely through the cake and out at the opposite side of the mould
and a small tablet of soap will be resting inside it. The connecting rod E now
commences to draw forward plunger B which fits exactly inside the cutter A and
when E has reached the full extent of its stroke the plunger will have forced the
small tablet out of the cutter A and on to the revolving table T fig. 1. This table is
worked by the cam in wheel S. which puts in movement at a proper time the con-
necting rod P to which is secured the lever L fig. 2.
The cutter A with plunger B inside it are now resting inside the cake of soap.
The cutting Ofig. 2 has been forced out on to the table T and plunger C has been
carried back by the forward movement of B to the position of the dotted line C".
The prepared tablets in box M that were formerly resting on the top of plunger C now
descend and rest on the bottom of the box.
The wheel S continuing its movement causes P to move the lever L fig. 2 to which
paul Y is attacked and the ratchet Z forces the revolving table T to move and the
piece of soap O Fig. 2. is carried forward with it out of the way of plunger C and
falls clear of the machine into a box or other suitable receptacle. The wheel S con-
tinuing to revolve in the same direction now withdraws A & B. together causing
plunger C to advance, the latter passing through the bottom of the box M pushes the
lowest tablet in front of it out of the case, over the top of table T and forces it into
the opening in the cake of soap made by the cutter A which it completely fills up.
The cake now contains an indelible mark that will remain until the cake is entirely
consumed and in the case of transparent soap is always visible.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1st. The marking of soap by perforation.

page_text: 5th. The mould F. with its openings at each end to admit cutter A.
6th. The continuous movement whereby the whole operation is completed in one
revolution of the wheel S.
Dated this 17th day of June 1889.
FRANK WRIGHT MARSH BATEMAN,
70, Gracechurch Street, London, E.C.