EP0157333B1 - Insigne et procédé de fabrication - Google Patents

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EP0157333B1
EP0157333B1 EP85103528A EP85103528A EP0157333B1 EP 0157333 B1 EP0157333 B1 EP 0157333B1 EP 85103528 A EP85103528 A EP 85103528A EP 85103528 A EP85103528 A EP 85103528A EP 0157333 B1 EP0157333 B1 EP 0157333B1
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badge
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Raymond Gagnon
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B44—DECORATIVE ARTS
    • B44C—PRODUCING DECORATIVE EFFECTS; MOSAICS; TARSIA WORK; PAPERHANGING
    • B44C3/00—Processes, not specifically provided for elsewhere, for producing ornamental structures
    • B44C3/08—Stamping or bending
    • B44C3/082—Stamping or bending comprising a cutting out operation
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44C—PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS
    • A44C3/00—Medals; Badges
    • A44C3/001—Badges
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F3/00—Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps
    • G09F3/08—Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself
    • G09F3/18—Casings, frames or enclosures for labels
    • G09F3/20—Casings, frames or enclosures for labels for adjustable, removable, or interchangeable labels
    • G09F3/207—Casings, frames or enclosures for labels for adjustable, removable, or interchangeable labels in the form of a badge to be worn by a person

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  • the present invention relates to a badge and to a method of making the same.
  • US-A-4. 338 737 describes a badge made of a body layer of resilient foam plastic and covered at its front and back faces with a sheet of plastic material which are heat sealed together at their marginal edges.
  • This construction is relatively expensive, since the foam plastic material has first to be cut out to the desired contour. Then the wall sheets have to be cut out to a slightly greater size and then assembled with the body layer and, finally, the resulting assembly is subjected to a heat-sealing operation.
  • FR-A-2 282 335 describes another type of a badge which basically comprises a front face consisting of a layer of plain, printed or embroidered textile fabric, and a back face consisting of a layer of heat-sealing adhesive that may be protected by a peelable protective film.
  • This badge which is intended to be ironed onto a garment, is cut to shape in a die which is so designed as to simultaneously proceed to a high frequency welding of the layer of fabric to the layer of heat-sealing adhesive to form decorative embossings. If the layer fabric is not thick enough, a layer of PVC foam may be sandwiched between the front and back layers of the badge, and pinched therebetween when both of these layers are embossed and welded in the die.
  • This type of badge is designed for permanent fixation on a garment by heat-sealing thereon, and for resistance to dry- cleaning to which such garment with sealed-on badge may be subjected.
  • the general object of the present invention is to provide a badge and a method of making the same which is much less expensive than described in the above-mentioned US-A-4. 338 737, and to provide a badge which has the appearance of and which imitates, to a certain extent, the standard metal badges with a tapered contour, and which is of very light weight construction and will resist wear and tear.
  • the badge of the invention comprises a layer of synthetic foam material of the type having no memory when compressed, an image-bearing layer adhering to the front face of said body layer, fastening means carried by the back face of said body layer to attach the body layer to the wearer's clothing, the foam material being exposed all around the peripheral edge of said body layer, the marginal portion of said badge having a smaller thickness than the central portion of said badge.
  • the method of the invention comprises providing a laminate formed of the above-noted layers, positioning said laminate on a flat surface and applying a cutting blade against the front surface of said laminate, which not only cuts out the badge from the laminate but also compresses the laminate material in the area of the cutting blade. Consequently, the resulting badge remains with its marginal portion in permanent compressed condition, due to the fact that the foam material used has no memory and will not come back to its original non-compressed condition.
  • the badge can be made in one single operation once the various layers of the laminate have been assembled.
  • the badge 1 of Figures 1 and 2 is shown in its completed condition ready to be used. It has at its front face 2 a central area 3 delimited by the dotted line 4 and a marginal portion 5 outside the dotted line. The edge of the badge is shown at 6. The back face 7 of the badge is flat and, as shown in Figure 2, the martinal portion 5 tapers towards the edge 6, so that the marginal portion 5 has a smaller thickness than that of the central area 3 of the badge 1.
  • Figure 4 shows one embodiment of the laminate to make the badge 1.
  • the laminate consists of a body layer 8, which is made of a synthetic foam material, indicated at 9, of the type having no memory when compressed so that, once compressed, it stays in this compressed condition.
  • a typical example of such a foam material is expanded polystyrene, preferably such a foam material sandwiched between two paper layers, indicated at 10.
  • Such a body layer may, for instance, have a thickness of 5 mm.
  • Such a body layer is made by Monsanto Inc. and marketed under the registered trade mark FOME COR.
  • An image-bearing layer 11 is adhered to the front face of the body layer 8 and a transparent film 12 is in turn adhered to the image-bearing layer 11.
  • a sheet of paper 13 or of plastic, coated on both sides with a pressure adhesive is adhered to the body layer 8 and a peelable protecting film 14 is adhered to the exposed face of the pressure adhesive to complete the laminate.
  • Figure 5 shows an alternative embodiment of the laminate.
  • the same body layer 8 is used, together with the image-bearing layer 11 and the protective transparent film 12 at the front face.
  • the image-bearing paper is glued onto the paper layer 10 of the body layer 8 by means of liquid glue, indicated at 15.
  • the sheet of double-coated pressure adhesive 13 is replaced by a single layer of pressure adhesive 16 applied in liquid form to the back of the body layer 8.
  • This exposed pressure adhesive constitutes the fastening means for the badge.
  • this fastening means can be replaced by a metal safety clip, of conventional construction, as shown at 17 in Figure 3.
  • the assembled laminate is cut out to form the badge in a single operation.
  • the cutting and compressing die shown in cross-section in Figures 6 and 8, is used.
  • This die generally indicated at 18, includes a rigid backing block 19, a cutting blade 20 and a layer of compressible material 21.
  • the cutting blade 20 is fixed to and protrudes from one face of the block 19, having an exposed cutting edge 22.
  • This cutting blade 20 normally extends to the top surface of block 19 and is longitudinally shaped in accordance with the desired final contour of the badge 1 to be made.
  • the layer 21 of compressible material is adhered to block 19 on the same face from which the cutting blade 20 protrudes.
  • the layer 21 may be made of rubber and it extends on the outside as well as on the inside of the closed figure formed by the cutting blade 20, with a suitable slot 23 formed in the layer 21 in which the cutting blade freely extends. In its non-compressed condition, the layer 21 protrudes at its outer face from the cutting edge 22 of blade 20, as shown in Figure 6.
  • the badge has a much reduced thickness at its marginal portion, the exposed foam is hardly visible and will not detract from the general appearance of the badge.
  • several badges can be cut out simultaneously from a single sheet of laminate, with the images properly spaced at the top face of the laminate, in which case the die would include several cutting blades 20 adapted to register with the respective images.

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  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
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  • Adornments (AREA)
  • Finger-Pressure Massage (AREA)
  • Corsets Or Brassieres (AREA)
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  • Laminated Bodies (AREA)

Claims (8)

1. Un badge (1) comprenant:
- une base (8) de mousse synthétique comprenant une portion centrale (3) et une portion marginale (5) qui s'étend tout autour de ladite portion centrale (3) et a une épaisseur inférieure à celle de ladite portion centrale, ladite base (8) ayant un face frontale (2), une face dorsale (7) et une arête périphérique (6), ladite face frontale (2) s'inclinant vers ladite face dorsale (7) au niveau de ladite portion marginale (5) pour définir ladite épaisseur inférieure;
- une couche (11) portant image, adhérant à la face frontale (2) de ladite base (8); et
- des moyens d'attache (13, 16, 17) portés par la face dorsale de ladite base (8) pour attacher ladite base au vêtement d'une personne, caractérisé en ce que:
- la mousse synthétique formant la base (8) est du type n'ayant aucune mémoire lorsque comprimée;
- ladite mousse synthétique demeure exposée au niveau de l'arête périphérique (6) de ladite base; et
- ledit badge comprend en outre un film protecteur transparent (12) couvrant la couche (11) portant image.
2. Un badge tel que défini dans la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens d'attache consistent en une couche de colle à pression (16) appliquée sur ladite face dorsale de ladite base (8).
3. Un badge tel que défini dans la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens d'attache sont constitués par une bande (13) couverte des deux côtés par de la colle à pression l'un desdits côtés étant collé de façon directe à la face dorsale de ladite base (8).
4. Un badge tel que défini dans la revendication 2 ou 3, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend en outre un film détachable (14) pour protéger la colle à pression se trouvant exposée au dos du badge.
5. Un badge tel que défini dans la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens d'attache sont constitués par une épingle de sûreté en métal (17).
6. Un badge tel que défini dans une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel ladite base (8) consiste en un noyau de polystyrène expansé (9).
7. Un badge tel que défini dans la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que ledit noyau de polystyrène expansé (9) est pris en sandwich entre deux feuilles de papier (10).
8. Une méthode pour fabriquer un badge (1), comprenant les étapes suivantes:
- fabrication d'un laminat constitué par une base (8) de mousse synthétique (9) ayant une face frontale et une face dorsale, une couche (11) portant image adhérant à ladite face frontale, un film de protection transparent (12) couvrant ladite couche (11) portant image, une couche de colle à pression (13) portée par ladite face dorsale et un film protecteur détachable (14) couvrant la couche de colle à pression;
- utilisation d'une matrice de coupe et de pression (18) incluant un bloc de renfort rigide (19), une lame de coupe (20) fixée à même une face dudit bloc de renfort de façon à faire saillie, ladite lame ayant une arête coupante (22) formant un dessin fermé et étant façonnée longitudinalement selon le contour désiré pour le badge une fois fini;
- positionnement dudit laminat (8, 11, 13, 14) sur une surface de support plane (24) de façon à ce que la couche portant image (11) soit sur le dessus, et pressage de ladite matrice (18) contre ledit laminat sur ladite surface de support (24), ladite lame (20) ainsi pressée coupant ledit laminat pour former ledit badge (1), caractérisée en ce que:
- la mousse (9) utilisée pour former le laminat est du type n'ayant aucune mémoire lorsque comprimée; et
- une couche de matériau compressible (21) d'épaisseur constante est fixée à ladite face du bloc (19) de la matrice (18) de façon à complètement couvrir ladite face du bloc à proximité dudit dessin fermé aussi bien à l'intérieur qu'à l'extérieur de celui-ci, ladite couche compressible (21) lorsque non comprimée faisant saillie pour dépasser l'arête coupante (22) de la lame, ladite lame étant libre dans une fente (23) formée dans ladite couche;
- ladite lame, lorsqu'elle coupe le laminat pour former ledit badge (1), compressant simultanément la zone (5) du laminat adjacent ladite lame de chaque côté de cette dernière, pour ainsi obtenir un badge fini où la mousse synthétique se trouve exposée tout autour de l'arête périphérique (6) dudit badge et où la portion marginale (5) dudit badge est inclinée vers ladite arête périphérique (6) sur la face frontale (2) dudit badge (1).
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US4338737A (en) * 1981-01-12 1982-07-13 Lehmann Roger W Safety clip-on ornamental badge
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