Improved Preparation for Preserving, Polishing and Cleaning Boots and Shoes, and other Articles of Leather, Wood, Metal and the like, and the Method of Manufacturing the same.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Apr., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 8th Jan., 1898-Accepted, 26th Mar., 1898
Improved Preparation for Preserving, Polishing and Cleaning Boots
and Shoes, and other Articles of Leather, Wood, Metal and the
like, and the Method of Manufacturing the same.
We, CARL FERDINAND JEKELI, Chemist, of Herthergasse 25, Vienna, V., and
MORITZ HAASZ, Manufacturer, of Gumpendorferstrasse 77, Vienna, VI., in the
Empire of Austria, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The present invention relates to a new preparation for use in preserving, cleaning
and polishing boots and other articles of leather as well as objects of wood, metal
or other material, the preparation being made in a solid form, of any desired shape,
preferably in the form of sticks and used by being rubbed on the article to be treated
and preserved, so that a thin layer of said preparation adheres to the article. This
layer is then treated with a brush or duster or polishing cloth, so as to produce a
shiny, glossy surface, which will remain so in spite of damp or wet. The article
thus coated becomes water-proof and durable and, if it be of leather, very flexible.
This new preparation consists of wax, such as carnauba or shellac wax or some
similar wax to which bees'-wax, japanese wax, ceresin, paraffin, ozokerite, sper-
maceti, stearine etc. and fat-either animal, vegetable or mineral-may be added
if desired, and a dye of a colour corresponding to that to be given to the object to
be cleaned and preserved, and soluble in the preparation, may also be added. The
preparation may also be scented by adding a volatile essence or the like.
The new preparation is produced by heating in a vessel the wax, fat and dye
without the alition of any dissolvent, the substances being constantly stirred
and the heating continued till they are all melted and thoroughly mixed together.
The melted product is then preferably cast in moulds and left to solidify therein,
after which it is ready for the market, or it may be formed into blocks or sheets and
then cut up, or subdivided. If desired, it may be suitably wrapped up.
A antisfactory result is obtained by taking
and by creating them in above described manner, but of course other propor
tions may be used.
The preparation is spread on or applied to the article in the manner hereinbefore
described, and is then uniformly distributed and polished by means of a brush or
duster. The fat enters the pores of the article and a shiny coating not influenced
by damp, remains on the surface, which becomes water-proof and durable, and, if
of leather or similar material, very flexible.
This improved preserving and cleaning preparation must not be confused with
shoe-maker's wax, used exclusively as an auxiliary in boot manufacture for
finishing the soles by means of a hot, so-called anvil. This shoe-maker's wax

page_text: owing to its composition and to its properties is unsuited for daily household use
as it is absolutely unsuitable for the purposes herein before mentioned especially for
cleaning and preserving the upper part of the boots etc.
Dated this 8th day of April 1897
BOULT & WADE, .
Agents for the Applicant.
Improved Preparation for Preserving, Polishing and Cleaning Boots
and Shoes, and other Articles of Leather, Wood, Metal and the
like, and the Method of Manufacturing the same.
We, CARL FERDINAND JEKELI, Chemist, of Herthergasse 25, Vienna, 5, and
MORITZ HAASZ, Manufacturer, of Gumperdorferstrasse 77, Vienna, in the
Empire of Austria, 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 present invention relates to a new preparation for use in preserving cleaning
and polishing boots and other articles of leather as well as objects of wood, metal
or other material the preparation being made in a solid form of any desired shape
preferably in the form of sticks-and used by being rubbed on the article to be treated
and preserved so that a thin layer of said preparation adheres to the article. This
layer is then treated with a brush or duster or polishing cloth so as to produce a
shiny, glossy surface which will remain so in spite of damp or wet. The article
thus coated becomes water-proof and durable and, if it be of leather, very flexible.
This new preparation consists of wax, such as carnauba or shellac wax or some
similar wax to which bees'-wax, japanese wax, ceresin, parafine, ozokerite, sper-
maceti, stearine etc. and fat-either animal, vegetable or mineral-may be added
if desired, and a dye of a colour corresponding to that to be given to the object to
be cleaned and preserved and soluble in the preparation, may also be added. The
preparation may also be scented by adding a volatile essence or the like.
The new preparation is produced by heating in a vessel the wax, fat and dye
without the addition of any dissolvent, the substances being constantly stirred
and the heating continued till they are all melted and thoroughly mixed together.
The melted product is then preferably cast in moulds and left to solidify therein,
after which it is ready for the market or it may be formed into blocks or sheets and
then cut up or sub-divided. If desired it may be suitably wrapped up.
A satisfactory result is obtained by taking
Improved Preparation for Preserving, Polishing and Cleaning Boots
and Shoes, and other Articles of Leather, Wood, Metal and the
like, and the Method of Manufacturing the same.
We, CARL FERDINAND JEKELI, Chemist, of Herthergasse 25, Vienna, 5, and
MORITZ HAASZ, Manufacturer, of Gumperdorferstrasse 77, Vienna, in the
Empire of Austria, 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 present invention relates to a new preparation for use in preserving cleaning
and polishing boots and other articles of leather as well as objects of wood, metal
or other material the preparation being made in a solid form of any desired shape
preferably in the form of sticks and used by being rubbed on the article to be treated
and preserved so that a thin layer of said preparation adheres to the article. This
layer is then treated with a brush or duster or polishing cloth so as to produce a
shiny, glossy surface which will remain so in spite of damp or wet. The article
thus coated becomes water-proof and durable and, if it be of leather, very flexible.
This new preparation consists of wax, such as carnauba or shellac wax or some
similar wax to which bees'-wax, japanese wax, ceresin, parafine, ozokerite, sper-
maceti, stearine etc. and fat-either animal, vegetable or mineral-may be added
if desired, and a dye of a colour corresponding to that to be given to the object to
be cleaned and preserved and soluble in the preparation, may also be added. The
preparation may also be scented by adding a volatile essence or the like.
The new preparation is produced by heating in a vessel the wax, fat and dye
without the addition of any dissolvent, the substances being constantly stirred
and the heating continued till they are all melted and thoroughly mixed together.
The melted product is then preferably cast in moulds and left to solidify therein,
after which it is ready for the market or it may be formed into blocks or sheets and
then cut up or sub-divided. If desired it may be suitably wrapped up.
A satisfactory result is obtained by taking
10 parts by weight of carnauba-wax
9
"
"
2
"
"
tallow
a dye (soluble in fat)
and by treating them in the above described manner; but of course other propor-
tions may be used.
The preparation is spread or applied to the article in the manner hereinbefore
described, and is then uniformly distributed and polished by means of a brush or
duster. The fat enters the pores of the articles and a shiny coating not influenced
by damp, remains on the surface which becomes water-proof and durable and if
of leather or similar material very flexible.
This improved preserving and cleaning preparation must not be confused with
shoe-maker's wax, used exclusively as an auxiliary in boot manufacture for
and by treating them in the above described manner; but of course other propor-
tions may be used.
The preparation is spread or applied to the article in the manner hereinbefore
described, and is then uniformly distributed and polished by means of a brush or
duster. The fat enters the pores of the articles and a shiny coating not influenced
by damp, remains on the surface which becomes water-proof and durable and if
of leather or similar material very flexible.
This improved preserving and cleaning preparation must not be confused with
shoe-maker's wax, used exclusively as an auxiliary in boot manufacture for

page_text: finishing the soles by means of a hot, so-called anvil. This shoe-maker's wax
owing to its composition and to its properties is unsuited for household use as it
is absolutely unsuitable for the purposes hereinbefore mentioned, especially for
cleaning and preserving the upper parts of the boots etc.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
1. A preservative and polishing preparation consisting of a mixture of wax
mineral vegetable or animal fat and a dye soluble in fat and of the colour corres-
ponding to that to be given to the object the ingredients being mixed in any suitable
proportions and melted together without the addition of solvent substantially as
described.
2. A preparation for the purpose described consisting of a mixture of carnauba
wax tallow or fat and a dye soluble in the fat substantially in the proportion
described.
3. The manufacture of rods plates balls and other forms of the preparation
described consisting in melting the ingredients forming said preparation without
the addition of solvent and casting the product in suitable moulds in which it
solidifies substantially as described.
4. A preservative and polishing preparation consisting of a mixture of approxi-
mately 10 parts of carnauba wax, parts of tallow or fat and 2 parts of dye soluble
in the tallow or fat substantially as described.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.