AN IMPROVED WASHING OR CLEANSING LIQUOR OR SOLUTION
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I JOHN JOSEPH FANNING of 33 Upper Brook Street Manchester in the County
of Lancaster Manufacturing Chemist do hereby declare the nature of my
invention for "AN IMPROVED WASHING OR CLEANSING LIQUOR OR SOLUTION" to
be as follows:-
In the manufacture of the said article I take by weight one part of unslaked
lime, and three and a half parts of crystals of the ordinary soda of commerce of the
finest quality, to which I add twelve parts of boiling water calculating one gallon
of water as equal to nine and a half pounds weight, and I agitate the same from
time to time so as to cause the ingredients to blend together and allow them to
become perfectly dissolved and the lime to be completely precipitated.
In this state I allow the whole to remain and rest in the same vessel for twenty
four to thirty hours, when by means of a siphon I draw off the clear liquor, and
add thereto of the best turpentine in the proportion by liquid measure of one part
of turpentine to one hundred parts of the said liquor or solution, and this compound
liquor which should be kept tightly corked is my improved washing or cleansing
liquor or solution.
It may be used for all kinds of ordinary household washing of linen or cotton
fabrics or fibrous materials by adding it to the water in which the clothes are to be
boiled in the proportion of one half pint of the solution to nine gallons of water,
and to which may also be added with advantage three to four ounces of ordinary
soap sliced thin and dissolved before putting in the solution; the clothes being then
put into the copper or boiler and allowed to boil for about half an hour, when they
inay be taken out, and rinced and finished in the usual way.
The solution may also be used with advantage even if a smaller proportion is
put into the vessels in which the clothes are steeped over night to soften the soil or
dirt which will materially assist the laundress in the preparation of the clothes for
boiling.
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GEORGE DAVIES,
Agent for the Applicant,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
1 JOHN JOSEPH FANNING of 33 Upper Brook Street Manchester in the County
of Lancaster Manufacturing Chemist do hereby declare the nature of my invention
28 and in what
for "AN IMPROVED WASHING OR CLEANSING LIQUOR OR SOLUTION
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
In the manufacture of my improved solution I take by weight one part of
-un-slacked lime to three and a half parts of crystals of soda of best well known.
commercial quality, to which in an open vessel I add twelve parts of boiling water
(calculating one gallon of water as being equal to nine and a half pounds weight)
and the same I blend together, agitating the mixture from time to time and allow
it to become perfectly dissolved and completely precipitated. In this state I allow
the same to remain and rest in the vessel for a period of twenty four to thirty
hours: When by means of a siphon I draw off the clear liquor, and add thereto of
the best turpentine in the proportion of about one part of turpentine to one
hundred parts of the said liquor, and this compound liquid which should be kept
tightly corked is my improved washing or cleansing liquid or solution.
This solution may be used for all kinds of ordinary household washing such as
that of linen and cotton fabrics or fibrous materials whether plain or colored; by
adding it to the water in which the clothes are to be boiled in the proportion of
about one half pint to five gallons of water and to which may be added three to
four ounces of ordinary soap, thinly sliced and dissolved in the boiler beforo
. putting in the clothes and the solution. The clothes being then put into the
copper or boiler and allowed to boil for about half an hour, when they may be
taken out and rinsed and finished in the usual way-The solution may also be
used with advantage even if a smaller proportion is put in the vessels in which the
clothes are steeped over-night by means of which the soil or, dirt in them is much
loosened and the laundress will be much assisted in her preparation of the clothes
or other articles for the boiler.
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
The improved washing or cleansing liquor or solution composed of unslacked
lime and soda crystals dissolved in water and combined with turpentine substan-
tially in the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.
GEORGE DAVIES,
Agent for the Applicant,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.