IMPROVED COMPOUND FOR SANITARY AND PRESERVATIVE PURPOSES
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Walter Jeyes, of Catherine Street, Aston Cross, Birmingham,
Chemist, for the Invention of "IMPROVED COMPOUND FOR SANITARY AND
PRESERVATIVE PURPOSES."
Sealed the 29th July 1879, in pursuance of an Order of the Lord Chancellor, and
Sealed the 29th July 1879, in pursuance of an Order of the Lord Chancellor, and
dated the 23rd December 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Walter Jeyes at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 23rd December 1878.
WALTER JEYES, of Catherine Street, Aston Cross, Birmingham, Chemist.
PROVED COMPOUND FOR SANITARY AND PRESERVATIVE PURPOSES."
"IM-
My Invention relates to an improved compound for general sanitary and preser-
vative purposes, and may be made either in the form of a liquid, a solid, or in
combination with soap.
Among the uses to which I may apply my Invention are those of a disinfectant,
antiseptic, detergent, or curative, for the washing of the human body, dogs, sheep,
or other animals, and for preservative and general sanitary purposes.
When in the form of a liquid it consists of 100 parts by measure of any of those
liquid distillates from coal tar which exceed a specific gravity of 1000, 85 parts by
measure of liquified resin or resinous substance, 60 parts by measure of solution of
caustic soda or potash of about 30° Beaumé specific gravity, and 20 parts by measure
of vegetable oils, or as much as required to produce a more or less milky appear-
ance when the whole is copiously diluted with water.
When in the form of a solid it consists of the same materials and proportions,
but with the vegetable oils omitted, and anthracine salt (well known in tar distil-
leries) substituted in place of the liquid distillate.
When in combination with soap I mix either of the preceding compounds in
varying proportions with the ordinary materials used in the manufacture of
soap.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Walter Jeyes in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 29th July
1879.
WALTER JEYES, of Catherine Street, Aston Cross, Birmingham, Chemist.
PROVED COMPOUND FOR SANITARY AND PRESERVATIVE PURPOSES."
"IM-
My Invention relates to an improved compound for general sanitary and preser-
vative purposes, and may be made either in the form of a liquid, a solid, or in
combination with soap.
Among the uses, to, which I may apply my Invention are those of a disinfectant,
antiseptic, detergent, or curative, for the washing of the human body, dogs, sheep,
or other animals, and for preservative and general sanitary purposes.
When in the form of a liquid it consists of 100 parts by measure of any of those
liquid distillates from coal tar which exceed a specific gravity of 1000, 85 parts by
measure of liquid resin, 60 parts by measure of solution of caustic soda or potash
of about 30° Beaumé specific gravity, and 20 parts by measure of vegetable oils, or
as much as required to produce a more or less milky appearance when the whole is
diluted with water.
When in the form of a solid it consists of the same materials and proportions,
but with the vegetable oils omitted and anthracine salt or napthaline (well known
in tar distilleries) substituted in place of the liquid distillate.
When in combination with soap I mix either of the preceding compounds-
in varying proportions with the ordinary materials used in the manufacture of
воар.
And in order that my Invention may be the better understood, I now proceed
to describe its mode of manufacture, but wish it to be understood that I do not
confine myself to the exact details of such mode, inasmuch as it may be varied to
suit the exigencies of situation and circumstance, though it always remains the
same in principle.
To produce my compound in the liquid form I first take the 85 parts by measure
of resin, and liquify same in an open cauldron or other convenient vessel by means
of heat. To this, in its melted and heated condition, I gradually add the 100 parts
by measure of the liquid distillates from coal tar, and agitate until intimate mixture
has taken place. To the mixture, preferably still warm, I add the 60 parts by
measure of the solution of caustic soda or potash. Having tested this by dilution
with water, I proceed to add, if the desired milkiness is not sufficiently evident,
small quantities of the vegetable oils until such milkiness be obtained, such quantity
being usually about 20 parts by measure.
A variation of this mode of manufacture, by which all danger of firing may be
avoided, is to place the liquid distillate, mixed with the resin roughly pulverized or
in small pieces, in a jacket pan, and effect the solution by the application of heated
steam or other convenient fluid, the whole being frequently stirred. The further
materials are then added as before.
The mode of preparation of the solid only varies from the modes of manufacture
of the liquid in the necessity of liquifying the anthracine salt or napthaline, either
separately from or in the same vessel with the resin.
To form my combination with soap I add either the liquid or the solid, in varying
proportions, as may be found convenient, to the ordinary ingredients of soap, at any
suitable time during the manufacture before solidification has taken place, but
whichever form of the compound be employed, it is preferable to delay its addition
to the ingredients of the soap until as late a point as possible before solidification
ensues, in order to avoid as much as possible the loss of any of the volatile
properties.
And the mode of application of my liquid or solid compound is most easily
attained by admixture with water in varying proportions, according to the use to

page_text: which it is to be applied, whether preservative, antiseptic, curative, cleansing, or
other purpose, but I find that for many sanitary purposes it is convenient to mix
either the liquid or solid form with any neutral and by preference, deliquescent salt
that may be convenient, that which I usually employ being chloride of sodium,
about one ounce of the compound triturated with about one pound of the salt being
a suitable proportion. The soap may be applied in the usual way to all purposes
to which soap is ordinarily applied, more particularly where the peculiar properties
of my compound are needed.
And having now fully described and ascertained the nature, mode of preparation,
and application of my Invention,-
I declare that what I claim is the production of a compound from those products
of coal tar and other materials hereinbefore indicated, and in one and any of the
forms and combinations described, such compound having the particular feature of
rendering more or less soluble in water the said products of coal tar, and thus
making the application of their general sanitary, curative, and preservative qualities
easy and practicable.
In witness whereof, I, the said Walter Jeyes, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty sixth day of July, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and seventy nine.
WALTER JEYES. (L.S.)