Improvements in the Treatment of Oils for rendering them Capable. of Transport or Storage, and of use as Fuel or as Illuminants,, with Greater Safety and Convenience than hitherto.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Jan., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 25th Oct., 1892-Accepted, 26th Nov., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Treatment of Oils for rendering them Capable.
of Transport or Storage, and of use as Fuel or as Illuminants,,
with Greater Safety and Convenience than hitherto.
We ISAAC SHIMWELL MCDOUGALL and JAMES THOMAS MCDOUGALL
both of 10 Mark Lane in the City of London Manufacturing Chemists do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of our. invention is to treat animal oils (including fish oils) or
vegetable or mineral oils or mixtures of them so that they can be transported and
stored with greater safety than hitherto and also so that they can be used as fuel
or for illuminating purposes with less danger than attends their use in the liquid
form.
Infusorial earth (such as kieselguhr) we have found possesses the property of
absorbing the said oils in such considerable quantities that although a solid or
semi-solid product is obtained yet the said product can still be used as fuel or for
illuminating purposes. We mix the oil or oils with the infusorial earth in
proportions which will give the required solid semi-solid or friable product and yet
admit of the product being used as fuel or as an illuminant.
When desired greater adhesiveness is given to the product by adding some resin
crystals from oil or other suitable binding material.
Dated this 25th day of January 1892.
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Treatment of Oils for rendering them Capable
of Transport or Storage, and of use as Fuel or as Illuminants,
with Greater Safety and Convenience than hitherto.
We ISAAC SHIMWELL MCDOUGALL and JAMES THOMAS MCDOUGALL
both of 10 Mark Lane in the City of London Manufacturing Chemists do
hereby declare the nature of our invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The object of our invention is to treat animal oils (including fish oils) or
vegetable or mineral oils or mixtures of them, so that they can be transported and
stored with greater safety than hitherto and also so that they can be used as fuel,
or for illuminating purposes with less danger than attends their use in the liquid
form.
Infusorial earth (such as keiselguhr) we have found possesses the property of
absorbing the said oils in such considerable quantities, that although a solid or
semi-solid product is obtained yet the said product can still be used as fuel or for
illuminating purposes. We mix the oil or oils with the infusorial earth in
proportions which will give the required solid, semi-solid or friable product, and
yet admit of the product being used as fuel or as an illuminant.
In carrying out our invention, we find the following proportions are suitable but
they may be varied considerably

page_text: These ingredients are thoroughly incorporated together by any well known or
suitable means the product being of a semi-solid nature.
When desired, greater adhesiveness is given to the product by adding some resin,
crystals from oil, or other suitable binding material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
The combination of oil or mixtures of oils with infusorial earth substantially as,
and for the purposes hereinbefore described.
Dated this 25th day of October 1892.
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.