An Improved Liquid Compound for Dyeing Purposes, also applicable for Detergent, Purifying, and Disinfecting Purposes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Nov., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Aug., 1897-Accepted, 9th Oct., 1897
Date of Appric
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Aug., 1897-Accepted, 9th Oct., 1897
An Improved Liquid Compound for Dyeing Purposes, also applicable
for Detergent, Purifying, and Disinfecting Purposes.
We, CHARLES WILLIAM ANDERSON, Broker, and HENRY BENJAMIN, Broker, both
of 61 and 62 Chancery Lane, London, and JOHN MENDESS, of 43, Burdett Road,
Bow, Draper, all in the County of London, do hereby declare the nature of this
Invention to be as follows:-
The object of the present application for Letters Patent relates to a preparation
adapted for use for dyeing purposes and which is moreover capable of being used
as a liquid soap with or without the addition of disinfecting or antiseptic materials.
The compound possesses great advantages for dyeing purposes inasmuch as it can
be employed to dye textile materials or fabrics and many other substances without
the addition of any other active ingredient or mordant whilst it is at the same
time without action upon the skin of the person using it.
The preparation of the compound may be effected in various ways. The method
at present preferred consists essentially in adding to about three parts by measure
of a suitable soft soap or potash soap, one part by, measure of spirit, and one part by
measure of sugar previously dissolved in about two parts by measure of pure water.
The mixture is thoroughly combined and intermixed preferably with the aid of
heat at a certain stage of the process and a given quantity of an aniline dye is
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added thereto and preferably intermixed with the other ingredients.
resultant fluid compound is drawn off and bottled or otherwise put up for use.
The preparation is obviously applicable to various purposes in addition to that
of being used as a detergent or dye and it may be mixed with other substances
such for instance as scents or aromatic materials or with others having a disinfect-
ing or antiseptic effect for the purpose of improving its qualities.
The proportions above given are obviously capable of variation according to
the precise purpose or purposes to which the compound is to be applied and are
cited only by way of example.
The preparation may be used in a similar manner to an ordinary liquid soap
or may be prepared in the form of a soap bath in a similar manner to other dyeing
materials.
When the compound is designed for use primarily as a purifying or disinfecting
preparation it may be suitably coloured by other colouring materials or dyes
than those above indicated.

page_text: An Improved Liquid Compound for Dyeing Purposes, also applicable
for Detergent, Purifying, and Disinfecting Purposes.
We, CHARLES WILLIAM ANDERSON, Broker, and HENRY BENJAMIN, Broker, both
of 61 and 62 Chancery Lane, London, and JOHN MENDESS, of 43, Burdett Road,
Bow, Draper, all in the County of London, 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 application for Letters Patent relates to a preparation adapted for
use for dyeing purposes and which is moreover capable of being used as a liquid
soap with or without the addition of disinfecting or antiseptic materials. The
compound possesses great advantages for dyeing purposes inasmuch as it can be
employed to dye textile materials or fabrics and many other substances without
the addition of any other active ingredient or mordant whilst it is at the same time
without action upon the skin of the person using it.
The applications of the invention are very various and by slight modifications
of composition it may be adapted for one or more of the following purposes,
namely:-
1. The production of a dye which will not stain the skin of the user.
2. As a laundry fluid or toilet liquid.
3. As a disinfectant preparation in combination with carbolic acid or other
antiseptics.
4. As a cleansing wash for horses, dogs and other living creatures.
5. As cleanser for brass, metals, silver plate glass ware and the like. Also
for cleaning feathers type, marble, Lincrusta-Walton and many other surfaces.
6. In pasty or semi-liquid form as sharing paste shampoo soap or the like.
As the base for these various preparations may be taken the usual compound as
prepared for laundry fluid or detergent. For this preparation we take six gallons
of pure water, bring same to boil, add GS lbs. of soft soap. Mix well until the same
is thoroughly dissolved, then add two and a half gallons of methylated spirit with
constant stirring until the whole is combined. After cooling and settling the
fluid is drawn off ready for use.
For toilet liquid or disinfectant purposes we proceed as follows:-
Take 8 gallons of water bring it to a boil, add 68 lbs. of saft soap and 8 lbs. of
sugar dissolved in water. When all is thoroughly dissolved, add 2 gallons of
methylated spirit, stir well and then leave it to cool and settle and decant for use.
Any desired perfume may be added or a disinfectant such as terebene or eucalyptus,
say one ounce to the gallon. Mixed with carbolic acid of 50 % strength, half
a pound to a gallon, it is a very valuable antiseptic preparation for hospitals. In
using some soft soaps we find it necessary to add as much as 84 pounds thereof
in making up superior quality.
For a wash for animals birds and the like we find the following the best
preparation;
Take 6 gallons of pure water and bring to a boil then add 56 pounds of soft
soap, mix well until all is thoroughly dissolved and then add two gallons of
methylated spirit; when all is well combined. add eucalyptus oil to the preparation,
one ounce to a gallon and also sugar 4 ounces to a gallon. When thoroughly
settled and cool it is ready for use. For rendering the animal wash disinfectant
and for the destruction of insects we add to the preparation 15 % of crystalised-
carbolic acid or its equivalent.
For the preparation of the compound for dyeing purposes we proceed as
follows:-

page_text: Take 6 gallons of pure water, bring to a boil, then add 56 pounds of soft soap:
then mix well until it is all dissolved, then add two gallons of the best methylated
spirit. When all is well combined together, take one gallon of this fluid and add
a quarter of a pound of substantive aniline dye of the required shade. To do
this it is best to warm a portion of the fluid and pour it onto the dye, stirring well
until properly mixed and then dilute the mixture with the remainder of the fluid.
Some colours may require a little more dye to obtain the required shade. In
preparing black for instance take half a pound.
When the laundry preparation is required for special purposes such as cleaning
brass, metals, type and so forth a little emery powder or other abrading substance
may be mixed with it. When used for cleaning silver plate and for jewellers
purposes rouge may be mixed with the preparation for the same purpose: when
evaporated to the condition of a paste it forms with the addition of a little perfume
an excellent shaving paste.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be perfornied we declare that what
we claim is:
1. The improved dyeing compound consisting essentially of a substantive
aniline dye in combination with soap solution and methylated or other spirit,
substantially as and for the purposes described.
2. The improved detergent substantially as and for the purposes described.
3. The improved preparation for disinfecting and cleansing purposes for animals
and the like consisting essentially of a mixture of dissolved soap alcohol and sugar
solution in combination with a liquid disinfectant such as carbolic acid solution
eucalyptus oil terebene or the like substantially as described.
4. The improved semi solid preparation consisting of a compound of soft soap,
sugar and an abrading substance such as emery or rouge, substantially as and for
the purposes described.
5. The improved semi solid preparation consisting essentially of a compound of
soft soap in aqueous and alcoholic solution sugar and perfume with or without
a colouring matter prepared as described for the manufacture of shaving paste or
the like substantially as described.
Dated this 3rd day of August 1897.
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of London, Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham,
Patent Agents for the Applicants.