IMPROVED ANTISEPTIC, PRESERVATIVE, CURATIVE, AND FOR SANITARY AND OTHER CLEANSING COMPOUNDS "> PURPOSES
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Jeyes, of Plaistow, in the County of Essex,
Chemist, for an invention of "IMPROVED ANTISEPTIC, PRESERVATIVE,
CURATIVE, AND
FOR SANITARY AND OTHER
CLEANSING COMPOUNDS
">
PURPOSES
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left, by the said John Jeyes at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 7th June 1882.
JOHN JEYES of Plaistow in the County of Essex, Chemist, " IMPROVED
ANTISEPTIC PRESERVATIVE CURATIVE AND CLEANSING COMPOUNDS FOR SANITARY
AND OTHER PURPOSES
"
My Invention relates to improved compounds or mixtures which possess anti-
septic, preservative, curative and cleansing properties to a very high degree, and
are specially advantageous for general sanitary purposes.
My improved compounds may be used for a variety of purposes, such for instance
as the "pickling" of wood or timber to prevent decay thereof; the coating of iron
wood or other materials as a substitute for paint; also as a wash for sheep, oxen,
or other animals to destroy parasites and the like; moreover, if combined with the.
ordinary ingredients of soap my said compounds may be used for the cure of skin
diseases of the human body and for general detergent purposes
like.
I will first describe a compound or mixture made according to my said Invention.
and specially applicable for the pickling of wood or timber to prevent decay, this
compound being partly designed to supersede, with considerable advantage, the
use of common creosote for treating railway sleepers, fences, buildings, and the
It may also be used as a preservative for window-frames, doors, floorings
and any similar parts of dwelling houses or other structures. Wood treated by
my invention, before the application of paint or varnish will be preserved and the
paint and varnish will dry freely and do not discolor as is the case when creosote
is used. This compound or composition is composed of the following ingredients
and is prepared in the manner hereinafter set forth, that is to say ;-I take eight (8)
hundredweight of naphthaline that is to say the substance which is ordinarily
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termed "salt." in tar distilling yards and I liquefy the same by heat either in an
ordinary open pan, or in a jacket-pan or in any other suitable manner.
this naphthaline has been reduced to the liquid form I add thereto one half hundred-
weight of resin. By preference I employ black resin although pale resin will
practically serve the same purpose. In some cases I add coal or other pitch the
proportion being one half hundredweight, in which case the resin may be dispensed
with or may be retained as desired. These ingredients are to be well mixed
together whilst in a liquid form and with a small quantity (say about two gallons)
of caustic soda or potash of 30° Baumé or the same quantity of a mixture of both
these substances. The soda or potash is to be thoroughly mixed with the other
ingredients by agitation. The whole is then allowed to cool, and when cold, forms
a solid mass which can be conveniently transported to any distance as may be
required for use. The mass or block may be broken up into smaller pieces if
desired. When it is desired to make use of the compound or mass so manufac-
tured, supposing one hundredweight of the same is required, I take this quantity
thereof and place the same in a suitable quantity of water (say from three (3) to
nine (9) hundredweight) in a suitable iron or other vessel to which heat is applied
in any desirable manner and the whole mass is heated until it becomes thoroughly
dissolved and blended. This will ordinarily require about an hour, more or less.
The quantity of water relatively to that of the compound will depend upon the
purpose for which the solution is to be used, that is to say, whether it is required
to be more or less strong. The said solution whilst hot may be applied to the
wood in any desirable manner such as by means of a brush, or by dipping the
wood in the solution, or otherwise and the durability of the said wood will be
considerably increased thereby. If the timber or wood so to be impregnated be
boiled in the said pickle or solution for a period of four (4) or six (6) hours the
.fibre thereof becomes toughened and the interstices filled with the said composition;
moisture is excluded, and every vestige of decaying matter which may be present
is destroyed. When the composition is applied to the wood or timber by immersing
the latter in the solution I prefer that it should remain therein until the whole is
cold, as a more complete absorption is thus ensured than would otherwise take
place. After this treatment the wood should be dried naturally and it will then
resist the ordinary process of decay.
The compound made as above described will if combined with the necessary
ingredients for producing soap be of great value for the treatment of all or most
skin diseases whether of human beings or animals and for all detergent purposes
especially for the removal of grease, pitch, tar or the like from any article from
which it is desirable to remove it.
For washing or treating sheep or other animals to destroy or get rid of parasites
or insects of all kinds, and for the prevention and cure of scale, foot-rot, and other
diseases to which animals are peculiarly liable I vary my composition as follows,
that is to say, I make a solution of resin by the aid of heat in combination with
crude petroleum, or instead of the crude petroleum I may use the latter distillates
of shale or coal tar, or anthracine salts and oils or other hydro-carbon products
baving similar properties as will be readily understood, the proportions being
two (2) parts by weight of resin to four (4) parts by weight of petroleum or other
equivalent bydro-carbon. To this solution I add one (1) part by weight of caustic
soda in solution, strength 25° Baumé, also one sixteenth (1/16th) part by weight
of a solution of silicate of soda, and one sixteenth (1/16th) part by weight of a
solution of sulphate of soda both at a strength of 30° Baumé. The whole of these
ingredients should be thoroughly shaken or mixed in any suitable vessel and the
composition is then ready for use when diluted with the proper quantity of water.
The proportion should be about eighty (80) gallons of soft or river water to every
one (1) gallon of the above described composition. Large animals may be washed
with this diluted preparation by saturating their coats therewith and then allowing
them to dry naturally, and the smaller animals, such as sheep may be dipped
therein. Other water than river water may be employed although I prefer river

page_text: water. By the use of this preparation the wool of sheep is considerably improved
with respect to softness, cleanliness, and weight. The action of the silicate of soda
upon the wool is highly beneficial for softening the same and increasing its weight,
and the sulphate of soda, in combination with the tar oil or equivalent substance,
is exceedingly repulsive to all insects and especially to those which infest and are
injurious to animals.
I desire it to be understood that all the proportions above given are such as
will, according to my experience, give the best results but I do not confine myself
strictly to these proportions or to the strength indicated, as they may be somewhat
varied according to special circumstances as will be readily understood by all
persons conversant with the subject.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John Jeyes in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 7th December
1882.
JOHN JEYES, of Plaistow, in the County of Essex, Chemist, "IMPROVED
ANTISEPTIC, PRESERVATIVE, CURATIVE AND CLEANSING COMPOUNDS FOR SANITARY
AND OTHER PURPOSES
"
My Invention relates to improved compounds which possess antiseptic, preser-
vative, curative and cleansing properties to a very high degree, and are specially
advantageous for general sanitary purposes.
My improved compounds may be used for a variety of purposes, such for instance
as the "pickling" of wood or timber to prevent decay thereof; the coating of iron,
wood, or other materials, as a substitute for paint; also as a wash for sheep, oxen,
or other animals to destroy parasites and the like; more over, if combined with
the ordinary ingredients of soap, my said compounds may be used for the cure of
skin diseases of the human body and for general detergent purposes.
I will first describe a compound made according to my said invention and
specially applicable for the pickling of wood or timber to prevent decay, this
compound being partly designed to supersede, with considerable advantage, the
use of common creosote for treating railway sleepers, fences, buildings and the like.
It may also be used as a preservative for window-frames, doors, floorings and any
similar parts of dwelling houses or other structures.
Wood treated with this compound before the application of paint or varnish will
be preserved, and the paint or varnish will dry freely and will not discolor as is
the case when creosote is used. This compound is composed of the following
ingredients and is prepared in the manner hereinafter set forth, that is to say :-
I take eight (8) hundred-weight of naphthaline (or the substance which is ordi-
narily termed "salt" in tar-distilling yards) and I liquefy the same by heat either
in an ordinary open pan or in a jacket-pan, or in any other suitable manner.
When this naphthaline has been reduced to the liquid form, I add thereto one half
hundredweight of resin. By preference I employ black resin, although pale resin
will practically serve the same purpose. In some cases I add coal or other pitch
(the proportion being one half hundredweight), in which case the resin may be
dispensed with or may be retained as desired. These ingredients are well mixed
together whilst in a liquid form and with a small quantity (say about two gallons)
of caustic soda or potash of thirty degrees (30°) Baumé or the same quantity of a
mixture of both of these substances. The soda or potash is thoroughly mixed with
the other ingredients by agitation. The whole is theu allowed to cool, and when
cold, forms a solid mass which can be conveniently transported to any distance for
use as may be required. The mass or block may be broken up into smaller pieces,
if desired. When it is desired to make use of the compound or mass so manu-
factured, supposing one hundredweight of the same is required, I take this
quantity thereof and place the same in a suitable quantity of water (say from
three (3) to nine (9) hundredweight) in a suitable iron or other vessel to which
heat is applied in any desirable manner and the whole mass is heated until it
becomes thoroughly dissolved and blended. This will ordinarily require about an
hour, more or less. The quantity of water relatively to that of the compound will
depend upon the purpose for which the solution is to be used, that is to say,
whether it is required to be more or less strong. The said solution, whilst hot,
may be applied to the wood in any desirable manner, such as by means of a brush,
or by dipping the wood in the solution, or otherwise, and the durability of the said
wood will be considerably increased thereby. If the timber or wood, so to be
impregnated, be boiled in the said pickle or solution for a period of four (4) or
six (6) hours the fibre thereof becomes toughened and the interstices filled with the
said composition, moisture is excluded and every vestige of decaying matter which
may be present is destroyed. When the composition is applied to the wood or

page_text: timber by immersing the latter in the solution, I prefer that it should remain
therein until the whole is cold, as a more complete absorption is thus ensured than
would otherwise take place. After this treatment the wood should be dried
naturally and it will then resist the ordinary process of decay.
The compound made as above described will, if combined with the necessary
ingredients for producing soap, be of great value for the treatment of all or most
skin diseases, whether of human beings or animals, and for all detergent purposes,
especially for the removal of grease, pitch, tar or the like from any article from
which it is desirable to remove it.
For washing or treating sheep or other animals to destroy or get rid of parasites
or insects of all kinds, and for the prevention and cure of scale, foot-rot, and other
diseases to which animals are peculiarly liable, I vary my composition as follows,
that is to say, I make a solution of resin, by the aid of heat, in combination with
crude petroleum; or instead of the crude petroleum I may use the latter distillates
of shale or coal-tar, or anthracine salts and oils, or other hydrocarbon products
having similar properties, as will be readily understood, the proportions being
thirty two (32) parts by weight of resin to sixty four (64) parts by weight of
petroleum or equivalent hydrocarbon. To this solution I add sixteen (16) parts by
weight of caustic soda in solution, strength twenty-five degrees (25°) Baumé, also
one (1) part by weight of a solution of silicate of soda, and one (1) part by weight
of a solution of sulphate of soda both at a strength of thirty degrees (30°) Baumé.
The whole of these ingredients should be thoroughly shaken or mixed in any
suitable vessel and the composition is then ready for use when diluted with the
proper quantity of water. The proportion should be about eighty (80) gallons of
soft or river water to every one (1) gallon of the above described composition.
Large animals may be washed with this diluted peparation by saturating their
coats therewith and then allowing them to dry naturally, and the smaller animals
such as sheep, may be dipped therein. Other water than river water may be
employed, although I prefer river water. By the use of this preparation, the wool
of sheep is considerably improved with respect to softness, cleanliness, and weight.
The action of the silicate of soda upon the wool is highly beneficial for softening
the same and increasing its weight, and the sulphate of soda, in combination with
the tar-oil or equivalent substance, is exceedingly repulsive to all insects and
especially to those which infest and are injurious to animals.
The said compounds may also be used for cleansing plants of insects, fungi or
other parasitic growths.
Having thus fully described my said invention and in what manner the same
may be conveniently and advantageously carried into practice, I wish it understood
that all the proportions above given are such as will, according to my experience,
give the best results, but I do not confine myself strictly to these proportions or to
the strength indicated, both of which may be somewhat varied according to special
circumstances, as will be readily understood by all persons conversant with the
subject, and, I Claim :—
The antiseptic, preservative, curative and cleansing compounds or compositions
prepared with, or made of, the ingredients or substances above specified, (the active
agent in the said compounds or compositions being naphthaline), substantially as,
and for the purposes, set forth:
In Witness whereof I the said John Jeyes have hereunto set my hand and seal
this Sixth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight