A NEW OR IMPROVED OIL OR LUBRI- CANT
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Cockshott, of Bradford, in the County of York,
General Dealer, for the Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED OIL OR LUBRI-
CANT
"
Sealed the 25th February 1879, and dated the 25th November 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Cockshott at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 25th November 1878.
RICHARD COCKSHOTT, of Bradford, in the County of York, General Dealer. "A
NEW OR IMPROVED OIL OR LUBRICANT."
This Invention relates to further improvements in an oil or lubricant, for which
I obtained Provisional Protection, dated the Fifteenth day of February, One thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy three, No. 567.
The
In carrying out the Invention as described in the said Provisional Specification
I found that the ingredients did not unite, but separated one from the other.
object of iny present improvements is to obviate or remedy these defects.
For that purpose I make the new oil as follows:
To one gallon of water I add about three ounces of "Irish moss " and two ounces
of "Newcastle soda"; this admixture I boil until boiled down, and which is after-.
wards left to cool, and when cooled I add one third of a gallon Gallipoli oil, and by
preference of the best quality, and I add also a suitable quantity of "indigo blue";
the ingredients when thoroughly stirred become thoroughly incorporated, and form
an oil or mixture specially adapted for the combing and carding of wool and
woollens, and which produces better and brighter colours in dyed and stoved yarns
than with wools combed with ordinary oil, and render them firmer in spinning and
also greatly reduces the price of the oil.
I may also use, instead of Gallipoli oil, rape or Malaga oils:

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Richard Cockshott in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 21st May
1879.
RICHARD COCKSHOTT, of Bradford, in the County of York, General Dealer. "A
NEW OR IMPROVED OIL OR LUBRICANT."
The said Invention relates to further improvements in an oil or lubricant for
which I obtained Provisional Protection, dated the Fifteenth day of February, One
thousand eight hundred and seventy three, No. 567.
In carrying out the Invention as described in the said Provisional Specification
I found that the ingredients did not unite, and that they separated one from the
other. The object of my present improvements is to obviate or remedy these
defects.
"
For that purpose I make the new or improved oil or lubricant as follows:-
To about one gallon of water I add about three ounces of "Irish moss or of sea
weed and two ounces of "Newcastle soda," more or less "Irish moss
" or sea weed
and soda being employed according to different requirements; this admixture I boil
until boiled down, and then leave it to cool, and when cooled I thoroughly strain
and clear it. I then add about one third of a gallon of Gallipoli oil, by preference
of the best quality, but I may use either rape, Malaga, or olive oil; after adding
the oil I add a suitable quantity of indigo blue to give a bleaching property; the
ingredients are then thoroughly stirred, and become thoroughly incorporated.
In some cases, and according to the requirements of the use to which the oil is
to be put, before stirring I place the above named ingredients, boiled and treated
as hereinbefore described, in a pan, to which I add a sufficient quantity of soap; the
quantity of soap also varies with the use the oil or lubricant is intended for. I then
boil the ingredients for a suitable time, and when the boiling is finished I leave the
ingredients to cool, and when cooled I thoroughly stir until the ingredients become
thoroughly incorporated, and they will then form oils or mixtures especially adapted
for the combing and carding of wool and woollens, and will produce better and
brighter colours in dyed and stoved yarns than wools combed with ordinary oil, and
render them firmer in spinning. The price of the oil is also greatly reduced.
I would also remark that the quantities of the hereinbefore named ingredients
forming a new or improved oil or lubricant may be altered and varied to suit the
nature and quality of the materials to be operated upon.
Having thus described my Invention, and the best means I am acquainted with
for carrying the same into effect, I declare that what I claim is:-
The combination of the hereinbefore mentioned ingredients forming a new or
improved oil or lubricant to be used as a substitute for oil in the combing and
carding of wool or woollens for spinning and other manufacturing purposes.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Cockshott, have hereto set my hand
and seal, this Nineteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and seventy nine.
Witness,
WALTER JAS. TURNER, C.E.,
Patent Agent,
Bradford.
RICHARD COCKSHOTT. (L.S.)