An Improved Cleansing Material.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Oct., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 11th July, 1893-Accepted, 12th Aug., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Cleansing Material.
We, EDGAR HARRY LAWTON, and JOHN CARDER, both of 3 Savage Gardens,
in the City of London, Merchants do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to an improved cleansing material.
The object of our said invention is to provide an improved and inexpensive
cleansing composition which possesses the properties of soap and in addition is
enabled to exert a brushing or scrubbing action. The said improved cleansing
composition is more rapid in its action and more efficacious as a cleansing agent
than ordinary cleansing material, and is particularly advantageous for toilet
purposes, inasmuch as it combines the qualities of soap with the valuable hygienic
action of a flesh-rubber.
According to our said invention we incorporate with soap, the substance known
in commerce as "loofah" which is a portion of the plant luffa.
The said loofah may be incorporated with the soap in any form; for instance,
one or more pieces or sections can be provided in each cake or bar, or it may be
placed in the soap in a shredded or divided condition. It can be added to the soap
at any suitable stage in the manufacture of the same, or it may be added to cakes
or bars of manufactured soap by any suitable means.
When the loofah is to be placed in the soap in sections we preferably cut them
in such a manner that the different sides of the said sections will have surfaces of
different texture, and we arrange the sections in the soap in such a manner that
the said surfaces are presented towards the exterior of the completed cake or bar
of composition, which, therefore, when in use, will be of different degrees of
roughness on its different sides. This is advantageous, as it enables any one cake
or bar to be employed for a variety of purposes.
Dated this 12th day of October 1892.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Cleansing Material.
We, EDGAR HARRY LAWTON, and JOHN CARDER, both of 3 Savage Gardens,
in the City of London, Merchants, 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 :-
Our invention relates to an improved cleansing-material.
The object of our said invention is to provide an improved and inexpensive
cleansing-composition which possesses the properties of washing soap and in
addition is enabled to exert a brushing or scrubbing action. The said improved
cleansing-composition is more rapid in its action and more efficacious as a cleansing
agent than ordinary cleansing material, and is particularly advantageous for toilet
purposes, inasmuch as it combines the qualities of washing soap with the valuable
hygienic action of a flesh-rubber.
According to our said invention we incorporate with washing soap, the substance
known in commerce as "loofah" which is a portion of the plant luffa.
The said loofah may be incorporated with the soap in any form; for instance,

page_text: one or more pieces or sections can be provided in each cake or bar, or it may be
placed in the soap in a shredded or divided condition. It can be added to the
soap at any suitable stage in the manufacture of the same, or it may be added to
cakes or bars of manufactured soap by any suitable means.
When the loofah is to be placed in the soap in sections, we preferably cut the
said sections in such a manner that the different sides thereof will have surfaces of
different texture and we arrange the sections in the soap in such a manner that the
said surfaces are presented towards the exterior of the completed cake or bar of
composition, which, therefore, when in use, will be of different degrees of roughness
on its different sides. This is advantageous, as it enables any one cake or bar to
be employed for a variety of purposes.
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 :-
1. An improved cleansing-material formed by the incorporation, with washing
soap, of loofah, for the purposes specified.
2. The improved cleansing-material formed by the incorporation with washing
soap, of sections of loofah cut and arranged so that the different sides of a piece
of the improved cleansing-material will have when in use surfaces of different
texture, substantially as set forth for the purpose specified.
Dated this 11th day of Inly 1002
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.