Washing Compound, and Method of Preparing the same.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Mar., 1895--Accepted, 27th Apr., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Washing Compound, and Method of Preparing the same.
1, FRANK EDWIN COULTER, residing at No. 1718 North 19th Street, in
Omaha, in the County of Douglas, and State of Nebraska, United States of
America, Physician, 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 :-
This invention has relation to a new and novel washing compound and the
process of manufacturing the same, the object being to provide a washing
compound that shall be an active detergent, while at the same time not contain
any injurious chemicals adapted to destroy or injure the cloth or fabrics.
The following is the method of preparing my improved washing compound :
I use of paraffin one ounce, of cera alba one and one-half drachms. These two
ingredients are slowly melted in a water bath. I next prepare a mixture of olium
galtherium drops and olium cassia taking of the first and of the last named
compound ten drops, to which I add fifteen grains of carbolic acid. This mixture
is thoroughly stirred and agitated and then combined with fifteen drops of alcohol.
The whole mixture is then heated to the boiling point, which gives us a clear,
straw-colored liquid. To this preparation, while still in a heated condition, is next
added the paraffin and cera alba mixture, the whole compound being then heated
to the boiling point. The mixture being thoroughly stirred and agitated in a
water bath, after which the compound is poured out into moulds of the desired
size and placed in a cooling room or chamber. After solidifying, the compound is
ready to be wrapped in packages for shipment. The preparation, as prepared
above, possesses the following advantages: It is an antiseptic and contains the
essential oils, possesses an agreeable odour, while the paraffin mixture acts upon the
fabric in such a manner as to remove all dirt or ordinary stains without injury.
A small cake of the compound, in using, is placed within the wash boiler or
receptacle adapted to receive the clothes, of boiling water to which has been
previously added an ordinary bar of soap of any ordinary reliable brand, to make
the suds, and when this washing compound and the soapy water have been
thoroughly mixed and dissolved, the clothes are allowed to boil from ten to fifteen
minutes. The clothes or articles are then removed and the washing completed in
the usual manner excepting the ordinary rubbing of the clothes, which, by the use
of this washing compound, is made unnecessary.
Another method of preparing my improved compound would be to proceed as
follows:
Use 960 parts of paraffin, to which is added 90 parts of cera alba. These two
ingredients are thoroughly stirred and mixed under a boiling heat in a water bath,
when a second mixture, comprising five parts of olium cassia and fifteen parts of
carbolic acid and sixty parts of alcohol, is added, at the point of ebullition. These
two ingredients are then gently heated up to 185 degrees, Fahrenheit, under a
continuous agitation for three minutes, when the mixture is poured into a cold
mould to form a top film, when they are promptly submerged in an iced water
bath. The body of this compound is composed of paraffin, the white wax acting
as a hardener, as does also the alcohol. The acid, of course, acts in the capacity
of an antiseptic, while the olium cassia is used for the purpose of giving a pleasant
odour to the mixture.

page_text: To still further protect my invention, the same might be prepared as follows:
To 100 parts of paraffin are added 90 parts of cera alba. These two ingredients
are melted in a water bath and brought to a temperature of not less than
185° Fahrenheit. I next add 80 parts of alcohol to which I add 20 parts of
carbolic acid. These two liquids are united in a glass retort in order to be
brought to a point of ebullition. While heated, this second compound is added to
the first, while at its highest temperature, when the two compounds are thoroughly
mixed and agitated for two or three minutes, while remaining at their highest
temperature. This combined preparation is then placed within a tray or pan,
which pan, after the compound has begun to harden, is submerged in a water bath
brought as near to the temperature of melting ice as possible. The compound is
held within this iced bath for two or three hours, when it is ready to be trapped
and packed, ready for shipment. The compound so prepared possesses highly
antiseptic properties, is pleasing as to odour and possesses efficient cleansing
qualities.
The process of preparing my improved washing compound and which I also
desire to fully secure, is as follows:
All of the liquids are united in a glass retort in order to be brought to the point
of ebullition. The solid portion is melted in a water bath and brought to a
temperature of not less than 185° Fahrenheit. When this degree is reached, the
liquid portion, being brought to the point of ebullition, is added. The entire
compound is then thoroughly agitated for two or three minutes while remaining at
its highest temperature. After having been agitated the compound is ready to be
poured into a cooling pan. These pans to receive the mixture should be of such a
character that when filled they will float on water. The water should be as nearly
the temperature of melting ice as possible. With the pans in position on the
surface of the iced water they receive the boiling mixture from the water bath.
After an interval of sufficient length, there is formed a film over the surface of the
compound, which, when it has become sufficiently hard to withstand the water, the
entire pan and contents is to be completely submerged in the iced water bath.
The pan and compound is then allowed to remain in this condition until thoroughly
hardened, which generally takes from one to four hours, the length of time
depending upon the temperature of the water. The contents of the pan should
then be of a pearly white color and quite solid, when it is ready to be removed
for use.
The advantage of this process is that it gives a superior product to any
other in that it attains a greater degree of hardness and withstands the summer
temperature better, which is important from a commercial point of view.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what
clain is
1. A washing compound comprising, First: a mixture of cera alba and paraffin;
Second: a mixture of olium galtherium, olium cassia, carbolic acid and alcohol;
this second mixture being thoroughly heated and mixed and then combined with
the first mixture-the two mixtures being then gently heated and mixed and
allowed to cool, the ingredients being prepared substantially as and in the
proportions specified.
2. As a new article of manufacture, a washing compound comprising the
following ingredients: Paraffin, cera alba, olium galtheriun, olium cassia, carbolic
acid and alcohol, all combined substantially as and in the proportions set forth.
3. A new washing compound, comprising the combination of the following
ingredients: Paraffin, cera alba, alcohol, carbolic acid and olium cassia, combined
substantially as and in the proportion set forth.
4. A washing compound comprising the combination of a mixture of paraffin
and alcohol, combined substantially as and in the proportions set forth.
5. As a washing compound, the combination of paraffin, alcohol and carbolic
acid, combined substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

page_text: 6. In a washing compound the combination of paraffin, alcohol, carbolic acid and
cassia, combined substantially as and in the proportions specified.
7. The method of preparing a washing compound which consists, first, in uniting
the liquids to be brought to the point of ebullition, the solid ingredients being
melted in a water bath and brought to a temperature of not less than
185° Fahrenheit; the liquid portions being then added to the solid portions at
their greatest temperature; the compound then being thoroughly agitated at its
highest temperature and then being placed within a cooling pan and submerged
within a water bath, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 19th day of March 1895.
ALLISON BROS.,
Agents for the Applicant.