AN IMPROVED METHOD OF PACKING OR Purtine-Up CHLORIDE OP LIME
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake, of the Firm of Haseltine,
Lake, & Co., Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London,
for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF PACKING OR Purtine-Up
CHLORIDE OP LIME."-A communication from abroad by Martin
Luther Bush, of the City and State of New York, United States of
America, Merchant.
Sealed the 28th August 1874, and dated the 4th March 1874.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Robert Lake
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 4th March 1874.
I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co.,
Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF PACKING OR
PUTTING-UP CHLORIDE OF LIME," a communication, to be as follows:-
Chloride of lime is an article much used in dwelling-houses, public
buildings, stores, or warehouses, and the like, chiefly for disinfecting
purposes, but it is an article which on account of the offensive odour

page_text: evolved by it is but rarely kept by druggists and grocers, and even the
purchaser dreads the task of carrying it home, done up, as it usually is,
in common wrapping paper.
To overcome the above objection chloride of lime has been put up in
tin cans and sold at so much per can. Of course this greatly increases the
expense of an otherwise very cheap article, which is used in more or less
profusion as occasion requires; and moreover this method is not entirely
practical, as chloride of lime so put up cannot be kept as stock-in-trade
for any considerable time, for the reason that it corrodes the tin and eats
holes entirely through the cans and soon makes its offensiveness manifest.
The object of this Invention is to provide a process or method for
putting up chloride of lime which will obviate all of the above objections;
and the said Invention consists in the employment of a specific quantity
of chloride of lime enclosed in a kind of waterproof paper or fabric
which is not susceptible to the corrosive action of the chloride of lime,
and which will prevent the access of air or moisture to the same and
hence prevent the escape of chlorine gas so offensive to the olfactory
A most necessary article can thereby be placed in the market
and handled, bought, sold, transported, and dealt in as any other article
of trade and commerce without liability to decomposing or eating
through its wrapper though kept for a great length of time, and with-
out being offensive to those through whose hands it may pass.
nerves.
In carrying this Invention into practice it is preferable to proceed as
follows: I first take a block or form of the requisite size to occupy the
space of a definite quantity of chloride of lime and fold around this block
the material which is to constitute the case or wrapper. I then fold one
end of the wrapper over the lower end of the block or form and seal the
same in any proper manner. The block containing the wrapper or case
is then thrust into a box or mould just large enough to receive the same
and then the block is withdrawn, leaving the wrapper or case in the box
or mould with one of its ends sealed tight and the other open. The
desired weight or measure of chloride of lime is then put into the
wrapper or case and the open end or top of the latter is folded down and
sealed, and the package either before or after the sealing is removed
from the box or mould. The package may then have an additional
wrapper of ordinary Manilla paper put around it if desired.

page_text: The material to be employed as a case or wrapper must be moisture-
proof, and at the same time unsusceptible to the corrosive action of the
chloride of lime, and it is obvious that if its texture or body be sufficiently
close to prevent the access to its contents of atmospheric air chlorine
gas will not be generated, and hence the escape of a very offensive odor
will be prevented. Metallic sheets or tinfoil paper will not answer the
purpose for the reason that the same will not resist the corrosive action
of the chloride of lime.
It has been found that in making the wrappers or cases into which to
put the chloride of lime sheets of ordinary paper may be prepared for
the purpose by saturating the same in an oleaginous, resinous, or other
suitable solution, which will render the same waterproof and at the same
time will be unsusceptible to the action of the chloride of lime.
This Invention as above described permits chloride of lime to be put
up in such shape that it can be sold retail very nearly as cheaply as if
sold in bulk, and in such manner as to prevent the access to it of air or
moisture and the consequent generation and escape of chlorine gas
which is so offensive to the olfactory nerves; hence an article much
needed and used in households generally can be kept in ready packages
in drug, grocery, or other stores or shops, and be carried in the pocket
without giving offence.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Robert Lake in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 28th August 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fourth day of March, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty.
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said William Robert Lake, Her special
licence that I, the said William Robert Lake, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William Robert Lake,

page_text: my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with
and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"AN IMPROVED METHOD OF PACKING OR PUTTING-UP CHLORIDE, OF LIME," a com-
munication to me from abroad by Martin Luther Bush, of the City
and State of New York, United States of America, Merchant, upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said William Robert Lake, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or
their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Robert Lake, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement, reference being had to the accompanying
Drawing forming a part of this Specification
Chloride of lime is an article much used in dwelling-houses, public
buildings, stores, or warehouses, and the like, chiefly for disinfecting
purposes, but it is an article which by reason of the offensive odour
evolved by it is but rarely kept by druggists and grocers, and even the
purchaser dreads the task of carrying it home, put up, as it usually is,
in common wrapping paper.
To overcome the above objection chloride of lime has been put up in
tin cans and sold at so much per can. Of course this greatly increases
the expense of an otherwise very cheap article, which is used in more or
'less profusion as occasion requires; and moreover this method is not
entirely practicable for the reason that chloride of lime so put up cannot
be kept as stock-in-trade for any considerable time for when so kept it
corrodes the tin and eats holes entirely through the cans and soon makes
its offensiveness manifest.
t
The object of this Invention is to provide a process or method for
putting-up chloride of lime which will obviate all of the above objections;
and the said Invention consists in the employment of a specific quantity

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of chloride of lime enclosed in a kind of waterproof paper or fabric
which is not susceptible to the corrosive action of the chloride of lime,
and which will prevent air or moisture reaching the same, and hence
prevent the escape of chlorine gas so offensive to the olfactory nerves.
A most necessary article can thereby be placed in the market and
handled, bought, sold, transported, and dealt in as any other article of
trade and commerce without liability to decomposing or eating through
its wrapper though kept for a great length of time, and without being
offensive to those through whose hands it may pass.
In the accompanying Drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of this
Invention; and Figure 2 is a transverse central section of the same.
The block
In carrying this Invention into practise it is perferable to proceed as
follows: I first take a block or form of the requisite size to occupy the
space of a definite quantity of chloride of lime and fold around this
block the material which is to constitute the case or wrapper A, as will
be understood by reference to Figure 2. I then fold one end of the
wrapper over the lower end of the block or form (say as shown at a, b,
Figure 1), and seal the same in any convenient manner.
containing the wrapper or case is then thrust into a box or mould just
large enough to receive the same, and then the block is withdrawn
leaving the wrapper or case in the box or mould with one of its ends
sealed tight and the other open. The desired weight or measure of
chloride of lime B is then put into the wrapper or case and the open
end or top of the latter is folded down and scaled, and the 'package,
either before or after the sealing is removed from the box or mould.
The package may then have an additional wrapper of ordinary Manilla
paper put around it if desired. The package when completed may have
the proper labels attached to it..
The material to be employed as a case or wrapper must be moisture-
proof, and at the same time unsusceptible to the corrosive action of the
chloride of lime, and it is obvious that if its texture or body be
sufficiently close to prevent the access to its contents of atmospheric
air chlorine gas will not be generated, and hence the escape of a very
offensive odour will be prevented. Metallic sheets or tinfoil paper will
not answer the purpose for the reason that the same will not resist the

page_text: It has been found that in making the wrappers or cases into which to
put the chloride of lime sheets of ordinary paper may be prepared for
the purpose by saturating the same in an oleaginous, resinous, or other
suitable solution which will render the same waterproof, and at the same
time unsusceptible to the action of the chloride of lime.
This Invention as above described permits chloride of lime to be put
up in such shape that it can be sold retail very nearly as cheaply as if
sold in bulk, and in such manner as to prevent the access to it of air or
moisture, and the consequent generation and escape of chlorine gas
which is so offensive to the olfactory nerves; hence an article much
needed and used in households generally can be kept in ready packages
in drug, grocery, or other stores or shops, and be carried in the pocket
without giving offence.
Having thus fully described the said Invention as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondent, and the manner of performing the 1
same, I wish it understood that I claim, chloride of lime enclosed or
enveloped in a wrapper or casing of impervious, non-corrosive fabric, as
.herein described.
.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Robert Lake, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of August, 2
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four.
Witness,
H. J. NOONE,
8, Southampton Buildings,
London.
W*. ROB³. LAKE. (L.S.)