An Improved Cleansing and Disinfecting Wash for Cattle Trucks, Cow Sheds, and other Structures.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Dec., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 10th Sept., 1895-Accepted, 12th Oct., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Cleansing and Disinfecting Wash for Cattle Trucks,
Cow Sheds, and other Structures.
Ì CHARLES THOMAS MACADAM, of 116 Fenchurch Street in the City of
London, Manager to Odams' Manure and Chemical Company, Limited, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of the present invention is to provide a wash to be used for all
purposes for which ordinary line-wash is now employed, which wash will be more
efficacious for purposes of cleansing and disinfecting than the said lime-wash.
The reason that lime-wash is now so largely employed for cleansing and
purifying cattle trucks, cattle pens, horse boxes, farm homesteads, dwellings,
hospitals, and the like, is not because the lime-wash is more efficacious than other
preparations for such is not the case, but because any neglect in lime washing can
be instantly detected at a glance.
Very excellent disinfectants, far superior to lime-wash, in their germicidal and
unsecticidal properties, are available for cleansing and purifying purposes, but it
is less easy to tell whether they have been properly applied, without minute
inspection, which is unnecessary when lime washing is adopted.
According to my invention, I incorporate with the disinfectant, which may be a
preparation of any approved kind, such as Odams' disinfecting fluid, an earthy
material (with or without the addition of a colouring matter), such as crude
sulphate of alumina, commercially termed china clay, and I reduce the mixture to
a suitable consistency by the addition of water.
The china clay, with an added pigment, such as ochre, to give, if desired, a
colour to the wash, will act as a vehicle for the disinfectant, which will have no
appreciable chemical effect on the latter. The wash can be as readily applied as
ordinary lime-wash, and in a similar manner.
Dated this 11th day of December 1894.
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.
An Improved Cleansing and Disinfecting Wash for Cattle Trucks,
Cow Sheds, and other Structures.
CHARLES THOMAS MACADAM, of 116 Fenchurch Street in the City of London,
Manager to Odams' Manure and Chemical Company Limited. 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 :-
The object of the present invention is to provide a wash to be used for all
purposes for which ordinary lime-wash is now employed, which wash will be more
efficacious for purposes of cleansing and disinfecting than the said lime-wash.
The reason that lime-wash is now so largely employed for cleansing and
purifying cattle-trucks, cattle-pens, horse-boxes, farm homesteads, dwellings,
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hospitals, and the like, is not because the lime-wash is more efficacious, than other
sanitary preparations, for such is not the case, but because any neglect in lime-
washing can be instantly detected at a glance.
Very excellent disinfectants, far superior to lime-wash in their germicidal and
insecticidal properties, are available for cleansing and purifying purposes, but it
is not easy to tell whether they have been properly applied without minute
inspection, which is unnecessary when lime-washing is adopted.
According to my invention, I incorporate with the disinfectant, which may be a
preparation of any approved kind, such as Odamine disinfecting fluid, an inert
earthy material (with or without the addition of a coloring 'matter), such as crude
silicate of alumina, commercially termed china clay, and I thus, produce a mixture
suitable for reduction to the consistency of a wash by the addition of water.
The mixture of disinfectant and earthy matter, may be either in the form of a
thick paste, or a powder, according to the character of the disinfectant employed,
the proportions of the materials being such, that the addition of sufficient water
to produce a wash, will reduce also the disinfecting properties to the proper
strength for use.
The china clay, with an added pigment, such as ochre, to give, if desired, a color
to the wash, will act as a vehicle for the disinfectant, and will have no appreciable
chemical effect on the latter. The wash can be as readily applied as ordinary
lime-wash, and in a similar manner.
The disinfectant contained in the wash, when the latter is applied, will
accomplish the purification desired, and the inert body will when dry, constitute a
clean and visible coating, a sufficient evidence that the disinfecting has been
attended to.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The combination of a disinfecting material with an inert earthy substance or
body, with or without an added coloring material, as and for the purpose set
forth.
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NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.