Improved Manufacture of Material for Extinguishing Fires and Packing Cases for the same.
Year: 1885

page_text: Improved Manufacture of Material for Extinguishing Fires and
Packing Cases for the same.
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I, FRANCIS BOLTON of N° 4 The Sanctuary, Westminster in the County of
Middlesex, Knight, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVED
MANUFACTURE OF MATERIAL FOR EXTINGUISHING FIRES AND PACKING CASES FOR
THE SAME to be as follows:-
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My invention relates to the production of a material or compound in solid form
which when introduced into a bottle containing water will form a solution that
will readily extinguish fire. For this purpose, I manufacture bars balls or rods of
Chloride of Calcium or Magnesium, or of a compound thereof with other chemical
compounds, by casting a hot concentrated solution of these substances in moulds
where they solidify, the bars or rods being of such a size as to be readily inserted
through the neck of an ordinary wine or other bottle, which after being filled with
water is then corked, when it is ready for use.
The said rods may be packed in cases consisting of two receptacles shaped like
tumblers or cups, which are fitted over the two ends of the sticks, meeting at their
middle, and are then secured together by pasting a wrapper coated with waterproof
material over their meeting rims.
In some cases I employ either of the materials above mentioned in the form of
crystals in which case prefer to seal up the material in small tubes which may be
placed in bottles in the same way as the rods previously mentioned. These tubes
being made of thin glass will break inside the bottle when it is shaken and the
crystals thus exposed to the action of the water which will dissolve them.
The tubes themselves may be packed in the same way as the rods above
described,
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page_text: Improved Manufacture of Material for Extinguishing Fires and
Packing Cases for the same.
.I, FRANCIS BOLTON of No 4 The Sanctuary Westminster in the County of
Middlesex, Knight 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 :—
My invention relates to the production of a material or compound in solid form
which when introduced into a bottle containing water will form a solution that
will readily extinguish fire. For this purpose, I manufacture bars, balls, or rods of
Chloride of Calcium or Magnesium, or of a compound thereof with other chemical
compounds, by casting a hot concentrated solution of these substances in moulds,
where they solidify, the bars or rods being of such a size as to be readily inserted
through the neck of an ordinary wine or other bottle, which after being filled with
water is then corked when it is ready for use.
The said rods may be packed in cases consisting of two receptacles shaped like
tumblers or cups, which are fitted over the two ends of the sticks, meeting at their
middle, and are then secured together by pasting a wrapper coated with waterproof
material over their meeting rims.
In some cases I employ either of the materials above mentioned in the form of
crystals, in which case I prefer to seal up the material in small tubes which may be
placed in bottles in the same way as the rods previously mentioned. These tubes
being made of thin glass, will break inside the bottle when it is shaken, and the
crystals thus exposed to the action of the water which will dissolve them.
The tubes themselves may be packed in the same way as the rods above
described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1. A new manufacture of material for extinguishing fires consisting of bars balls
or rods of Chloride of Calcium or Magnesium or compound thereof, with or without
admixture of other chemicals produced by casting hot concentrated solutions
thereof into moulds, such material being afterwards introduced into bottles con-
taining water so as to form a solution that will extinguish fire, substantially as
herein described.
2. The use for extinguishing fire of Chloride of Calcium or Magnesium or
mixtures thereof, with or without other substances, enclosed in thin glass tubes
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page_text: which when inserted into a bottle with water and shaken, will break and allow
the said substances to become dissolved in the water, substantially as herein
described.
3. The use for packing materials for extinguishing fires referred to in the
preceding claims, of two tumbler- or cup-shaped receptacles having their open ends
placed together, with the said material within them, the said receptacles being
secured together by means of a piece of waterproof material cemented round their
meeting ends, substantially as herein described.