An Improved Whitening, Stiffening, and Glazing Composition for Laundry Use.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Nov., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 20th Mar., 1899-Accepted, 22nd Apr., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Whitening, Stiffening, and Glazing Composition for
Laundry Use.
I, HARRIETT HOBBS, of St. Peter's Hill, Caversham, Oxfordshire, Laundress, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to an improved compound usable for whitening, stiffening
and glazing shirts, collars, cuffs and other laundry-treated articles requiring
such treatment, the improved compound being of advantage over existing prepara-
tions in that it enables the articles to be finished much easier and quicker and
produces a more perfect and lasting gloss and saves much labor in its use.
The improved compound is composed of the following ingredients, namely,
curd soap, borax, sugar, gum arabic and butterine, dissolved in water. These
ingredients are preferably compounded in the following respective proportions,
namely, to a gallon of water, take about 6 oss. of the curd soap, and 1 oz. each
of the other ingredients, and the compound is prepared by adding said ingredients
to hot water, and boiling the whole, say, for about ½ of an hour.
I use the borax preferably in lump form, and the sugar preferably of the
lump or loaf kind.
I do not restrict myself to the use of the above stated proportions, and may
use other respective proportions of the stated ingredients.
The improved compound is used by being applied to the collar, shirt or other
article, when ironed, with a brush, flannel or the like, and by then ironing the
article on a plain board without any covering to it.
By adding a small quantity of the compound to the boiled starch used for
table linen, it will enable the latter to be glazed with every possible satisfaction.
Dated this 12th day of November 1898.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Whitening, Stiffening, and Glazing Composition for
Laundry Use.
I, HARRIETT HOBBS, of St. Peter's Hill, Caversham, Oxfordshire, Laundress, 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:
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page_text: and glazing shirts, collars, cuffs and other laundry-treated articles requiring
such treatment, the improved compound being of advantage over existing prepara-
tions in that enables the articles to be finished much easier and quicker and
produces a more perfect and lasting gloss and saves much labor in its use.
The improved compound is composed of the following ingredients, namely,
curd soup, borax, sugar, gum arabic and butterine, dissolved in water. These
ingredients are preferably compounded in the following respective proportions,
namely, to a gallon of water, I take about 6 ozs. of the curd soap, and I oz. each
of the other ingredients, and the compound is prepared by adding said ingredients
to hot water, and boiling the whole, say, for about ½ of an hour.
I use the borax preferably in lump form, and the sugar preferably of the
lump or loaf kind.
I do not restrict myself to the use of the above stated proportions, and may
use other respective proportions of the stated ingredients...
The improved compound is used by being applied to the collar, shirt or other
article, when ironed, with a brush, flannel or the like, and by then ironing the
article on a plain board.
The improved compound may also be combined or used in connection with cold
water starch, by warming a little, say, about a tablespoonful of the compound
to a quart of the starch, damping the collar after it is ironed and using the
polisher. The improved compound may also be combined with or added in small
quantity to boiled starch used for table linen and the like, and will enable the
latter to be glazed with every possible satisfaction.
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:-
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(1) The herein described composition of matter, consisting of water, curd soap,
borax, sugar, gum arabic and butterine, substantially as described and for the
purpose specified.
(2) The herein described composition of matter for whitening, stiffening and
glazing purposes for laundry use, consisting of water, curd soap, borax, sugar,
gum arabic and butterine, in about the above mentioned respective proportions,
substantially as described.
(3) The herein described composition of matter, consisting of water, curd soap,
borax, sugar, gum arabic, butterine and starch, substantially as described and
for the purpose specified.
WAREH
1000
DAY, DAVIES & HUNT,
Chartered Patent Agents,
321, High Holborn, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.