An Improved Compound for Preventing Incrustation and Corrosion in Steam and other Hot Water Boilers.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Junė, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 24th Mar., 1892-Accepted, 30th Apr., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Compound for Preventing Incrustation and Corrosion
in Steam and other Hot Water Boilers.
We WILLIAM JAMES TRANTER, of the Swan Inn, Great Bridge, South
Staffordshire, Engineer, and SAMUEL HALE, of Tipton, South Staffordshire,
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
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This invention relates to an improved compound for preventing the deposit or
adherence of incrustation in steam boilers, or other vessels used for heating
water.
It consists primarily of sugar or saccharine, with tartaric acid, soda, paraffine
oil, quassia chips. To these may be added:-Hay, hydrochloric acid, soda crystals,
tartrate of soda, bicarbonate or carbonate of potash & citric acid.
In ordinary cases the compound is made up somewhat in the following proportions,
that is to say:
32 pints of water,
32 lbs. of sugar,
.6 ounces of tartaric acid,
4 lbs. of soda,
1 qrt. of paraffine,
1 lb. of quassia chips.
The other ingredients before named may be added at discretion according to the
state of the boiler or the water, under treatment.
By this improved compound, corrosion of the plate and incrustation is effectually
prevented.
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CHARLES T. POWELL,
Applicants' Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Compound for Preventing Incrustation and Corrosion
in Steam and other Hot Water Boilers.
We WILLIAM JAMES TRANTER, of Swan Inn, Great Bridge, South Stafford-
shire, Engineer, and SAMUEL HALE, of Tipton South Staffordshire Engineer
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 relates to an improved compound for preventing the deposit or
adherence of incrustation in steam boilers, or other vessels used for heating
water.
It consists primarily of sugar or saccharine with tartaric acid, soda, paraffine
oil, quassia chips. To these may be added:-Hydrochloric acid, soda crystals,
tartrate of soda, soda ash, bicarbonate or carbonate of potash and citric acid.

page_text: In ordinary cases the compound is made up somewhat in the following proportions,
that is to say:
32 pints of water,
32 lbs. of sugar,..
12
6 ounces of tartaric acid,
4 lbs. of soda,
1 qrt. of paraffine, ..
1 lb. of quassia chips.
The other ingredients before named may be added at discretion according to the
state of the boiler or the water under treatment, as for instance: When the water
used is found to be exceptionally hard, I may add thereto soda crystals, soda ash
or tartrate of soda. In other cases, where the peeling off of, the already formed
incrustation is stubborn, it may be assisted by adding hydrochloric acid, bicarbonate
or carbonate of potash, or citric acid but generally these are not required, as by
the improved compound above described, corrosion of the plate and incrustation is
effectually prevented.
Under ordinary circumstances about one and half pints per nominal horse power
should be inserted into the boiler during a month.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
1
The herein described composition of matter to be used for preventing or removing
the incrustation in steam boilers or other vessels used for heating water, consisting
of water, sugar, tartaric acid, soda, paraffine, and quassia chips in or near the
proportions specified, and of the optional use therewith of the additional matters
named under special circumstances.
Dated this 23rd day of March 1892...