AN IMPROVED LIQUID COMPOSITION OR COMPOUND TO BE USED FOR WASHING, BLEACHING, AND DISINFECTING PURPOSES
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Haworth, of Burnley, in the County of Lancaster,.
Gentleman, for an Invention of "AN IMPROVED LIQUID COMPOSITION OR
COMPOUND TO BE USED FOR WASHING, BLEACHING, AND DISINFECTING
PURPOSES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Haworth at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 6th August 1880.
WILLIAM HAWORTH, of Burnley, in the County of Lancaster, Gentleman.
AN IMPROVED LIQUID COMPOSITION OR COMPOUND TO BE USED FOR WASHING,
BLEACHING, AND DISINFECTING PURPOSES."
This Invention consists of the making of an improved liquid composition or
compound to be used for washing, bleaching, and disinfecting articles composed of
linen, cotton, or any other material in domestic use and other analogous purposes,
by extracting the actual essence of the ingredients herein after named.
The component parts of my said liquid composition or compound consist of―
Lime,
Soda, and
Water,
and the same will be manufactured and sold in a liquid state.
The proportions of the ingredients are as follows:-
I take three pounds of common lime to be boiled in one gallon of water with
six pounds of soda for forty five minutes; when strained off after it is cool the
liquid is perfectly clear, and the quantity of liquid is reduced by evaporation to
rather less than one gallon.
The liquid is then ready for use, and may be used in such quantities and according
to such circumstances as may be necessary or requisite.
I do not confine myself to the proportions herein given, as they may be varied to

page_text: and the same will be manufactured and sold in a liquid state.
The proportions of the ingredients are as follows:-I take three pounds of
common lime to be boiled in one gallon of water with six pounds of soda for
forty five minutes; when strained off after it is cool the liquid is perfectly clear,
and the quantity of liquid is reduced by evaporation to rather less than one
gallon.
The liquid is then ready for use, and may be used in such quantities and according
to such circumstances as may be necessary or requisite.
I sometimes use two gallons of water instead of one gallon, which would make
the amount of liquor obtainable about six quarts, and in this case no straining is
necessary. The mixture after boiling is allowed to cool, and the liquid rises in a
perfectly clear state to the top; thus it will be seen that it is the essence that is
used and not the compound of soda and lime itself.
It will be found that the liquid or essence amalgamates with both cold and hot
water very much better than powders, and will keep the water soft much longer
than the latter:
Having thus described the nature and object of my said Invention, I would have
it understood that I do not confine myself to the exact proportions herein given or
to the quantity of water to be used, as they may be varied to suit certain
circumstances, but that what I claim and desire to be secured to me by the herein
before in part recited Letters Patent is,―
1. The manufacture of an improved liquid composition or compound to be used
for washing, bleaching, and disinfecting purposes, by extracting the actual essence
of the ingredients above mentioned, in the manner and for the purposes substantially
as herein before described.
2. The combination and treatment of lime, soda, and water, in the manner and
for the purposes substantially as hereinbefore set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Haworth, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty seventh day of January, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty one.