Improved Antiseptic and Preserving Agents.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 27th May, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 21st Mar., 1894-Accepted, 27th July, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Antiseptic and Preserving Agents.
I, PER HÅKANSSON, of Eslöf, in the Kingdom of Sweden, Manufacturer of
Vinegar, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
For
The object of my invention is to produce an antiseptic and preserving agent, of
which the principal and essential ingredients are acetic ether and alcohol, or acetic
ether, alcohol and acetic acid with or without the addition of water.
certain purposes it is convenient to add aromatic substances and for other purposes
to add glycerine, oil or fat. I call this improved antiseptic and preserving agent
Salubrine."
Contrary to other antiseptic agents, the antiseptic properties of which depend
upon the presence of a more or less poisonous matter, the essential ingredients in
"salubrine," although each separately poison to micro-organisms, cannot be
considered as poisons to man.
For many purposes, particularly when only washing or treatment during a short
time is required "salubrine" composed as follows has proved suitable, viz., Acetic
ether from 10 to 40 per cent., alcohol from 20 to 50 per cent. and acetic acid
from 2 to 3 per cent.
For evaporation, for instance in order to neutralize insalubrious and poisonous
gases in the air or to preserve objects or to stop putrefaction already commenced,
by means of "salubrine" gases, I prefer to use "salubrine in a concentrated
state, for instance 60 parts of acetic ether, 20 to 30 parts of alcohol and 20 to
10 parts of acetic acid. For the said purposes however "salubrine" of the first
mentioned strength may also be used.
"
In such cases, when dressing or treatment during a longer time is required
"salubrine" should be used of the strength obtained when one part of “salubrine
of the first mentioned composition is diluted with one or more parts of water.
When preserving objects by submersion in "salubrine," the degree of concentration
as well as the proportion between the ingredients must moreover be suited to the
nature of the substances to be preserved and to the purpose and mode of
the preservation etc.
In some cases, if for instance the colour is affected or changed by the acetic
acid, prefer to use acetic ether or alcohol with or without water but without
acetic acid.
Acetic ether in solutions containing alcohol and acetic acid or even only alcohol
acts as a strong antiseptic and preservative. By using these compounds in different
proportions with or without water and for certain purposes combined with suitable
substances as above stated, antiseptic and preserving agents can be prepared which,
without being in any way injurious or poisonous, are with respect to their
multifarious use and strong effect, in many cases superior to any antiseptic agent
hitherto known.
Dated this 27th day of May 1893,
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Antiseptic and Preserving Agents.
I, PER HÅKANSSON, of Eslöf, in the Kingdom of Sweden, Manufacturer of
Vinegar, 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 my invention is to produce an antiseptic and preserving agent, of
which the principal and essential ingredients are acetic ether and alcohol, or acetic
ether, alcohol and acetic acid with or without the addition of water. For certain
purposes it is convenient to add aromatic substances and for other purposes to add
glycerine, oil or fat. I call this improved antiseptic and preserving agent
"Salubrine."
In contradistinction to other antiseptic agents, the antiseptic properties of which
depend upon the presence of more or less poisonous matter, the essential ingredients
in "salubrine," although each separately poison to micro-organisms, cannot be
considered as poisons to man. The improved antiseptic and preserving agent also
serves to protect from and remove the injurious matters produced and generated by
micro-organisms.
For many purposes, particularly when only washing or treatment during a short
time is required, "salubrine" composed as follows has proved suitable, viz.:
Acetic ether from 10 to 40 per cent., alcohol from 20 to 50 per cent. and acetic acid
from 2 to 3 per cent. and the rest 68 to 7 per cent. water or other matter which
without altering the antiseptic properties of the composition makes the same by its
aroma or in some other way agreeable and suitable for special purposes. A
composition containing 25% acetic ether, 50% alcohol, 23% acetic acid
and 22% water has especially proved to be suitable for many purposes, this
composition may be called "Salubrine A."
When
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66 salubrine is to be used for evaporation for instance, in order to
neutralize insalubrious and poisonous gases in the air or to preserve objects or to
stop putrefaction already commenced I prefer to use it in a coucentrated state, for
instance 60 parts of acetic ether, 20 to 30 parts of alcohol and 20 to 10 parts of
acetic acid. For the said purposes however is "Salubrine A" also excellent, but
for obtaining the same effect a greater quantity of "Salubrine A is wanted than
if the more concentrated composition is used.
"
In such cases, when dressing or treatment during a longer time is required,
"salubrine" should be used of the strength obtained when one part of
"Salubrine A" is diluted with one or more parts of water, even one part
of "Salubrine A" and 5 parts of water is a strong antiseptic and a mixture of
1 part of "Salubrine A " and 10 to 20 parts of water acts in many cases
powerfully to remove and prevent the injurious matter produced by micro-
organisms and to stop the development of micro-organisms. When preserving
objects by submersion in "salubrine," the degree of concentration as well as the
proportion between the ingredients must moreover be suited to the nature of the
substances to be preserved and to the purpose and mode of the preservation.
When the improved antiseptic or preserving agent is used for some purposes, as
for instance, when it is evaporated in dwelling chambers or used as a hair remedy,
it is preferable to add aromatic matters to the "salubrine" of any of the above-
mentioned compositions.
In some instances the skin has been found to become hard and dry by being
treated with "salubrine" if a suitable after-treatment has not been performed or
if in the "salubrine
1 to 2% of water has not been substituted by 1 to 2%
of glycerine, oil or fat.
Moreover in some cases, if for instance the colour is affected or changed by the
acetic acid, I prefer to use acetic ether and alcohol with or without water but

page_text: without acetic acid. Even some plants are easily injured by acetic acid. In order
to exterminate vermin on living plants a composition without acetic acid is used,
and for this, a mixture of 25 % acetic ether, 25% alcohol and 50% water has
been found suitable. If on the other hand it is on dead objects that vermin are
to be killed, it has been found suitable to add to said mixture 5 a 10% acetic
acid or to use a composition containing 20% acetic ether, 20% alcohol, 5% acetic
acid and 55% water.
Acetic ether in solutions containing alcohol and acetic acid or even only alcohol
acts as a strong antiseptic and preservative. By using these compounds in different
proportions with or without water and for certain purposes combined with suitable
substances as above stated, antiseptic and preserving agents can be prepared which,
without being in any way injurious or poisonous, are with respect to their
multifarious use and strong effect, in many cases superior to any antiseptic agent
hitherto known.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
:-
1. The improved antiseptic and preserving agent, consisting of acetic ether,
alcohol and acetic acid with or without the addition of water, which also serves to
protect from the injurious products generated by micro-organisms.
2. The improved antiseptic and preserving agent, consisting of acetic ether,
alcohol and acetic acid with or without the addition of water and with the addition
of aromatic substances.
3. The antiseptic and preserving agent, as described in Claim 1 or as described
in Claim 2 with the addition of glycerine, oil or fat.
4. The improved antiseptic and preserving agent, consisting of acetic ether and
alcohol with or without the addition of water.
5. The improved antiseptic and preserving agent, consisting of acetic ether and
alcohol with or without the addition of water and with the addition of either
aromatic substances or of glycerine oil or fat.
Dated this 21st day of March 1894.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.