A LIQUID OR NOVEL PREPARATION TO BE APPLIED TO WOOLS
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Edward Gedge, of the Firm of John Gedge
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and Son, No. 4, Wellington Street South, Strand, in the County of
Middlesex, Patent Agents, for the Invention of "A LIQUID OR NOVEL
PREPARATION TO BE APPLIED TO WOOLS."-A communication from abroad
by Jules Jubel Desmares, of Vire, in the Department of the Calvados,
France Cloth Manufacturer
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward Gedge
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,. on
the 3rd March 1860.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD GEDGE, of the Firm of John Gedge and Son, No. 4,
Wellington Street South, Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agents,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A LIQUID OR NOVEL
PREPARATION TO BE APPLIED TO WOOLS," communicated to me from abroad by
Jules Juhel Desmares, of Vire, in the Department of the Calvados, France;.
Cloth Manufacturer, to be as follows:-
The liquid which it is proposed to apply to wools will consist of a cold
dissolution of olive, colza, or other oil with liquid ammonia, in the proportion
of about one part of the ammoniacal liquid to fifteen of oil. This solution
being complete, it is proposed to add such a quantity of water as will render it
sufficiently liquid to be readily, and equally distributed between all the

page_text: filaments of the wool to which it is applied. The quantity of water which
should enter into this composition is regulated by the quality and purity of
the oil; thus, pure olive oil will absorb a much greater quantity of water
than colza and other oils, and that to such an extent as to render its use more
economical than that of the cheaper oils, and infinitely preferable to the
compositions hitherto tried, such as the cristals, soaps, potashes, and others.
The quantity of water to be added will vary from about one hundred to one
hundred and fifty per cent. of the ammoniacal proportion.
This composition is to be prepared cold, and its preparation will be neither
long, onerous, or difficult. It will offer no temptation to theft, it will not
injure the clothes of the workmen, and will not leave any hurtful traces of its.
passage, the three elements becoming thoroughly homogeneous, and an entirely
new liquid, possessing all the unctuous properties of the purest oil without its
inflammability in coagulation, as it will notably lessen the inflammability of
the boards upon which it may spread; further, it will coagulate with much
less facility.
It is intended to be used in the carding and combing of wools in the same
proportions as olive oil, and will not destroy any of their much prized
suppleness; finally, wools and cloths, when carded or combed, this composition
having been used, will be scoured or freed from unctuousness with much
greater facility.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Edward Gedge in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 3rd September 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
EDWARD GEDGE, of the Firm of John Gedge and Son, No. 4, Wellington
Street South, Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Patent. Agents, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Third day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-third year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said William Edward Gedge, Her special license that I, the said William
Edward Gedge, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said William Edward Gedge, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and

page_text: lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Inven-
tion for "A LIQUID OR NOVEL PREPARATION TO BE APPLIED TO WOOLS," a com-
munication to me from abroad by Jules Juhel Désmarés, of Vire, in the
Department of the Calvados, France, Cloth Manufacturer, upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said William Edward Gedge, my executors
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of
their hands an seals, should particularly describe and ascertan the nature
of the said Invention, and in what the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next, and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Edward Gedge, do hereby
declare the nature of the said 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 a novel preparation or compound to be employed
in "oiling" woollen yarns or fabrics, and consists in dissolving colza, olive, or
other suitablo oil in liquid amonia. After the dissolution has been com-
pletely effected, water is to be added to it in sufficient quantity to render it
sufficiently liquid to facilitate the subsequent repartition or separation of the
fibres of wool equally and intimately. The quantity of water to be employed
must depend upon the quality and purity of the oil; thus, pure olive oil will
absorb a much larger quantity of water than colza or other ordinary oils, so
that it is more economical than cheap oils, and preferable to the oiling
compositions hitherto employed. Tho proportion of water may vary from a
hundred to a hundred and fifty per cent. to the amoniacal preparation.
This composition is prepared in the cold state; its preparation is neither
long, onerous, or difficult, and the composition offers no temptation to theft,
does not injure the clothes of the workmen, and leaves no hurtful trace of its
passage, as its three elements form a homogeneous mass or liquid, having all
the unctuous properties of the present oil without its inflamability or liability
to coagulation; in fact, it diminishes the inflammability of wood or other
substance on which it may be spilt, and coagulates with much less facility
than oil.
This composition is to be employed for the carding and combing of wool
in the same proportions as olive oil, and will not be found to injure the
softness of the wool. Woollens treated with this composition are more easily
scoured than when the ordinary oiling preparation is employed.

page_text: The method preferred by the Inventor for the preparation of this improved
oiling composition is to pour into fifteen parts by weight of oil one part by
weight of ammonia gradually or in small quantity at a time, the oil being
constantly stirred; about ten minutes afterwards from fifteen to twenty parts
by weight of water are added, the mixture being stirred while the water is
being poured in, until it is sufficiently limpid to pass through the oiling appa-
ratus. The vessel containing the composition is then covered during a quarter
of an hour, and the operation is complete.
Having now described the nature of this Invention, as communicated to mo
by my foreign correspondant, and explained the manner of carrying it into
effect, I would observe, in conclusion, that I do not confine myself to the
exact proportions of the ingredients used, as they may, perhaps, be varied
without departing from the nature and object of the Invention; but that
which I desire to secure under the above in part recited Letters Patent is, the
employment of ammonia in combination with oil and water, substantially as
above described for the purpose specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Edward Gedge, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Thirty-first day of August, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty.
Witness,
JOHN GEDGE
11, Wellington Street, Strand,
W. E. GEDGE. (L.S.)