Improvements in or relating to Artificial Mineral Waters.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Apr., 1897-Accepted, 15th May, 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Artificial Mineral Waters.
I, JAMES KENNEDY ANDERSON of Waukesha, in the County of Waukesha,
State of Wisconsin, United States of America, President of The Waukesha Water
Company, 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 artificial mineral waters.
The object is to produce a mineral water which, while being grateful to the taste
and refreshing, shall exhibit certain remedial agents in elegant and at once most
rational form to get their conjoint and best possible action.
The object is, furthermore, to produce a mineral water which may act as a
mild refrigerant, as a diuretic and as an antiseptic, and which may also have
beneficial and curative effect in diseases of the alimentary canal and the kidneys
and bladder, such as excessive uric acid, a gouty diathesis, and catarrhal affections ;
and in many forms of skin diseases.
With these objects in view, the invention consists, generally, in a lithiated water
containing boric acid in solution; furthermore, in a mineral water consisting of
carbonic acid water, or so-called carbonated water, containing, in solution, lithium
in any suitable form, and boric acid.
The invention consists, specifically, in a mineral water composed of carbonic acid
or other water, lithium carbonate and boric acid, in about the proportions of
35 grains of the carbonate and 15 grains of the acid to a gallon of the water.
To carry my invention into effect, I proceed as follows:-
To any suitable quantity of good drinking water, I add a suitable salt of lithia,
preferably the carbonate in the proportion of 35 grains to the gallon, and boric
acid in the proportion of 15 grains to the gallon, effect solution, and may then
charge the solution with carbonic acid to the degree desired; or I may charge the
water first and then effect solution of the ingredients, as in a closed vessel.
Instead of taking ordinary drinking water, I may take a lithiated water and
supply the boric acid hereunto;-if more lithia should be required then supplying
this in excess to what the water contains, so as to give the proper proportion.
It will be understood that other ingredients may be added to this mineral water
without departing from the spirit of my invention which is to present an artificial
mineral water comprising lithium in any suitable form and boric acid in
composition.
My specific method of procedure to produce the water is as follows:-
I prepare a carbonated water by charging the pure water with carbonic acid
gas. I then dissolve the lithium carbonate and boric acid separately in pure
water; mix the solutions, filter, if necessary, and add the carbonated water to the
solutions in such proportions that the resulting mixture shall contain about
35 grains of lithium carbonate and 15 grains of boric acid to the gallon.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The artificial mineral water herein described.
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page_text: 3. A mineral water consisting of carbonic acid water containing, in solution, a
form of lithium and boric acid, substantially as described.
4. An artificial mineral water consisting of carbonic acid water, lithium
carbonate and boric acid in about the proportions of 35 grains of the carbonate
and 15 grains of the acid to a gallon of the water, substantially as described.
5. The herein described process of making an artificial mineral water, which
consists in taking water, adding thereto a salt of lithia and boric acid in about the
proportions specified, effecting solution, and then charging the solution with
carbonic acid to the degree desired, substantially as described.
6. A potable water containing lithium carbonate and boric acid in about the
proportions of 35 grains of the carbonate and 15 grains of boric acid to the gallon,
substantially as described.
Dated this fith dor of Anvil 1907
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.