Improved Polishing Composition
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Apr, 1895
Complete Specification Left 23rd Nov, 1895-Accepted, 28th Dec, 1895
Improved Polishing Composition
I, JOHN ARTHUR BROOKFIELD, of King Street, in the City of Sheffield,
Manufacturing Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows
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This invention relates to an improved polishing composition for furniture and
the like, to be made in a solid or "block' form, and with water as a medium
It consists of a mixture of purified chalk, or whitening, or in some cases
pulverised lime with either mineral or vegetable wax, and a proportion of ordinary
soap, or like saponaceous material
These I propose to form into blocks or other solid form
The intended method
of using the block composition is to rub off a certain quantity from the block upon
a wet piece of flannel or other fabric which is then applied to the article of furniture
and polished off with a soft cloth
I thus avoid the use and risk of bottles and the unpleasantness of the usual
liquid polishes
Dated the 90th day of April 1895
ROBT F DRURY, CPA,
Bank Buildings, George Street, Sheffield, Agent for Applicant
improved Folishing CompoSITION
I, JOHN ARTHUR BROOKFIELD, of King Street, in the City of Sheffield,
Manufacturing Chemist do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same has to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement
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This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of polishing com-
position for furniture, referring both to its composition and to its form of
Construction, which is a solid block or tablet in contradistinction to the usual fluid
form contained in bottles or Jars
The composition in its most complete form consists of a mixture of purified chalk
or whitening by preference (but powdered lime may be used if desired) with a
proportion of ordinary household soap, and a smaller proportion of mineral or
vegetable wax
The nontions which I find most suitable and effective nia

page_text: Soap
1 part,
which are mixed and incorporated and formed into blocks as before described
This latter composition is of a softer nature, and therefore not so lasting as the
former one
The method of using my improved block composition, is to take a wet piece of
flannel and to rub it upon the block until it has gathered sufficient of the com-
position, it is then applied to the article of furniture by rubbing and is afterwards
polished off with a soft cloth
By the use of a solid form of composition in contradistinction to the liquid
compositions at present in use, the risk of damage to carpets, chairs and the like,
by the upsetting of bottles is entuely avoided
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 A solid-block composition for polishing furniture, consisting of whitening,
soap, and wax, in the following proportions or thereabouts, whitening 12 parts
soap 6 parts, and wax 1 part, as hereinbefore described
2 A furniture polishing compound made in a solid or block form, and
consisting of whitening, 2 paits, and soap 1 part, or thereabouts, as hereinbefore
described
3 A furniture polishing compound made in a solid or block form, and
consisting of powdered lime 2 parts, and soap 1 part, or thereabouts, as herein-
before described
Dated the 20th day of November 1895
ROBT F DRURY, CPA,
Bank Buildings, George Street, Sheffield, Agent for Applicant