A Powder or Paste for Applying to Stone or other Steps or Stairs to Impart a Clean and Bright Appearance to the same.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Feb., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 24th Oct., 1895-Accepted, 30th Nov., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Powder or Paste for Applying to Stone or other Steps or Stairs
to Impart a Clean and Bright Appearance to the same.
I, HENRY BOWIE YOUNG of the Milnquarter Chemical Co., Bonnybridge, N.B.,
Chemical Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to a powder or paste for applying to stone or other steps
or stairs to impart a clean and bright appearance to the same.
The powder
consists of a mixture of powdered lime (Irish, Scotch, or any other) and powdered
Bath brick in the proportion of say 3 parts of lime to 1 part of Bath brick. The
powder so produced is mixed with water into a paste and applied say with a
cloth.
The said powder may have aniline or other colours added to it in order to colour
or tint it.
Also the powder may have whiting, barytes, pipe clay, china clay, or other clay
or clays added to it, or one or more of these substances added to it: and there may
be added common salt.
The powder may be put up in packets or in bulk. The powder when applied
to stone or other steps or stairs imparts an attractive appearance thereto, and when
dry it is not readily washed off by rain.
Dated this 6th day of February 1895.
JOHNSONS,
115 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Petitioner's Agents.
A Powder or Paste for Applying to Stone or other Steps or Stairs
to Impart a Clean and Bright Appearance to the same.
I, HENRY BOWIE YOUNG of the Milnquarter Chemical Co., Bonnybridge, N.B.,
Chemical Manufacturer, 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 a powder or paste for applying to stone or other steps
or stairs to impart a clean and bright appearance to the same, and has for its
object to produce or manufacture a substance in the form of a powder or paste for
mixing with water or other suitable liquid and applied with a cloth or the like, to
the surfaces of steps, stairs, passages, window sills and other places for the purpose
of beautifying and giving the same a clean appearance. The said powder after
being applied and dry does not wash off with rain.
The powder produced according to my said invention is composed of about three
parts of powdered, slaked and sieved or otherwise treated lime or lime shells,
which may be either Irish, Scotch, English or other kind of lime or lime shells;
the said lime is then thoroughly mixed with about one part of Bath-brick powdered

page_text: or otherwise treated, and if desired an addition of salt, whiting, barytes, china
clay, pipe clay, or other similar material or a combination of such materials.
Also in accordance with my invention, I may add aniline, or other colouring
matter of any suitable kind so as to colour or tint the powder or paste as desired,
or I may dispense with the use of such colouring matter.
The powder may be put up dry in packages or in bulk so that when required
for use it has only to be mixed with the required liquid, or if desired it may be
mixed with the liquid so as to form a paste which may be put up in jars, bottles or
the like.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
The powder or paste for applying to the surfaces of steps, stairs, passages,
window sills and other places, for the purpose of imparting a clean and bright
appearance to the same, substantially in the manner as herein before described.
Dated this 23rd day of October 1895.
JOHNSONS,
115 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.